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Megamind
After Megamind, a highly intelligent alien supervillain, defeats his long-time nemesis Metro Man, Megamind creates a new hero to fight, but must act to save the city when his "creation" becomes an even worse villain than he was.
2010 · Directed by Tom McGrath · 96 min · Animation · Action · Comedy · Family · Science Fiction · Screenplay in the scene database · 16 frames
Tagline
A superhero movie with a mind of its own.
Plot
Supervillain Megamind and his polar opposite, superhero Metro Man, are extraterrestrials of different species who were both independently sent to Earth as infants before a black hole destroyed their planets. Though both land in Metro City simultaneously, Metro Man is raised in a rich mansion and Megamind in a prison. At the school they attend, Metro Man is well-liked by his classmates, while Megamind is relentlessly bullied until he reaches his breaking point, setting off a rivalry between him and Metro Man.
Over the years, Megamind and his fish-like assistant and best friend Minion frequently and unsuccessfully battle Metro Man for control of the city. On the day of the new Metro Man Museum's grand opening, Megamind escapes from prison, kidnaps news reporter Roxanne Ritchi, and lures Metro Man to an abandoned observatory to rescue her. Megamind blasts him with a sun-powered death ray; Metro Man is unable to escape, having stated that the copper-lined observatory roof weakens his powers. Overjoyed, Megamind takes over the city and executes a crime spree, but eventually becomes depressed and purposeless without Metro Man to oppose him.
Megamind decides to blow up the Metro Man Museum to forget the hero, but sees Roxanne is also there; as he runs, he dehydrates the museum's curator, Bernard, turning him into a small cube. Disguised as Bernard using hologram technology, Megamind talks to Roxanne, whose remarks inspire him to use Metro Man's DNA to create a new superhero to fight. Megamind perfects the formula, but during a fight between him and Roxanne in his lair, he accidentally injects it into Roxanne's cameraman Hal Stewart, who is infatuated with her.
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Crew
- Written by: Alan Schoolcraft, Brent Simons
- Edited by: Michael Andrews
- Music: Hans Zimmer, Lorne Balfe
- Production design: David James
- Produced by: Lara Breay, Denise Nolan Cascino
Cast
- Will Ferrell as Megamind (voice)
- Brad Pitt as Metro Man (voice)
- Tina Fey as Roxanne Ritchi (voice)
- Jonah Hill as Tighten (voice)
- David Cross as Minion (voice)
- Ben Stiller as Bernard (voice)
- Justin Theroux as Megaminds's Father (voice)
- Jessica Schulte as Megamind's Mother (voice)
- Tom McGrath as Lord Scott / Prison Guard (voice)
- Emily Nordwind as Lady Scott (voice)
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: DreamWorks Animation, Pacific Data Images
- Budget: $130,000,000
- Box office: $321,885,765
- Themes: prison, saving the world, date, secret identity, superhero, anti hero, museum, villain, romance, alien
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