Madagascar 4

Madagascar 4: Asia Getaway is a upcoming 2018 American 3D computer-animated action comedy adventure film, produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Universal Pictures. It is the fourth installment of the Madagascar series and a sequel to ''Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted. ''It is also the Second in the series to be released in 3D. The film is directed by Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath, and Conrad Vernon. It made its world premiere at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival on July 19 2018.

In this film, Alex, Marty, Melman, and Gloria had enough journey to join the circus but to come back home to New York. The next journey is to takes them to Asia, where they are relentlessly pursued by a hunter Mr. Drake Begum. As a means of getting passage to North America, the animals meet the rescued animals, where they become close friends with The South Troops, including the new characters of Calvo, Mao, Ria and Theo. And together they spectacularly revitalize the business and along the way find themselves on their epic journey.

Cast

 * Ben Stiller as Alex, a lion.
 * Chris Rock as Marty, a zebra and Alex's best friend.
 * David Schwimmer as Melman, a giraffe, another of Alex's friends and Gloria's love interest.
 * Jada Pinkett Smith as Gloria, a hippopotamus, another of Alex's friends and Melman's love interest.
 * Sacha Baron Cohen as King Julien XIII, a ring-tailed lemur.
 * Cedric the Entertainer as Maurice, an aye-aye.
 * Andy Richter as Mort, a mouse lemur.
 * Vince Vaughn as Mr. Drake Begum the Animal Hunter
 * Jessica Chastain as Gia, an Italian jaguar and Alex's girlfriend.
 * Bryan Cranston as Vitaly a Russian Siberian tiger.
 * Adam Scott as Calvo the black panther.
 * Terry Crews as Mao the Asian elephant.
 * Drew Barrymore as Ria the red and green macaw.
 * Mark Wahlberg as Theo the otter.
 * Taraji P. Henson as Kaya the okapi and Marty's love interest
 * Chris Miller as Kowalski, one of Skipper's right-hand men.
 * Christopher Knights as Private.
 * Conrad Vernon as Mason and Chinese man.
 * Karan Brar as Ishan an orphan Indian boy and Begum's impoverished young assistant.
 * Martin Short as Stefano an Italian sea lion.
 * Vinnie Jones as Eddie the cat.
 * Jules de Jongh as Johnny the cat.
 * Nick Fletcher as Joey the cat.
 * Eric Darnell as Benny the cat.
 * Daniel O'Connor as Mall security guard and Passua the hyena.
 * Danny Jacobs as Rocky the Indian rhino and Bayo the hyena.
 * Mason

Soundtrack

 * 1) Dancing in the Street: performed by Martha and the Vandellas
 * 2) We are the Champions: performed by Queen
 * 3) Fireball: performed by Pitbull
 * 4) That's what love is: Performed by Cascada. Alex and Gia's love song.
 * 5) Shakira
 * 6) Will.i.am
 * 7) Shakira
 * 8) I Will Survive: performed by Gloria Ganyor
 * 9) Roar: performed by Katy Perry
 * 10) I Like to Move It: Performed by Danny Jacobs & Cedric the Entertainer
 * 11) Don't Go Breaking My Heart: performed by Elton John and Kiki Dee
 * 1) Don't Go Breaking My Heart: performed by Elton John and Kiki Dee

Omitted tracks

 * 1) The Lion Sleeps Tonight: performed by The Tokens
 * 2) Jump in the Line: Performed by Harry Belafonte
 * 3) New York Groove: Performed by KISS
 * 4) Ain't No Mountain High Enough: performed by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell

Production
DreamWorks Animation's CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg confirmed in 2016 that there would be an additional sequel to Madagascar, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, and Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted.

At the Television Critics Association press tour in January 2009, Katzenberg was asked if there would be a fourth film in the series. He replied, "Yes, we are making a Madagascar 4 now, and it will be out in the summer of 2019."

On July 26, 2016, Katzenberg revealed in an e-mail that writer-director Noah Baumbach has done sixty pages of re-writes to the screenplay.

A significant amount of the animation and visual effects for the film had been done at DreamWorks Dedicated Unit, an India-based unit at Technicolor.

Release
Madagascar 4: Asia Getaway premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on July 14, 2018.

The American release followed on March 22, 2019.

The film was also converted to the IMAX format and shown in specific Asian territories, including India, China, and Thailand.