Madagascar: Gone Wild!

***Madagascar: Gone Wild! (also known as "Madagascar 4: Gone Wild" in the United Kingdom)*** is a 2024 American computer-animated action adventure comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Universal Pictures. The film is the fourth and final installment of the *Madagascar* film series, following *Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted* (2012), and was the second film in the series to be released in 3D. It was directed by Eric Darnell, Conrad Vernon, and Simon J. Smith from a screenplay by Brad Copeland, Tom McGrath and Noah Baumbach, and features many of the same voices from the film (except Sacha Baron Cohen, who was replaced by Danny Jacobs, the voice of Julien in both *The Penguins of Madagascar* and *All Hail King Julien* television series, reprising their voice acting roles from the previous installments. In the film, the main characters—a party of animals from the Central Park Zoo whose adventures have already taken them to Madagascar, Africa and Monte Carlo— return to Madagascar to face one dangerous foe.

It will be coming out in theatres, February 9, 2024.

## Cast

* Ben Stiller as Alex, a lion and the main protagonist.
* 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 fiancé.
* Jada Pinkett Smith as Gloria, a hippopotamus, another of Alex's friends and Melman's fiancé.
* Danny Jacobs as King Julien XIII, a ring-tailed lemur who was the king of Madagascar. He was previously voiced by Sacha Baron Cohen in the previous three films.
* Cedric the Entertainer as Maurice, an aye-aye and adviser of King Julien XIII.
* Andy Richter as Mort, a Goodman's mouse lemur and a companion of King Julien XIII.
* Tom McGrath as Skipper, a penguin who is the leader of all penguins.
* Patrick Stewart as King Rademo, a Sabre-toothed cat and the king of Fossas. He is the film's main antagonist.
* Jessica Chastain as Gia, an Italian jaguar and Alex's love interest.
* Bryan Cranston as Vitaly, a Russian Siberian tiger and a former superstar of the travelling circus.
* Martin Short as Stefano, an Italian sea lion.
* Chris Miller as Kowalski, a penguin and Skipper's right-hand man.
* Christopher Knights as Private, a penguin
* Conrad Vernon as Rico, a penguin and Mason, a chimpanzee.
* Adam Scott as Calvo, a black panther, whom Alex and the gang encountered in India, In the end he joins Circus Zaragoza.
* Jordan Peele and Keegan-Michael Key as Stan and Jasper, a duo of Pallas's cats that are friends of Calvo as they hangout all the time. They joined with Alex and the gang, In the end, they both joined Circus Zaragoza with Calvo.
* Jeremy Renner as Tony, a Reticulated Python from India, In the end, he joins Circus Zaragoza.
* Diego Luna as Ezekiel, a Spanish-accented orangutan from Sumatra, In the end, he joins Circus Zaragoza.
* Awkwafina as Brownie, a female Askal dog that later joins Circus Zaragoza.
* DJ Khaled as Jacob, a Komodo Dragon from the island of Komodo, In the end, he joins Circus Zaragoza.
* Demi Lovato as Catherine, a Diademed sifaka and Julien's love interest, In the end, she marries Julien and joins Circus Zaragoza.
* Keke Palmer as Porsha, a female zebra and Marty's love interest, In the end, she joins Circus Zaragoza.
* Idris Elba as Emperor Thranduil, a Palaeopropithecidae (sloth lemur), who is the king of Madagascar after Julien's absence.
* Tom McGrath, Eric Darnell and Fred Tatasciore as the fossa, the secondary antagonist.
* Cody Cameron as Willie, a green-eyed red lemur.
* Tom McGrath, Eric Darnell, Conrad Vernon, David Soren, Tara Strong, Rob Paulsen, Maurice LaMarche, Wally Wingert, Phil LaMarr and Lauren Tom as Additional Lemur Voices.

## Trivia

* Danny Jacobs reprised his role from Penguins of Madagascar (2014)
* Conrad Vernon reprised his role from Penguins of Madagascar (2014)
* This was the only Madagascar film to not have Sacha Baron Cohen reprise his role from the previous three films.
* Martin Short and Patrick Stewart previously co-starred in The Prince of Egypt (1998), Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genuis (2001) and Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return (2013).
* Jordan Peele and Keegan Michael Key previously co-starred in Storks (2016) and Toy Story 4 (2019)
* This was the second DreamWorks Animation film to star Jordan Peele after Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (2014)
* This was the second DreamWorks Animation film to star Awkwafina after The Bad Guys (2022)
* This was the second DreamWorks Animation film to star Diego Luna after Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans (2021)

## Soundtrack

1. Give Me Everything (Madagascar Remix) - Pitbull, feat. Ne-Yo, Nayer
2. Afro Circus/I Like to Move It - Chris Rock and Danny Jacobs
3. Firework - Katy Perry
4. Until the Sun Comes Up - Drew Seeley
5. Glad You Came - The Wanted
6. I Like to Move it - Sacha Baron Cohen
7. Paradise - Aaron Levi & Liza Owen (Dance-Pop Mix)
8. I See Love - Jonas Blue feat. Joe Jonas
9. Turn Me On - David Guetta feat. Nicki Minaj
10. In the Name of Love - Martin Garrix feat. Bebe Rexha
11. Feeling Hot - Don Omar
12. I'm Coming Out - Diana Ross