On March 4, 2012, after years of rumors and speculations, Thomas Tull, the chairman of Legendary Pictures, officially announced that NicThic Productions had begun pre-production on the sequel.
denied rumors that The Ant Bully 2 was in production with a 2013 release date, saying, "nothing is official". Nichols and Abbey Thickson were in the talks of directing the film, after becoming attached to the project. If we do, then we can make The Ant Bully 2." In November 2010, it was reported that D.A. In July 2010, Gary Goetzman spoke of the possibility of the sequel, noting, "Everyone wants to see it, but we don't have any ideas at this time. There's hasn't been a lot of discussion about it.". However in April 2010, producer Tom Hanks said, "It's too early to tell right now. Davis, the director of the film stated that there is likely to be a sequel in the franchise. "The Ant Bully" isn't original and its animation never inspires anything like awe, but for a film that is an imitation of so many better ones, it is surprisingly good in its own right.In 2009, John A. In her one scene, Meryl is perfectly, humorously regal, but Lily Tomlin is underfed by the writer, who fails to really work the good idea about space aliens. Vocal talent is good, with Julia Roberts and Bruce Campbell the standouts. The ants of "Ant Bully" have eyes that alternate between the compounded multi-lensed orbs of a fly and plain white backgrounds with human-like irises, but the film's best visual punchline is when Hova demonstrates ant-sadness by turning into a Margaret Keane painting, she of the 1960s' big-eyed children. The animation is also reminiscent of "Antz," although not as accomplished.
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But "The Ant Bully" is very kid friendly with a series of effective gross-out jokes (Lucas learn's that the 'honeydew' he loves is extracted from the rear end of a caterpillar and a triple-play involving Stan's scalp, nose hair and snot was received with a chorus of 'Eeeeuuuu,' 'EEeeuuUUU,' 'EEEEUUUU') and fairly fast-paced action. Throw in a dash of "Honey I Shrunk the Kids" for good measure. animals' love for processed foods (here Jelly Belly jelly beans) and evil exterminator. society and its subplots of flying species attacks and food gathering (not to mention its central species), Disney's "Pinocchio" substituting a toad for its whale and "Over the Hedge," with its humans vs.
Davis ("Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius") adapts John Nickle's book and one or both of them have borrowed shamelessly from "Antz," with its theme of individuality vs.
In the end Lucas will surprise Zoc by leading a food foraging expedition into the Nickle home and undoing the damage that was his own phone call to exterminator Stan Beals (Paul Giamatti, "Lady in the Water"). Under the stress of a fly attack, though, Lucas runs rather than try and save Hova and Zoc is sure he is right about the human, no matter how much Hova defends the boy. He's put into Kreela's (Regina King, "Miss Congeniality 2") junior training camp to compete against critters that can climb vertical walls and carry twice their own weight, but impresses his team when he mistakenly turns himself into a human slingshot. Instead of delivering Zoc's hoped for sentence of becoming dinner, the ant queen (Meryl Streep) decides instead that Lucas must learn what he means to be an ant. Once Lucas is shrunk down by ant wizard (?!!) Zoc (Nicolas Cage), he's taken under the wing by Hova (Julia Roberts), Zoc's more open minded girlfriend. Unfortunately, too many similarities to previous animations like "Antz" and the recent "Over the Hedge" often give "The Ant Bully" the feel of an also-ran. "The Ant Bully" is a cute computer generated animation with an all star vocal cast and a simple message for kids - that one can maintain one's individuality while accomplishing more as an organized team.