Monsters vs. Aliens is a 2009 American computer-animated science fiction comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It was DreamWorks Animation's first feature film to be directly produced in a stereoscopic 3-D format instead of being converted into 3-D after completion, which added $15 million to the film's budget. The film was directed by Conrad Vernon and Rob Letterman, and features the voices of Reese Witherspoon, Seth Rogen, Hugh Laurie, Will Arnett, Kiefer Sutherland, Rainn Wilson, Paul Rudd, and Stephen Colbert. It is DreamWorks Animation's 18th feature film.
Voice cast[]
- Reese Witherspoon as Susan Murphy/Ginormica, the main protagonist.
- Seth Rogen as B.O.B., the deuteragonist.
- Hugh Laurie as Dr. Cockroach, the tritagonist.
- Will Arnett as The Missing Link, the secondary tritagonist.
- Conrad Vernon as Insectosaurus / Butterflyosaurus
- Kiefer Sutherland as General Monger
- Rainn Wilson as Gallaxhar, the main antagonist.
- Stephen Colbert as President Hathaway
- Paul Rudd as Derek Dietl, the secondary antagonist.
- Julie White as Wendy Murphy
- Jeffrey Tambor as Carl Murphy
- Amy Poehler as Computer
- Ed Helms as News Reporter
- Renée Zellweger as Katie
- John Krasinski as Cuthbert
Trivia[]
- The second DreamWorks Animation film to be released in March, after The Road to El Dorado.
- This is the first time since 2003 DreamWorks Animation releases 1 film a year.
- The third DreamWorks Animation film to be produced in 2.35:1 aspect ratio, after Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron and Kung Fu Panda.