Chris Rock wanted to be the ‘king of the jungle’ when he first started Madagascar. Rock is getting more comfortable with his role as Marty the zebra in Madagascar 3, the third film in the popular ...

If there’s a chill in the air, then Christmas must be in peril. So it goes in the world of animated holiday specials. This time around, it’s the Central Park Zoo denizens of the “Madagascar” films who ...

Madagascar: A Little Wild, the prequel and spinoff of the beloved Madagascar films, is about to drop a new season. The kid-friendly series explores the exploits of a young Alex the lion, a young Marty ...

“Madagascar,” the 2005 animated hit feature by Eric Darnell and Lynnwood native Tom McGrath, might have been just another fish-out-of-water comedy but for its winning combination of earnest emotion ...

With his helium falsetto and excitable speech patterns, standup comedy legend Chris Rock has a voice made for cartoons. He has played a hamster in “Dr. Dolittle,” a white blood cell in “Osmosis Jones, ...

A giraffe in love with a hippo, a zebra with an identity crisis, a lion desperate to win his newfound daddy's respect — the makers of 'Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa' could have plunked their heroes down ...

Presenting the Best Animated Film category at this year’s Academy Awards, Chris Rock brought the house down with a bit about voicing cartoon characters being “the easiest job in the world.” The ...

The first two “Madagascar” films were hugely successful but largely forgettable — I’d be hard-pressed to recall exactly what happened in either. But then, it’s been seven years since Alex the Lion ...

So "Madagascar" is important to DreamWorks for business, but is it actually a good movie? Here's Bob Mondello with an answer. BOB MONDELLO reporting: It's early morning at the Central Park Zoo. The ...

Madagascar: Animation. Starring Chris Rock, Ben Stiller, Jada Pinkett Smith and David Schwimmer. Directed by Eric Darnell and Tom McGrath. (PG. 80 minutes. At Bay Area theaters.) "Madagascar" is an ...