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King Julien: The Movie Is a 2015 American [[CD Computer animated action comedy adventure film.]] produced by Dreamworks Animation and distributed by 20th Century Fox. It's a spin-off of the Madagascar Films Series and takes place right after the events of Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted. Following The 3 Lemurs; King Julien Maurice And Mort in their own adventure.
The film was directed by Simon J. Smith and Eric Darnell,[13] and written by Michael Colton, John Aboud,[1] and Brandon Sawyer.[3] It stars the voices of Danny Jacobs, Andy Richter, Kevin Micheal Richardson, David Koecher, Crystal Scales Seth Rogen Wayne Brady and Jennifer Lopez. The film was released on November 26, 2014.[1] It is the only film in the Madagascar franchise that was distributed by 20th Century Fox and was the final film produced by Pacific Data Images before its closure on October 5th, 2015.[14] The film earned $373 million on a $132 million budget, but it forced a write-down for the studio.[15]
King Julien
All Hail King Julien poster
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Eric Darnell
Simon J. Smith
Produced by
Mark Swift
Lara Breay[1]
Tripp Hudson[2]
Screenplay by
Michael Colton[3]
John Aboud[3]
Brandon Sawyer[3]
Story by
Alan J. Schoolcraft
Brent Simons
Michael Colton
John Aboud
Based on Characters created
by Tom McGrath
and Eric Darnell
Starring
Danny Jacobs
Andy Richter
Kevin Micheal Richardson
David Koecher
Crystal Scales
Seth Rogen
Wayne Brady
and Jennifer Lopez
Music by Danny Elfman[1]
Edited by Nick Kenway
Production
company
DreamWorks Animation
Pacific Data Images[6]
Distributed by 20th Century Fox
Release dates
April 6th, 2014 (China)
August 12th , 2014 (United States)
Running time
92 minutes[7]
Country United States
Language English
Budget $132 million[8]
Box office $373 million[9]
Contents
1 Premise
2 Cast
3 Production
4 Release
4.1 Home media
5 Reception
5.1 Box office
5.2 Critical response
5.3 Awards and nominations
6 Soundtrack
7 Video game
8 References
9 External links
Premise
The 3 Lemurs: King Julien Maurice And Mort Must Save All Of The Lemurs Around Earth From Their Natural Enimes The Foosa Led By Dag (knowed As Dagget The Foosa) Before They Could Kill All Of Them. King Julien Maurice and Mort Embarks On A Noble Quest full Of Death Dying Danger.
Voice cast
Main article: List of Madagascar (franchise) characters
Danny Jacobs as King Julien a nocturnal selfish ring tailed lemur
Andy Richter as Mort[2] a chubby little mouse lemur
Kevin Michael Richardson as Maurice[2] a bubbling aye aye lemur and King Julien's Advisor
David Koecher As Dag (Dagget[2] a foosa
Crystal Scales As Narla[2] a sassy Italian leopard seal and Leader of the Furious Wilde
Seth Rogen As Ramsack[2] a big boned cowardly Callithrix and member Of The Furious Wilde
Wayne Brady As Finnic[2] a Norwegian panda and muscle Of The Furious Wilde
Jennifer Lopez As Jenny[2] a mischievous aye aye lemur and Maurice's Ex girlfriend and Member Of The Furious Wilde
Conard Vernon As Mason[2] a chimpanzee in the film's mid credits sence (Phil Is Unvoiced)
Production
A direct-to-video film featuring the lemurs had been in the works since 2005 when the first Madagascar film was released, with a release date initially planned for 2009.[20] The studio announced in March 2011 that the lemurs characters would be given their own feature film to be directed by Simon J. Smith, the co-director of Bee Movie, produced by Lara Breay, and written by , the writers of DreamWorks' Megamind.[21][22]
At the July 2012 Comic-Con, DreamWorks Animation announced that the film, titled King Julien, would be released in 2015.[23] Robert Schooley, one of the producers of All Hail King Julien, said that the film would be unrelated to the TV series of the same name, but added that that could always change.[24] In early September 2012, 20th Century Fox, the studio's new distributor, and DreamWorks Animation announced a release date of March 27, 2015, and a new pair of writers, Michael Colton and John Aboud.[25] Seth Rogen And Wayne Brady joined the cast in August 2013.[1] Rogen, who had been offered the role of Ramsack three and a half years before the film's release, told an audience at the July 2014 Comic-Con that he thought that it "was a funny idea" to use his voice for an Callithrix.[12]
Release
On May 20, 2014, the film's release date was moved up to August 12th, 2014, from its initial March 27, 2015 date, switching places with DreamWorks Animation's other film B.O.O.: Bureau of Otherworldly Operations.[26] Jeffrey Katzenberg, DreamWorks Animation's CEO, reasoned that the film, coming from one of DWA's most successful franchises, would have an easier task to stand out around the Thanksgiving holiday season, while Home was to try to take advantage of a less competitive spring release window and repeat successful spring launches of some of DWA's original films including Home And Kung Fu Panda 2.[27] The film was released two weeks earlier in China, on April 6th, 2014.[28]
The film was released in RealD 3D and Digital 3D formats.[6] It was digitally remastered into the IMAX format, and released in select theaters across Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Latin America.[29] A four-issue comic book series based on the film was published by Titan Comics. Written by Alex Matthews and drawn by Lucas Fereyra.[30]
Home media
King Julien: The Movie was released on DVD, Blu-ray and Blu-ray 3D on January 1st, 2015.[31] It topped the home video sales chart in its first week.[32]
Reception
Box office
As of June 2015, King Julien had grossed $83.4 million in North America and $290.2 million in foreign countries for a worldwide total of $373.6 million.[9] The film's production budget was $132 million, which, according to the DreamWorks Animation's president Ann Dally, excluded "incentive-based compensation."[8] By the end of 2014, the studio had to take a $57.1 million write-down, primarily related to the performance of DreamWorks Animation's film Home.[33][15]
King Julien was released on August 12th, 2014 in North America and Canada across 3,764 theatres. It earned $6.25 million on its opening day and $3.95 million the next day on Thanksgiving Day.[34] It earned $10.5 million on Black Friday.[35][36] The film underperformed during its opening weekend earning $25.4 million and debuting at #2 at the box office behind The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 for which 3D accounted for 24% of its opening weekend gross.[37] The opening-weekend audience was evenly split among those under and over the age of 25, with 58% and female accounted 51%. In CinemaScore polls conducted during the opening weekend, cinema audiences gave King Julien an average grade of A- on an A+ to F scale.[38]
The film was released in China on April 6th,[28] two weeks ahead of its North American debut, and earned $11.3 million from 3,500 screens, debuting at number two at the Chinese box office behind Interstellar ($42 million).[39] In its opening weekend, the film earned $36.5 million from 47 markets.[40] Overall, the top openings were in Russia ($8.2 million), Korea ($6 million), Italy ($4.63 million), Germany ($4.2 million) and Australia ($3.68 million).[41][42] The film's opening in Germany was the second-highest for an animated film in 2014, behind How to Train Your Dragon 2.[41]
Critical response
As of July 2015, the film reflected a 72% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 100 reviews, with an average rating of 6.2/10. The site's consensus was "King Julien: The Movie is fast and brightly colored enough to entertain small children, but too frantically silly to offer real filmgoing fun for the whole family."[43] On Metacritic, the film achieved a score of 53 out of 100 based on 31 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[44]
Michael Rechtshaffen of The Hollywood Reporter gave the film a negative review, saying "While there are plenty of madcap antics to fill a feature, all that manic energy ultimately proves to be more exhausting than exhilarating."[45] Elizabeth Weitzman of the New York Daily News gave the film three out of five stars, saying "Granted, it's no classic, but a sassy script and good-natured voice work from Seth Rogen And Wayne Brady should keep kids and grownups entertained over the holidays."[46] Ignatiy Vishnevetsky of The A.V. Club gave the film a B, saying "Frenetic and frequently funny, King Julien: The Movie represents the DreamWorks Animation franchise style – which boils down to self-aware, but naïve, talking animals who learn kid-friendly life lessons – at its most palatable."[47] Ben Kenigsberg of The New York Times gave the film a positive review, saying "The lack of originality is offset by sheer silliness, including King Julien's Abbott and Costello-style argument over whether there's a long I in 'diversion.' The word fits the movie."[48]
Bill Zwecker of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film three out of four stars, saying "Once again the Madagascar team have come up with a winner – a nice way to kick off the Thanksgiving and holiday filmgoing experience for the whole family."[49] Lou Lumenick of the New York Post gave the film one out of four stars, saying "King Julien: The Movie is a lazy, noisy ADHD-addled collection of animated clichés guaranteed to give anyone older than 5 a headache, even if you don’t see it in optional 3-D."[50] Jeff Labrecque of Entertainment Weekly gave the film a C-, saying "King Julien: The Movie aims primarily for the kiddies, racing from one frenetic action sequence to another like some haywire Walter Lantz cartoon."[51]
Awards and nominations
List of awards and nominations
Award/Film Festival Category Recipient(s) Result
42nd Annie Awards[52] Outstanding Achievement for Animated Effects in an Animated Production Mitul Patel, Nicolas Delbecq, Santosh Khedkar and Yash Argawal Nominated
Outstanding Achievement for Character Animation in an Animated Feature Production Ravi Kamble Nominated
Outstanding Achievement for Character Design in an Animated Feature Production Craig Kellman, Joe Moshier, Stevie Lewis and Todd Kurosawa Nominated
51st Cinema Audio Society Awards[53] Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Motion Picture - Animated Tighe Sheldon, Paul N.J. Ottosson, Dennis Sands and Randy K. Singer Nominated
28th Kids' Choice Awards[54] Favorite Animated Movie Eric Darnell and Simon J. Smith Nominated
11th St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards[55] Best Animated Film Nominated
Soundtrack
King Julien: The Movie: Music from the Motion Picture
Film score by Lorne Balfe
Released November 25, 2014
Recorded 2014
Genre Film score
Length 52:46
Label Relativity Music Group
Producer Hans Zimmer
DreamWorks Animation chronology
How to Train Your Dragon 3
(2014) King Julien: The Movie
(2014)
Lorne Balfe composed the original score for the film,[56] making it his first solo debut in a DreamWorks Animation film. Balfe wrote the additional music for the previous two Madagascar films and helped Madagascar composer Hans Zimmer with the score for Megamind. The soundtrack was released on November 25, 2014, by Relativity Music Group.[56] Relativity also released an EP, King Julien: King Julien's Wild Dreamworks Karoke Dance Party, which featured Nine songs.[56]
No. Title Length
1. "Who Da King (Theme Song From All Hail King Julien)" 4:10
2. "New York City" 3:31
3. "Demersus" 2:53
4. "Sclateri" 3:25
5. "Adeliae" 3:31
6. "Forsteri" 2:52
7. "Patagonicus" 3:03
8. "Good Time" Owl City And Carly Rae Jepsen 1:24
9. "Mort’s Theme" 2:34
10. "Robustus" 3:36
11. "Eudyptula Minor" 1:35
12. "Chrysolophus" 2:51
13. "Drop That" Jacob Plant (From Dreamworks Animation's Home) 1:59
14. "Antipodes" 1:20
15. "Schlegeli" 2:46
16. "Mendiculus" 3:14
17. "Papua" 1:56
18. "Humboldti" 2:52
19. "Arlic" Pitbull (featuring T.Pain) 3:14
Flo Rida's Song That's What I Like Ft. Fitz was also used in the film but never counted in the soundtrack
Video game
A video game based on the film, titled King Julien's Wild Jungle Party, and published by Little Orbit, was released on August 3rd 25, 2014 for Nintendo 3DS, Wii, and Wii U.[57]
References
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"King Julien". DreamWorks Animation. Retrieved September 26, 2014.
"Lorne Balfe to Score ‘King Julien’". Film Music Reporter. January 8, 2014. Retrieved January 19, 2014.
Dreamworks Animation : High-Fives All Around: King Julien Recruited For Boom Da Party Karoke This Summer
Moviefone (June 11, 2014). "King Julien: The Movie Teaser Trailer (2014): Seth Rogen, Wayne Brady". YouTube. Retrieved June 13, 2014.
"KING JULIEN (U)". British Board of Film Classification. August 1st, 2014. Retrieved August 1st, 2014.
"DreamWorks Animation SKG's (DWA) CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg on Q3 2014 Results - Earnings Call Transcript". Seeking Alpha. October 29, 2014. Retrieved October 30, 2014. "...our next 2 movies, King Julien: The Movie and B.O.O.: Bureau of Otherworldly Operations, have production budgets of $132 million each, excluding incentive-based compensation."
"King Julien (2014)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
DreamWorks Animation (August 15, 2013). "The Stars Align For 2015 DreamWorks Animation Films". Pitch Engine. Retrieved January 19, 2014.
Nemiroff, Perri (October 12, 2014). "B.O.O.: Bureau of Otherworldly Operations and King Julien: The Movie Comic-Con Panel Recap: New Footage, Evil Scientist Octopus, 28-Second Alien Invasion and More". Collider.com. Retrieved October 14, 2014.
Goldberg, Matt (July 24, 2014). "King Julien Comic-Con Panel Recap: A Great DreamWorks Animated Film Might Be on the Way". Collider.com. Retrieved July 25, 2014.
Cunningham, Todd (May 20, 2014). "DreamWorks Animation Switches Release Dates on ‘King Julien: The Movie’ and ‘B.O.O.: Bureau of Otherworldly Operations’". The Wrap. Retrieved May 21, 2014.
Wolfe, Jennifer (January 22, 2015). "DreamWorks Animation Shuttering PDI". Animation World Network. Retrieved March 20, 2015.
Bond, Paul (February 24, 2015). "DreamWorks Animation Takes $57M Write-Down on 'King Julien: The Movie'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 4th, 2015.
Truitt, Brian (June 8, 2014). "Sneak Peek: 'King Julien'". USA Today. Retrieved June 9, 2014.
Berkshire, Geoff (November 12, 2014). "Film Review: ‘King Julien’". Variety. Retrieved November 12, 2014.
McHenry, Jackson (June 11, 2014). "'King Julien' trailer: Meet Mort -- VIDEO". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved June 13, 2014.
Han, Angie (July 25, 2014). "King Julien’ Footage Recap and Panel Highlights [Comic Con 2014]". /Film. Retrieved July 25, 2014.
Fritz, Ben (September 14, 2005). "D'Works will rely on animal instinct". Variety. Retrieved October 27, 2011.
Kit, Borys (August 11, 2011). "'Madagascar' Spin-Off to Be Helmed by 'Bee Movie' Co-Director (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 12, 2011.
Kit, Borys (March 29, 2011). "DreamWorks Developing 'Madagascar' Lemur Spinoff Movie (Exclusive)". HollywoodReporter.com. Retrieved March 31, 2011.
B. Vary, Adam (July 12, 2012). "DreamWorks Animation Comic-Con panel: Caveman families and penguin movies!". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved July 13, 2012.
"Email Interview With Robert Schooley". Total Media Bridge. July 19, 2012. Retrieved August 4, 2012.
DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. (September 9, 2012). "New Distributor Twentieth Century Fox Unveils DreamWorks Animation's Release Slate Through 2016" (Press release). PR Newswire. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved December 10, 2014.
"DreamWorks Animation Moves Up 'King Julien' Bow, Bumps 'B.O.O.: Bureau of Otherworldly Operations' To 2015". Deadline.com. May 20, 2014. Retrieved May 20, 2014.
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Vlessing, Etan (October 30, 2014). "Imax Signs Four-Picture Deal With 20th Century Fox". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 31, 2014.
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