Tom McGrath, director of of DreamWorks' Madagascar trilogy and the voice of Skipper, says "Madagascar 4" could happen if they find a "good story" to tell
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Jackson Murphy: DreamWorks Animation movies were distributed by DreamWorks. They went to Paramount. They went to Fox. They’re now Universal. I think the question everybody wants to know… the fans of the franchise…. Is there more on the way?
Tom McGrath: There could be. I think the great thing about Universal and DreamWorks right now is they know that they could make money on a “Madagascar 4”. But the question I think that the studio has, that they’ll always have is… “Is there a good story for a fourth one?” And it has to be a worthy story to make the sequel, so it’s not necessarily a money grab. Eric and I love those characters, and there’s plenty of life to be had. It’s just finding the right story to tell in the franchise.
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Jackson Murphy: DreamWorks Animation movies were distributed by DreamWorks. They went to Paramount. They went to Fox. They’re now Universal. I think the question everybody wants to know… the fans of the franchise…. Is there more on the way?
Tom McGrath: There could be. I think the great thing about Universal and DreamWorks right now is they know that they could make money on a “Madagascar 4”. But the question I think that the studio has, that they’ll always have is… “Is there a good story for a fourth one?” And it has to be a worthy story to make the sequel, so it’s not necessarily a money grab. Eric and I love those characters, and there’s plenty of life to be had. It’s just finding the right story to tell in the franchise.
They didn’t bother with that the first three times, so why start now?
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Jackson Murphy: DreamWorks Animation movies were distributed by DreamWorks. They went to Paramount. They went to Fox. They’re now Universal. I think the question everybody wants to know… the fans of the franchise…. Is there more on the way?
Tom McGrath: There could be. I think the great thing about Universal and DreamWorks right now is they know that they could make money on a “Madagascar 4”. But the question I think that the studio has, that they’ll always have is… “Is there a good story for a fourth one?” And it has to be a worthy story to make the sequel, so it’s not necessarily a money grab. Eric and I love those characters, and there’s plenty of life to be had. It’s just finding the right story to tell in the franchise.
I feel like they should have a good story to tell before deciding to make a movie.
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Jackson Murphy: DreamWorks Animation movies were distributed by DreamWorks. They went to Paramount. They went to Fox. They’re now Universal. I think the question everybody wants to know… the fans of the franchise…. Is there more on the way?
Tom McGrath: There could be. I think the great thing about Universal and DreamWorks right now is they know that they could make money on a “Madagascar 4”. But the question I think that the studio has, that they’ll always have is… “Is there a good story for a fourth one?” And it has to be a worthy story to make the sequel, so it’s not necessarily a money grab. Eric and I love those characters, and there’s plenty of life to be had. It’s just finding the right story to tell in the franchise.
New concepts?
Nah, just make sequels, reboots, and superhero movies.
