Maya the Bee (2014 film)

Maya the Bee

Theatrical release poster
Directed by Alexs Stadermann
Produced by Barbara Stephen
Thorsten Wegener
Written by Fin Edquist
Marcus Sauermann
Based on Maya the Bee 
by Waldemar Bonsels
Starring Coco Jack Gillies
Kodi Smit-McPhee
Joel Franco
Richard Roxburgh
Justine Clarke
Jacki Weaver
Miriam Margolyes
Noah Taylor
Andy McPhee
Music by Ute Engelhardt
Edited by Adam Smith
Production
company
Distributed by Universum Film AG (Germany)
Release dates
  • September 4, 2014 (2014-09-04) (South Korea)
  • November 1, 2014 (2014-11-01) (Australia)
Running time
 87 minutes[1]
Country Australia
Germany
Belgium
Language English
German
Box office $14,361,000[2][lower-alpha 1]

Maya the Bee (promoted theatrically as Maya the Bee Movie) is a 2014 German-Australian-Belgian 3D computer-animated comedy adventure film directed by Alexs Stadermann, based on the German children's book of the same name by Waldemar Bonsels. It features the voices of Kodi Smit-McPhee, Noah Taylor, Richard Roxburgh, Jacki Weaver, and Miriam Margolyes. It was released theatrically in Australia on November 1, 2014 and in the U.K. on October 23, 2015.[3] The film is also released in the U.S. as a direct-to-video release on Blu-ray 3D, Blu-ray and DVD on May 19, 2015 by Shout! Factory.

Summary

Maya is born in a world of rules, but when she discovers villainous Buzzlina Von Beena's plot to steal the Queen's royal jelly, Maya is banished from the hive and into the meadow. With her best friend Willy tagging along, Maya meets a young hornet named Sting. Together they have to stop the plot and the fight between bees and hornets before it's too late.

Voice cast

Production

Animation World Network announced in May 2013 that Universum Film would distribute all German rights of the film.[6] In November 2014, Variety announced that distributor Shout! Factory picked up all North American rights to the film. The film is directed by Alexs Stadermann, and produced by Patrick Elmendorff and Thorsten Wegener from Studio 100 Animation; Jim Ballantine and Barbara Stephen from Buzz Studios.[7][1] The film was produced in association with Flying Bark Productions and ZDF.[8][9] This film was Coco Jack Gillies film debut as she voiced the role of Maya. Gillies was 9 years old at the time of production.[1][5]

Reception

Maya the Bee Movie received mixed reviews from critics, scoring a 50% in Rotten Tomatoes with an average rating of 6/10 as of May 2015.[10] Frank Hatherley from Screen Daily stated that "this merry movie is for young children, mainly girls: step aside, Dora the Explorer!" with vivid colours and plenty of unthreatening action.[1]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ As of November 2014.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Frank Hatherley (24 October 2014). "Maya The Bee Movie". Screen Daily. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "MAYA THE BEE MOVIE". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "UK Release Dates 2015". Film Detail. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  4. ↑ Scott Roxborough (5 November 2014). "AFM: Shout! Takes 'Maya The Bee' for North America". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Everyone’s favourite little bee Maya makes her big screen debut in Maya the Bee Movie.". Flying Bark Productions. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  6. ↑ Jennifer Wolfe (20 May 2013). "Studio 100 Launches 'Maya the Bee' Animated Feature". Animation World Network. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  7. ↑ Patrick Frater (November 10, 2014). "Shout! Factory Takes North America on ‘Maya The Bee Movie’". Variety. Retrieved January 20, 2015.
  8. ↑ Jerry Beck (18 January 2015). "TRAILER: "Maya The Bee"". Indiewire. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  9. ↑ Etan Vlessing (8 May 2012). "Canada's Thunderbird Films Steers 'Maya the Bee' into North America". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  10. ↑ "Maya The Bee Movie (2015)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 21 January 2015.

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