Deutsch:
Originaltitel: Monsters vs. Aliens
Genre: Animation
Deutschlandstart: 02.04.2009
USA Kinostart: 27.03.2009
Produktionsland: USA 2009
Verleih: Paramount Pictures
Studio: Dreamworks
Regie: Conrad Vernon, Rob Letterman
Musik: Henry Jackman
Produzent: Lisa Stewart als Producer, Jill Hopper als Co-Producer, Latifa Ouaou als Co-Producer
KURZINHALT
Susan Murphy ist ein kalifornisches Mädchen wie jedes andere - bis sie an ihrem Hochzeitstag von einem Meteor voller Weltraum-Schleim getroffen wird. Plötzlich schießt ihr Wachstum irrsinnig in die Höhe und sie ist 15 Meter groß. Das Militär ist sofort zur Stelle, fängt sie ein und bringt sie zu einem streng geheimen Regierungsgelände. Dort wird sie als Monster gebrandmarkt und man gibt ihr den Namen Ginormica. Wie sich schnell herausstellt, ist sie nicht allein, denn das Militär pfercht schon seit Jahren still und heimlich andere Monster auf diesem Gelände zusammen. Da ist beispielsweise der brillante, aber Insektenköpfige Dr. Cockroach, The Missing Link - eine Kreuzung aus Affe und Fisch und ein Macho sondergleichen, der glibberige und unzerstörbare B.O.B. und schließlich die über 100 Meter große Made Insectosaurus. Doch die Tage ihrer Gefangenschaft sind gezählt, als ein mysteriöser außerirdischer Roboter auf der Erde landet und eine Schneise der Verwüstung durchs Land zieht. Der Präsident weiß nur noch einen Ausweg: Verzweifelt wendet er sich an General W.R. Monger, der die bunt gemischte Monstertruppe gegen die Aliens anführen und somit die Welt vor der bevorstehenden Zerstörung retten soll...
English: Monsters vs. Aliens (also known as Monsters vs. Aliens in 3D) is an upcoming 2009 computer-animated 3-D feature film from DreamWorks Animation. The release date was moved up to prevent competition with James Cameron's upcoming Avatar. This will be the first computer animated movie which will be produced in real 3-D instead of converting the film into 3-D after it is finished, which will add $15 million extra to the film's budget. The trailer was seen with the movie Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa. The film is scheduled for a March 27, 2009 release. The film is rated PG for "Sci-fi Action, Some Crude Humor, and Mild Language."
Monsters vs. Aliens is starring the voices of Reese Witherspoon, Paul Rudd, Hugh Laurie, Seth Rogen, Will Arnett, Rainn Wilson, Stephen Colbert with Kiefer Sutherland and Jimmy Kimmel.
Plot: When California resident Susan Murphy (Reese Witherspoon) of Modesto grows to 49 ft 11 in (because of being hit by a meteor while being late for her wedding), she is labelled a monster and captured by the military. She is remanded to an institution that houses other monsters: Dr. Cockroach, Ph.D., an insect-headed mad scientist (Hugh Laurie), the Missing Link, a 20,000-year-old fish-man (Will Arnett), B.O.B., a gelatin-like, jolly, indestructible monster (Seth Rogen) and Insectosaurus (Jimmy Kimmel), a fuzzy bug that stands at 350 feet tall, making even Susan look tiny by comparison. When a UFO lands and an alien overlord named Gallaxhar (Rainn Wilson) demands that Earth be given to them, General W.R. Monger (Kiefer Sutherland) suggests to the President (Stephen Colbert) that the monsters can provide the firepower to defeat the aliens.
Monsters/Aliens: Reese Witherspoon as Susan Murphy (Ginormica): She was hit by a meteor filled with a strange substance that mutated her DNA, causing her to grow 49 feet 11 inches tall.
Hugh Laurie as Dr. Cockroach, Ph.D.: A cockroach with the personality of a mad scientist.
Will Arnett as The Missing Link: A 20,000 year-old frozen fish-ape hybrid; a jock in his prime, but now rather out of shape.
Seth Rogen as Bicarbonate Ostylezene Benzoate" ("B.O.B."): An indestructible gelatinous mass with no brain.
Jimmy Kimmel as Insectosaurus: Transformed by nuclear radiation from a one inch grub into a 350-foot monster.
Rainn Wilson as Gallaxhar: An alien leader who plans to take over the planet Earth. He is served by an army of self-clones.
Humans: Stephen Colbert as President Hathaway: The President of the United States. He does not want to go down into history as the one in office when the world came to an end, and therefore agrees with General Monger's plan to use his captured monsters against the aliens.
Kiefer Sutherland as General W.R. Monger: Comes up with a plan to let the imprisoned monsters fight the aliens.
Paul Rudd as Derek Dietl: Susan Murphy's fiancé.
Format: As of Monsters vs. Aliens, all feature films released by DreamWorks Animation will be produced in a stereoscopic 3-D format.
Video game
A video game is known to be coming out by March 2009. It will be the last Dreamworks film video game made by Activision, though the Nintendo DS version will be published by Amaze Entertainment. It is due for release on Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, Wii and PlayStation Portable.
