Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (also known as Madagascar 2: Escape to Africa) is a 2008 American computer-animated adventure comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It is the second installment in the franchise, following Madagascar (2005). It was directed by Eric Darnell and Tom McGrath, with a screenplay written by Etan Cohen, Darnell, and McGrath, and features Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett Smith, Sacha Baron Cohen, Cedric the Entertainer, Andy Richter, Elisa Gabrielli, McGrath, Chris Miller, Christopher Knights, and Conrad Vernon reprising their voice acting roles from the first film, joined by new cast members Bernie Mac, Alec Baldwin, Sherri Shepherd, and will.i.am. In the film, the main characters—a party of animals from the Central Park Zoo whose adventures have taken them to Madagascar—find themselves in Africa, where they meet others of their species and where Alex the lion reunites with his parents.
Released November 7, 2008, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa grossed $603.9 million on a $150 million budget, making it the sixth highest-grossing film of 2008. It was dedicated to Bernie Mac, who died before the film's release. A sequel, Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted, was released in 2012.
Cast[]
- Ben Stiller as Alex the lion
- Quinn Dempsey Stiller, Ben Stiller's son, as baby Alex
- Declan Swift as young Alex
- Chris Rock as Marty the zebra, as well as the other zebras in the herd
- Thomas Stanley as young Marty
- David Schwimmer as Melman the giraffe
- Zachary Gordon as young Melman
- Jada Pinkett Smith as Gloria the hippopotamus
- Willow Smith as young Gloria
- John Goodman as James P. Sullivan, a huge, furry blue ogre with horns, a tail, and purple spots.
- Billy Crystal as Mike Wazowski, a short, round green monster with a single big eyeball and skinny limbs.
- Sacha Baron Cohen as King Julien XIII the ring-tailed lemur
- Cedric the Entertainer as Maurice the aye-aye
- Andy Richter as Mort the Goodman's mouse lemur
- Bernie Mac as Zuba, Alex's father and the alpha lion
- Sherri Shepherd as Florrie (credited as "Mom"), Alex's mother and Zuba's mate, her name "Florrie" isn't mentioned in the film
- Alec Baldwin as Makunga the lion
- Elisa Gabrielli as Nana
- will.i.am as Moto Moto the hippopotamus
- Tom McGrath as Skipper the penguin
- Chris Miller as Kowalski the penguin
- Christopher Knights as Private the penguin
- Conrad Vernon as Mason the chimpanzee (Phil, the other main chimpanzee, is unvoiced)