There are a whole lotta sequels going on. Particularly for the animated animals of the Dreamworks slate. Jeffery Katzenberg, head of Dreamworks, was at a preview for the upcoming Madagascar sequel, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa and said that they were planning not just an additional sequel in the Madagascar series, but a sequel to this summer's Kung Fu Panda as well. Having enjoyed both originals and also being always on the lookout for new movies to keep my nephews entertained on long car rides, I'm okay with it. I mean, there are only so many times my poor sister can listen to Cars.
Katzenberg said that the current release of Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa was just "the second chapter in one story" and that they'd like to get the animals back to New York eventually. (If you didn't see it, zoo animals from New York found themselves washed ashore in Madagascar, and the title of this new one seems to indicate that they just may be headed to the Dark Continent.) All the original cast member voices, Ben Stiller, David Schwimmer, Chris Rock and Jada Pinkett-Smith came back for the sequel, in addition to the late, great Bernie Mac who voiced Zuba, the father of Stiller's lion Alex.
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