Read More ‘Interstellar,’ ‘Penguins of Madagascar’ Among Final Six Foreign Films Approved by China for 2014 Smith ( Bee Movie) admittedly keep the action at a high pitch as the caper ping-pongs from Antarctica to Venice to Shanghai to New York. Octavius Brine aka Dave (played by John Malkovich with gleeful abandon), an octopus who has figured out a way to make them less adorable.Ĭo-directors Eric Darnell (the three previous Madagascar films) and Simon J. So has a nefarious plot to corral all of the world’s penguins by the vengeful Dr. Unsurprisingly, the occupant of that egg turns out to be the cute runt of the team, Private ( Christopher Knights), but he isn’t the only thing that’s been hatched. Things kick off promisingly in Antarctica, where dozens of the waddling denizens are the subjects of a documentary voiced, with a true stroke of inspiration, by the inimitable Werner Herzog.īreaking from the flock to chase after a runaway egg are younger versions of the fearless Skipper (voiced by Tom McGrath), quick-thinking Kowalski ( Chris Miller) and loose cannon Rico ( Conrad Vernon). Read More Netflix Sets Premiere for ‘Madagascar’ Spinoff Series The Thanksgiving weekend offering should still score handsomely, although it remains to be seen if some potential box-office thunder might be stolen by the similarly named Nickelodeon series that has been airing regularly since 2009.
