Mr. Peabody & Sherman
2014 DreamWorks Animation film / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mr. Peabody & Sherman is a 2014 American animated science fiction comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation, PDI/DreamWorks, and Bullwinkle Studios, and distributed by 20th Century Fox. The film is based on characters from the Peabody's Improbable History segments of the animated television series The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends. It was directed by Rob Minkoff and produced by Alex Schwartz and Denise Nolan Cascino, from a screenplay by Craig Wright. Tiffany Ward, daughter of series co-creator Jay Ward, served as executive producer.[6] Mr. Peabody & Sherman features the voices of Ty Burrell, Max Charles, Ariel Winter, Stephen Colbert, Leslie Mann, and Allison Janney. In the film, Mr. Peabody (Burrell) and his adoptive human son Sherman (Charles) use the WABAC to embark on time travel adventures. When Sherman accidentally rips a hole by taking the WABAC without permission to impress Penny Peterson (Winter), they must find themselves to repair history and save the future.
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Directed by | Rob Minkoff |
Screenplay by | Craig Wright |
Based on | Peabody's Improbable History by Ted Key |
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Edited by | Michael Andrews |
Music by | Danny Elfman[1] |
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Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Running time | 92 minutes[4] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $145 million[5] |
Box office | $275.7 million[5] |
The film was originally planned as a live-action/CG film until it was redeveloped into a fully computer-animated film in 2006 when Minkoff joined DreamWorks Animation to direct an adaptation. Andrew Kurtzman was set to write the screenplay, based on the pitch, developed by Minkoff with his longtime producing partner Jason Clark. It is the first DreamWorks animated feature to feature characters from the Classic Media library since its acquisition by DreamWorks Animation in 2012,[7] the first animated adaptation of a Jay Ward property, and Minkoff's first animated film after having co-directed The Lion King (1994) for Walt Disney Animation Studios in 25 years, his first directing a CGi animated film, and his first fully animated film as a solo director.
Mr. Peabody & Sherman premiered on February 7, 2014 in the United Kingdom[2] and was released theatrically a month later in the United States.[3] It received positive reviews from critics, who praised the voice acting and characters, though some criticized the plot and its use of the source material. The film was a box office flop, grossing $275 million worldwide against a budget of $145 million, and lost the studio $57 million. A TV series based on the film, titled The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show, premiered on Netflix on October 9, 2015, with Chris Parnell replacing Burrell as Mr. Peabody while Charles reprises his role as Sherman.