Warner Bros. will release its CG-animated feature film The Ant Bully on home video on Nov. 28. Bonus features on the DVD will include seven animated shorts of an undisclosed nature and additional scenes from the movie.
Directed by John A. Davis (Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, Santa Vs. the Snowman 3-D) and produced by Tom Hanks through his Playtone shingle, The Ant Bully is a fable about a young boy who floods an ant colony and later finds himself shrunken down to the size of an ant. Living among the ants, Nickie is forced to help repair the damage he caused and learns some important lessons about cooperation and community. The film’s voice cast includes Nicolas Cage, Julia Roberts, Zach Tyler, Paul Giamatti and Bruce Campbell.
Released in theaters over the summer, the film was not one of the stronger animated performers of the year. It pulled in just north of $28 million domestically and $54 million worldwide, scarcely enough to break even on its $50 million budget. Like Disney’s The Wild and other animated entries that slipped through the cracks during this year’s toon boom, Ant Bully should finally find a large audience on home video, especially among fans of John Nickle’s popular children’s book, on which it’s based.
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