Life in France

**Life in France** is an American-French 3D computer-animated adventure comedy-drama film produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Pathé. It is a spin-off of the Madagascar series. It stars Charlotte Hope, Chloe Bennet, Ben Stiller, David Schwimmer, Eric Darnell, Jessica Chastain, Alex Wyndham, Kristen Bell, Chris Rock, Jada Pinkett Smith, Martin Short, Bryan Cranston, Tony Robinow, Jim Carrey and Annet Mahendru.

## Premise

Claudia Petit and her best friend Maddison Foster are going on an adventure with their friends. Then suddenly something went wrong due to the news about a murderous Russian woman named Larisa who tried to get revenge on them.

## Plot

In 1999, Young Claudia and her friends talk about something important like Joy’s mother used to work as an animal controller. Claudia’s father

## Cast

* Charlotte Hope as Claudia Petit - a woman who is an aerospace engineer and the main protagonist of the film.
	+ Eloise Webb voices Young Claudia Petit.
* Chloe Bennet as Maddison Foster - a co-worker who is the best friend of Claudia who is also an aerospace engineer and airplane pilot. She is the deuteragonist of the film.
	+ Bennet also voices Young Maddison Foster.
* Kristen Bell as Joy DuBois - an animal caretaker and zookeeper who is the daughter of an animal control officer Captain Chantel DuBois. She is the tritagonist of the film.
	+ Livvy Stubenrauch voices Young Joy DuBois.
* David Schwimmer as Louis Smith - a smart but nervous scientist and zoologist who is the boyfriend of Joy. He is the Quaternary protagonist of the film.
	+ Cullen-McCarthy voices Young Louis Smith.

### Supporting

* Eric Darnell as Eric Thompson - a zoologist who has been the best friend of Louis, Paul, and Raphael since the meeting.
* Jessica Chastain as Giselle Morgan - a dental assistant who is from California and partner of Peter.
* Ben Stiller as Sam Kennedy - a former homeless turned millionaire who is the ex-boyfriend of Maddison. He is the leader of Archer's.
* Chris Rock as Paul Johnson - one of Joy's best friends who is a rapper and DJ.
* Jada Pinkett Smith as Lizzie Hopper - one of Joy's best friends who is also a rapper.
* Martin Short as Dr. Peter Adams - a Canadian doctor who has been a friend of Professor Thomas Pierce and Giselle Morgan since high school. Despite being a Canadian, Peter speaks with an Australian accent because his mother is from Australia.
* Bryan Cranston as Professor Thomas Pierce - a British chemist who is one of Claudia's bosses and a former Vietnam veteran soldier.
* Tony Robinow as Charles van Kaiser - A German inventor who is one of Claudia's bosses.
* Stephen Kearin as Rico Pratt - A cashier who is a former mafia until he found out
* Alex Wyndham as Raphael Fellows - a man who is a police officer in New Orleans, Louisiana and Claudia’s boyfriend.
* Kelly Clarkson as Luna James - a music lover who is the fourth member of ???
* Nick Jonas as Nolan Knight - he is the friend of Sam who loves to follow his dreams about going to travel with his family and friends.
* will.i.am as Finn Mark - a hip-hop rapper who is the best friend of Raphael and Nolan.
* Demi Lovato as Lulu Lopez - a Mexican singer who is the childhood friend of Joy and now lives in New Jersey.
	+ Because Lovato is nonbinary and goes by They/Them, the fate is unknown for Lulu.
* Dan O'Connor has voiced the following characters:
	+ Nathan Rays
	+ Bus Driver
	+ Food Vendors
	+ TBD
* Danny Jacobs voices the following characters:
	+ Captain Waiter Phillip
	+ Aerospace Engineer #2
	+ TBD

* Tom McGrath voices the following characters:
	+ David Johnson - one of Claudia's co-workers.
	+ Joe Petit - The father of Claudia and husband of Kat.
	+ Nervous Aerospace Engineer #1
* India de Beaufort as Kat Petit - The mother of Claudia and wife of Joe.
* Andrew Richter as Maurice Smith - a janitor who loves to follow his boss's orders.
* Tina Fey as Sonia Sterling - She is the girlfriend of Sam who is an aerialist at the circus.
* Jack Black as John Aaron - He is the new boyfriend of Maddison and the leader of the circus.
* Avril Lavigne as Cherry Fuller - The leader of Funky Banners who had a hatred for ??? and childhood friend of Louis
* Phil LaMarr as Moxxie Class - The second common of Funky Banners

### Antagonists

* Annet Mahendru as Larisa Ivanov - She is the leader of Mother Russian Untied and the true main antagonist of the film.
* Jim Carrey as Jim Larson - He is the goofy thief and one of Larisa's henchmen, the secondary antagonist of the film. After her defeat, he became the new leader of Mother Russian United and became an Ally.
* Blake Shelton as Richard Hill - a member of the Mother Russian United.
* Frances McDormand as Marie Cooper - a member of the Mother Russian United.
* Lizzo as Anna Chastain - a member of the Mother Russian United.
* Wanda Sykes as Wendy Jepsen - a member of the Mother Russian United.
* Ben Mendelsohn as Nikolai Ivanov - The new boss of Jim Larson who is the husband of Larisa.
* Aleksey Serebryakov as Tabi Russo - the rival of Claudia who loved to tease her because of disability (which Claudia has autism) as a child. His father is from Russia while his mother is from Italy.

## Quotes

(Claudia carries her lunch to the break room where Professor Thomas Pierce and other coworkers eat their lunches.)

Claudia:

## Songs

### Original Songs

* Tik Tok by Ke$ha
* TBD by TBD
* TBD by TBD

### Songs heard in the film

* I Gotta Feeling by The Black Eyed Peas
* Lips are Movin by Meghan Trainor
* TBD by TBD
* TBD by TBD
* Going to The World by will.am
* Big and Chunky by will.am
* Stone Cold by Demi Lovato
* Welcome to New York by Taylor Swift
* Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien by Kristen Bell
* Smile by Katy Perry
* Breaks the Rules by Charli XCX
* Señorita by Camila Cabello ft Shawn Mendes
* TBD by TBD
* TBD by TBD
* TBD by TBD

### Song heard in the trailer/TV spot

* TBD (Teaser Trailer)
* High Hopes by Panic at the Disco (Trailer #1)
* TBD (Trailer #2)
* TBD (Final Trailer)

## Trivia

* This movie is based on the following other movies:
	+ Madagascar
	+ Rugrats in Paris
	+ April and the Extraordinary World
	+ Mr. Peabody and Sherman
	+ Abominable
	+ Source Code
	+ UglyDolls
	+ Smallfoot
	+ The Boss Baby
	+ Trolls
	+ Wonder Park
	+ Over The Hedge
	+ Turbo
* This is the second movie to be released in 3D.
* This is the first Madagascar film to have a human protagonist rather than an animal protagonist.
	+ However, the characters from the previous movies will appear in this film.
* Life in France will be set in Paris, France.
	+ It is also set in different countries and states such as Louisiana, Washington, China, England, Japan, and New York.
* This movie will combine "Abominable", "April and the Extraordinary World", "Mr. Peabody and Sherman", "UglyDolls", "Smallfoot", "The Boss Baby", "Trolls", "Madagascar", "Turbo", and "Over The Hedge".
* The characters are returned from the previous films.
* Voice actors are returned from the previous Madagascar films.
* The locations are returned from the previous Madagascar films.
* When it becomes a popular movie, the movie gets merchandise.
* Life in France will become a part of the Madagascar films.
* This is the first movie to have a female human character.
* This movie will be a video game called Life in France: Lost and Find.
* Some characters have similarities to characters from Madagascar:
	+ Claudia Petit - Alex
	+ Maddison Foster - Marty
	+ Louis Smith - Melman
	+ Joy DuBois - Gloria
	+ Dr. Peter Adams - Stefano
	+ Professor Thomas Pierce - Vitaly
	+ Giselle Morgan - Gia
	+ Sam Kennedy - King Julien XIII
	+ Eric Thompson - Mort
	+ Paul Johnson - Maurice
	+ Charles van Kaiser - Kowalski
	+ Rico Pratt - Skipper
	+ Raphael Fellows - Rico
	+ Luna James - Private
	+ Jim Larson - Teetsi
	+ Larisa Ivanov - Captain Chantel DuBois
	+ Lulu Lopez - Moto Moto
	+ Anna Chastain - Tommy
	+ Wendy Jepsen - Paul
	+ Richard Hill - Richard
	+ Marie Cooper - Gerard
	+ Joe Petit - Zuba
	+ Kat Petit - Florrie
	+ Finn Adamson - Mason
	+ Nolan Knight - Phil
	+ TBD - Dave
	+ Tabi Russo - Nana (The Old Lady)
	+ Nikolai Ivanov - Makunga
	+ Sonia Sterling - Sonya
	+ TBD - Esmeralda, Esperanza, and Ernestina
	+ TBD - Dancing Dogs
	+ Cherry Fuller and Moxxie Class - Manu and Maya
	+ ??? - Lola
* Life in France will get a TV series called Life in France: The Series.
* The movie's elements are shared with Abominable, UglyDolls, Turbo, Over the Hedge, April and the Extraordinary World, Madagascar, and Source Code.
* This is the first computer-animated film distributed by Pathé.
* This is the second DreamWorks Animation film to feature LGBT characters; Lulu Lopez is one of the characters that uses them due to their voice actor Demi Lovato is nonbinary.

## Similarities to other films

* The scene where Claudia plays the violin while at the Tower of London is similar to the scene where Yi plays her violin on the roof of an apartment.
* The scene where Malcolm calls on the phone about Claudia and her friends is similar to the scene where Chantel calls on the phone about Alex and his friends.
* The scene where Thomas and Eva are worried about the Petit family is similar to the scene where ???
* The scene where Joy runs away from the hotel in New York after writing a note and disappearing in the night is similar to the scene where ???
* The scene where Claudia and Tabi fight at the restaurant is similar to the scene where Alex and Nana fight at the safari.

## Cameos

* A plush of Puss in Boots from Shrek can be seen in the little girl's room.
* A picture of Poppy can be seen in the refrigerator.
* Professor Poopypants' glasses can be seen at the eyeglasses store.
* A snow statue of Toothless can be seen in the backyard.
* Alex can be seen at the circus.
* A plush of Mr. Peabody can be seen in Joy's room.
* Ginger's hat can be seen in the closet
* A picture of Gladys Sharp can be seen in the fridge.
* A drawing picture of Tippy Tinkletrousers aka Professor Poopypants can be seen at
* Biggie and Mr. Dinkles can be seen on Joy's bed as plushies.
* ???