Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard
Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard (French: Arthur et la Vengeance de Maltazard) is a 2009 English-language French animated/live-action fantasy adventure film directed and co-written by Luc Besson, based on the third book of the Arthur children's books series by Besson. It is the sequel to Arthur and the Invisibles (2006), and the second installment in the Arthur film series.
Plot
Three years have passed since Arthur saved his grandparents’ home and saved the Minimoys from the evil Maltazard. Arthur stays with his grandparents for the holidays, during which the Bogo Matassalai (a fictitious African society) assign Arthur a series of tests, including camouflage and environmental nonviolence. Having passed these tests, Arthur prepares to see the Minimoys to celebrate, until his father decides to take him and his mother back to the metropolis. When a spider gives Arthur a grain of rice containing a distress-call, which he believes has come from the Minimoys, he returns to his grandparents' house, where the Bogo Matassalai's attempt to give him Minimoy stature through a telescope fails, and they instead wrap him in vines of increasing tightness until he falls as a drop of sap into the Minimoy Max's bar. En route to investigate the Minimoys' condition, Arthur and Max rescue Betameche, who leads Arthur to the King. He then learns that Selenia is held by Maltazard, who is inspired to invade the human world by increasing his own size. Maltazard tricks the Minimoys into completing his design. The telescope itself is destroyed in the process, leaving Arthur trapped at his Minimoy size, while Maltazard is free to roam the world.
Cast
- Asa Butterfield
- Bernard Alane
- Eric Cartman
- Fergie
- Fred Testot
- Freddie Highmore
- Gérard Darmon
- Jacques Frantz
- Jean Bejote Njamba
- Jean-Paul Rouve
- Jimmy Fallon
- Logan Miller
- Lou Reed
- Mia Farrow
- Michel Duchaussoy
- Mylène Farmer
- Penny Balfour
- Robert Stanton
- Rohff
- Ron Crawford
- Saïd Amadis
- Selena Gomez
- Snoop Dogg
- will.i.am
More details
| author | Céline Garcia Luc Besson |
|---|---|
| director | Luc Besson |
| editor | Julien Rey |
| genre | action adventure animation fantasy live-action |
| keywords | africa camouflage metropolis spider the king trap |
| musicBy | Éric Serra |
| producer | Emmanuel Prévost Luc Besson Stéphane Lecomte |
| productionCompany | Avalanche Productions Canal+ EuropaCorp TF1 Films Production |
| publisher | EuropaCorp |
| theme | children's adventure shapeshifting |