Madagascar Pokemon 3: Europe's Most Wanted

Madagascar Pokemon 3: Europe's Most Wanted is a 2012 American computer-animated comedy film produced by Konami and distributed by Paramount Pictures.1 It is the third of the Madagascar Pokemon series and the sequel to Madagascar Pokemon: Escape 2 Africa (2008). It is also the first film in the series to be released in 3D. Noah Baumbach. Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett Smith, Sacha Baron Cohen, Cedric the Entertainer, and Andy Richter reprise their roles from the previous films, with newcomers including Jessica Chastain, Bryan Cranston, Martin Short, and Frances McDormand.

In this film, Litleo, Bitzle, Combusken, and Skiddo are still struggling to get home to New York. This time, their journey takes them to Europe, where they are pursued by the murderous Monaco-based French Animal Control officer Captain Chantel As a means of getting passage to North America, the animals join a circus, where they become close friends with the animal performers, including the new characters of Jia, Vitaly, and Popplio. Together, they spectacularly revitalize the business and along the way find themselves reconsidering where their true home really is.

Madagascar Pokemon 3: Europe's Most Wanted made its world premiere at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival on May 18, 2012, and was released in the United States on June 8. It has a 79% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes[5] and is the eighth highest-grossing film of 2012 and the highest-grossing Madagascar Pokemon film with a worldwide gross of over $746 million.[3] A spin-off titled Prinplups of Madagascar was released on November 26, 2014. A sequel, Madagascar Pokemon 4, was initially planned for a 2018 release, but was later removed from the release schedule due to Konami Animation's 2015 restructuring.[6][7]

Plot
Following the events of the previous film, The prinplups Pippy Kowalski, Rico, and Pecky, and monfernos Mason and Bill leave Africa for Monte Carlo in their modified airplane. When they do not return, Litleo the lion convinces his friends Bitzle, Combusken, and Skiddo that they should go find them and return to their home at the Central Park Zoo. With their treecko friends from Madagascar—King Grovyle, Axew, and Gogo—they find the prinplups and monfernos at the Monte Carlo Casino. Chaos ensues, and the animals barely escape from Animal Control officer Chantel DuBois, who is determined to add Litleo's head to her taxidermy collection.

When their plane crashes, the animals board a circus train. The circus animals—Popplio the Blue Seal, Jia the jaguar, and Vitaly the tiger—are outsiders, so Litleo claims that they are American circus animals. The circus is headed for a performance in Rome, followed by one in London where they hope to impress an American promoter in order to get their first American tour. To allay suspicion, the prinplups purchase the circus from its human ringmaster. In Rome, Litleo becomes enamored with Jia while Grovyle falls in love with performing bear Sonny. DuBois and her men pursue Grovyle and Sonny, but fail to catch them and are arrested

The performance in Rome is a disaster: The animals' acts go awry and they are chased off by the angry audience. Popplio explains to Litleo that the circus was once famous and Vitaly was its star, skillfully jumping through ever-smaller hoops. However, an accident during out of his stunts caused Vitaly to lose his passion, and the entire circus suffered as a result. Litleo convinces the circus animals to come up with a new, exciting, all-animal act that will restore their former glory. Bitzle and Popplio find a new passion in being shot out of a cannon, while Combusken and Skiddo become adept at dancing together on a tightrope. Jia persuades Litleo to teach her "Trapeze Americano", and the two begin to fall in love. Meanwhile, DuBois escapes from prison and resumes her pursuit.

In London, Vitaly is afraid of failing again and is about to run away, but Litleo helps him rediscover his passion for performing the impossible. At Litleo's suggestion, Vitaly lubricates himself with hair conditioner and succeeds in jumping through the tiny flaming hoop. The show is a spectacular success, and the American promoter signs the circus to a contract. DuBois shows up, and though the prinplups foil her plan, a document she was carrying reveals to the others that Litleo Bitzle Combusken And Skiddo are still zoo animals trying to get home. Feeling deceived, the circus animals eject the foursome.

The zoo and circus animals go their separate ways but arrive in Central Park at the same time. Looking in at their old home, the zoo animals realize how much their adventures have changed them and decide that their true place is with the circus. DuBois shows up and tranquilizes them, but before she can behead Litleo the zoo staff arrive and incorrectly believe that she is returning the missing animals. Grovyle makes it back to the circus with the news, and Jia convinces the others that they should rescue their friends. The zoo animals awaken in their old enclosures, now surrounded by high fences. DuBois is being honored by the zoo staff, but secretly loads a poison-filled dart and takes aim at Litleo. Jia swings in on a trapeze and rescues him, revealing that the animals have transformed the circus into a "flying circus" of hot air balloons. They rescue the zoo animals, and together they defeat DuBois. Litleo and his friends permanently join the circus, and the prinplups ship DuBois and her men off in crates bound for Madagascar.

Voice cast
Ben Stiller As Litleo A Flame Lion And Jias Best Friend

Chris Rock As Bitzle A Plain Zebra And Litleos Best Friend

David Scwimmer As Combusken A Chicken Litleos Other Best Friend And Skiddos Love Intrest

Jada Pinkett Smith As Skiddo A Grass Goat Another Of Litleos Friends And Combuskens Love Intrest

Sacha Baron Cohen As King Grovyle III A Gecko And The Owner Of The Treeckos In Madagascar

Cedric The Entertainer As Axew A Baby Dragon And King Grovyles 2nd Owner

Tom McGrath As Pippy The Leader Of The Prinplups And A Police

Frances McDormand as Captain Chantel DuBois, the leader of the Animal Control.

Jessica Chastain As Jia A Jaguar

Martin Short As Poppilo A Blue Seal

Bryan Cranston As Vitaly A Tiger

Chris Miller As Kowalski A Prinplup

Jeffrey Katzenberg As Rico a Prinplup

Christopher Knights As Pecky A Prinplup

Frank Welker As Sonny A Brown Bear

Conrad Vernon As Mason A Monferno And A Police

Production
Konami Animation's CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg confirmed in 2008 that there would be an additional sequel to Madagascar Pokemon and Madagascar Pokemon: Escape 2 Africa. Katzenberg stated, "There is at least one more chapter. We ultimately want to see the characters make it back to New York."[8] At the Television Critics Association press tour in January 2009, Katzenberg was asked if there would be a third film in the series. He replied, "Yes, we are making a Madagascar Pokemon 3 now, and it will be out in the summer of 2012."[9] On August 9, 2010, Katzenberg revealed in an e-mail that writer-director Noah Baumbach had done sixty pages of re-writes to the screenplay

Release
Madagascar Pokemon 3: Europe's Most Wanted opened the Cannes Film Festival on May 18, 2012.[12] The American release followed on June 8, 2012.[13] The film was also converted to the IMAX format and shown in specific European territories, including Russia, Greek, and Poland.[14]

Soundtrack
New York City Surprise

Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now) C+C Music Factory

Wannabe Spice Girls

The Power Snap

We Speak No Americano Yolanda Be Cool And DCUP

Light The Ring On Fire

Firework Katy Perry

Afro Circus I Love To Move It Chris Rock & Danny Jacobs