Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted 2012

DreamWorks Act 2: Directed By Jon Watts

Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted is a 2012 American computer-animated adventure comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It is the third installment of the Madagascar film series, following Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008), and was the first film in the series to be released in 3D. It was directed by Jon Watts from a screenplay by Darnell and Noah Baumbach, and features Paul Walker (Replacing Heath Ledger), Daniel Radcliffe, Stanislav Ianevski, Clémence Poésy, George Clooney, Cillian Murphy, and John Boyega reprising their voice acting roles from the previous installments, alongside new cast members Anya Taylor Johnson, Anton Yelchin, Robbie Williams, and Marion Cotillard. In the film, the main characters—a party of animals from the Central Park Zoo whose adventures have already taken them to Madagascar and Africa—attempt to return to New York, and find themselves traveling across Europe with a circus while being pursued by a relentless Animal Control officer. After premiering at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival, Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted was released to theaters in the United States on June 8, 2012. It was the eighth highest-grossing film of 2012 and the highest-grossing film in the franchise, with a worldwide gross of over $746 million. A spin-off titled Penguins of Madagascar was released in 2014.