Epic (2013 film)

Epic
A young red-headed girl surrounded by a snail and slug, a fairy queen, fairy warriors, a toad and a goblin-like creature in a batskin cloak. In the background is a mountain surrounded by hummingbirds. The words "Epic" are at the bottom in gold.
Theatrical release poster
Directed byChris Wedge
Screenplay by
Story by
  • William Joyce
  • James V. Hart
  • Chris Wedge
Based onThe Leaf Men and the Brave Good Bugs
by William Joyce
Produced by
  • Lori Forte
  • Jerry Davis
Starring
CinematographyRenato Falcão
Edited byAndy Keir
Music byDanny Elfman
Production
companies
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release dates
  • May 16, 2013 (2013-05-16) (International)[1]
  • May 18, 2013 (2013-05-18) (Ziegfeld Theatre)[2]
  • May 24, 2013 (2013-05-24) (United States)
Running time
102 minutes[3]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$93 million[4][5]
Box office$268.4 million[6]

Epic (stylized as epic) is a 2013 American animated fantasy action-adventure film loosely based on William Joyce's 1996 children's book The Leaf Men and the Brave Good Bugs,[7][8] produced by Blue Sky Studios and distributed by 20th Century Fox. The film was directed by Chris Wedge from a screenplay written by Joyce, James V. Hart, Daniel Shere, and the writing team of Tom J. Astle and Matt Ember, based on a story conceived by Joyce, Hart, and Wedge. It stars the voices of Colin Farrell, Josh Hutcherson, Amanda Seyfried, Christoph Waltz, Aziz Ansari, Chris O'Dowd, Pitbull, Jason Sudeikis, Steven Tyler, and Beyoncé Knowles.

After teenager Mary Katherine gets shrunk and teleported to a tiny woodland kingdom inhabited by talking slugs, flower people and tiny soldiers called Leafmen, she is swept up in a wild adventure between good and evil and, alongside her new friends, must fight to protect the world she never knew existed.

Epic was released on May 24, 2013, by 20th Century Fox. It received positive reviews from critics and grossed $268 million against its $93 million budget.

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  3. ^ "EPIC (U)". British Board of Film Classification. May 1, 2013. Archived from the original on October 3, 2013. Retrieved May 2, 2013.
  4. ^ Oldham, Stuart (May 24, 2013). "UPDATE: 'Fast and Furious 6′ Racing Towards $35 Million Friday, $100 Million Four-Day Weekend; 'Hangover' and 'Epic' Eye $50 Million". Variety. Archived from the original on June 7, 2013. Retrieved May 25, 2013. ...along with Fox-Blue Sky Animation's $93 million family film, "Epic,"...
  5. ^ Finke, Nikki (May 25, 2013). "$317M Record-Breaking Memorial Weekend! #1 'Fast & Furious 6′ $317M Global For Franchise Biggest; 'Hangover III' $82.2M; 'Epic' $86.6M". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on June 7, 2013. Retrieved May 25, 2013. Fox claims cost was $93M for this Chris Wedge-directed animated actioner
  6. ^ "Epic (2013)". Box Office Mojo. IMDB. June 2, 2013. Archived from the original on August 15, 2013. Retrieved August 20, 2013.
  7. ^ Kilday, Gregg; Giardina, Carolyn (January 3, 2014). "Roundtable: 5 Top Animators on the Good and Bad of Celebrity Voices and Creative Input From Their Own Kids". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on January 5, 2014. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  8. ^ Fleming, Michael (August 23, 2009). "Wedge turns over new 'Leaf' at Fox". Variety. Archived from the original on April 18, 2021. Retrieved May 31, 2012.