Epic is an upcoming 2013 American 3D computer animated fantasy-adventure drama film based on William Joyce's children bookThe Leaf Men and the Brave Good Bugs.It is being produced by Blue Sky Studios, and directed by Chris Wedge, the director of Ice Age (2002) and Robots (2005). It stars the voices of Amanda Seyfried, Colin Farrell, Josh Hutcherson, Christoph Waltz, Aziz Ansari, Chris O'Dowd, Pitbull,Jason Sudeikis, with Steven Tyler and Beyoncé Knowles. The film is scheduled to be released on May 24, 2013.
PLOT
A young girl named Mary Katherine lives in a cabin in the woods with her father Professor Bomba and dog. Professor Bomba, has long studied a group of warriors who live in the forest and protect it as guardians of good. He often will go into the forest and survey them.
One day, the professor does not return from a hike in the forest, so Mary Katherine sets out to look for him. Hours later, she comes upon a group of glowing, falling leaves. Catching one of them, she is suddenly shrunken down. In her minuscule state, she discovers the group of warriors Prof. Bomba has studied, who are known as the Leafmen. Soon she is forced to assist them in a war against forces of evil known as the Boggans and their villainous leader Mandrake, while trying to find out how to return home.
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CAST
- Amanda Seyfried as Mary Katherine (a.k.a. M.K.), Professor Bomba's 17-year old daughter
- Josh Hutcherson as Nod, a rookie Leafmen warrior
- Colin Farrell as Ronin, a seasoned Leafmen warrior and Leader of the Leaf-Men
- Beyoncé Knowles as Queen Tara, the Mother Nature-like queen of the forest
- Christoph Waltz as Mandrake, the leader of the Boggans and the main antagonist
- Aziz Ansari as Mub, a slug
- Pitbull as Bufo, a toad
- Jason Sudeikis as Professor Bomba, Mary Katherine's father
- Steven Tyler as Nim Galuu, a caterpillar
- Blake Anderson as Dagda, Mandrake's son
- Judah Friedlander as Larry
- Chris O'Dowd as Grub, a snail
source: wikipedia
