Picture & Cast of Dreamwork’s 3-D Animated “Aliens vs. Monsters” Released!
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DreamWorks is busy working on building a buzz for its next animated offering, “Monsters vs. Aliens.” The studio unveiled a still from the 3-D feature animated feature at this year’s SXSW Festival and announced the names of the stars lending their voices to its characters in a press release earlier this week. The “monstrously talented lineup” behind the Rob Letterman-directed feature, debuting March 27, 2009, includes:
Oscar winner Reese Witherspoon (Walk the Line, Rendition) as Susan Murphy, a.k.a. Ginormica; Golden Globe winner Hugh Laurie (TV’s “House,” Stuart Little) as Dr. Cockroach, Ph.D.; Will Arnett (TV’s “Arrested Development,” Blades of Glory) as The Missing Link; Seth Rogen (Knocked Up, Superbad) as B.O.B.; Rainn Wilson (Juno, TV’s “The Office”) as Gallaxhar; Emmy winner Stephen Colbert (TV’s “The Colbert Report,” Bewitched) as The President of the United States; Golden Globe winner Kiefer Sutherland (TV’s “24,” Phone Booth) as General W.R. Monger; and Paul Rudd (Knocked Up, Night at the Museum) as Susan’s boyfriend, Derek.
I am already in love with the premise of this cartoon based on the vocal talent above and the animated still from the movie below. I am a huge cartoon fan and I love the Renaissance of animation coming from computer animation studios run by Fox, Disney and Paramount. Looks like we will have to wait a little while for a trailer! I hope this little morsel peaks your curiosity like it did mine.
The studio’s announcement heralds the arrival of Ultimate 3-D, DreamWorks’ “proprietary production process of authoring its animated films in 3-D from start to finish.” All this technical wizardry will be employed in service of the following plot:
When California girl Susan Murphy is unexpectedly clobbered by a meteor full of outer space gunk, she mysteriously grows to 49-feet-11-inches tall and is instantly labeled a “monster” named Ginormica. The military jumps into action, and she is captured and held in a secret government compound.
The world learns that the military has been quietly rounding up other monsters over the years. This ragtag group consists of the brilliant but insect-headed Dr. Cockroach, Ph.D.; the macho half-ape, half-fish The Missing Link; the gelatinous and indestructible B.O.B.; and the 350-foot grub called Insectosaurus. Their confinement time is cut short however, when a mysterious alien robot lands on Earth and begins storming the country.
As a last resort, under the guidance of General W.R. Monger (on a desperate order from The President), the motley crew of Monsters is called into action to combat the aliens and save the world from imminent destruction.
March 13th, 2008 at 9:09 am
Two things:
1- Please freeze me until March 28, 2009. I cannot wait for this movie.
2- How did Dr. Cockroach get his Ph.D?