Mr. Peabody & Sherman
2014 animated film directed by Rob Minkoff
Key facts
- Directed by
- Rob Minkoff
- Screenplay by
- Craig Wright
- Based on
- " Peabody's Improbable History ", from Rocky & Bullwinkle , by Jay Ward
- Produced by
- Alex Schwartz Denise Nolan Cascino
- Starring
- Ty Burrell Max Charles Ariel Winter Stephen Colbert Leslie Mann Allison Janney
- Edited by
- Michael Andrews
- Music by
- Danny Elfman
- Production companies
- DreamWorks Animation Pacific Data Images Bullwinkle Studios
- Distributed by
- 20th Century Fox
- Release dates
- February 7, 2014 ( 2014-02-07 ) (United Kingdom) March 7, 2014 ( 2014-03-07 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 92 minutes
- Country
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Mr. Peabody & Sherman is a 2014 American animated science fiction comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and based on characters from the "Peabody's Improbable History" segments of the animated television series Rocky & Friends. It was directed by Rob Minkoff, written by Craig Wright, and features the voices of Ty Burrell, Max Charles, Ariel Winter, Stephen Colbert, Leslie Mann, and Allison Janney. In the film, Mr. Peabody and his adoptive human son Sherman use the WABAC, a time machine, to embark on time travel adventures. When Sherman accidentally rips a hole in the universe by taking the WABAC without permission to impress his classmate Penny Peterson, they must find themselves to repair history and save the future.
The film was originally planned as a live-action/CG film until it was redeveloped into a fully computer-animated film in 2006 when Minkoff joined DreamWorks Animation to direct an adaptation. Andrew Kurtzman was initially set to write the screenplay, based on a pitch by Minkoff and his longtime producing partner Jason Clark.