Key facts
- Directed by
- Conrad Vernon Rob Letterman
- Screenplay by
- Maya Forbes Wally Wolodarsky Rob Letterman Jonathan Aibel, Glenn Berger
- Story by
- Rob Letterman Conrad Vernon
- Produced by
- Lisa Stewart
- Starring
- Reese Witherspoon Seth Rogen Hugh Laurie Will Arnett Kiefer Sutherland Rainn Wilson Paul Rudd Stephen Colbert
- Edited by
- Joyce Arrastia Erika Dapkewicz
- Music by
- Henry Jackman
- Production company
- DreamWorks Animation
- Distributed by
- Paramount Pictures
- Release date
- March 27, 2009 ( 2009-03-27 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 94 minutes
- Country
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Monsters vs. Aliens is a 2009 American animated science fiction comedy film directed by Conrad Vernon and Rob Letterman and written by Letterman, Maya Forbes, Wally Wolodarsky, Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger. Produced by DreamWorks Animation, it is the first installment in the Monsters vs. Aliens franchise. The film stars Reese Witherspoon, Seth Rogen, Hugh Laurie, Will Arnett, Kiefer Sutherland, Rainn Wilson, Paul Rudd, and Stephen Colbert. The film involves a group of misfit monsters tasked by the United States Armed Forces to stop the invasion of an extraterrestrial villain and save the Earth in exchange for freedom.
It was DreamWorks Animation's first feature film to be produced in a stereoscopic 3D format instead of being converted into 3D after completion, which added $15 million to the film's budget.