First up was Madagascar 3 with series regulars Eric Darnell and Tom McGrath joined by a third director for "Europe's Most Wanted" in Conrad Vernon, a long-time DreamWorks vet who co-directed Monsters vs. Aliens and has been involved with most of their animated movies going back pre-Shrek. They gave us a quick recap of the two previous movies and how the four zoo animal friends--Alex the lion (Ben Stiller), Marty the zebra (Chris Rock), Melman the giraffe (David Schwimmer) and Gloria the hippo (Jada Pinkett Smith)--had been left stranded in Africa by the penguins, who had gone off to gamble...
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