Megamind To Open Pre-Christmas

The animated 'superhero' movie, Megamind is about to preview on regional screens - and then go UK-wide, just in time for the vital festive period.
Paid previews will begin in late November across the country, screening the superhero movie from DreamWorks Animation - the studio that brought Shrek, Madagascar, Kung Fu Panda and How to Train Your Dragon - to the big screen.
Megamind is a new 'take' on the eternal battle of good versus evil, or in this case, evil versus good.
The villain is bad at being bad, but just might be great at being good with Megamind (Will Ferrell) the most brilliant super-villain the world has ever known…and the least successful.
Over the years, he has tried to conquer Metro City in every imaginable way - Each attempt, a colossal failure, thanks to the caped superhero known as 'Metro Man' (voiced by Brad Pitt), until the day Megamind actually defeats him in the throes of one of his botched evil plans.
Suddenly, the fate of Metro City is threatened when a new villain arrives and chaos runs rampant, leaving everyone to wonder: Can the world's biggest 'mind' actually be the one to save the day?
Starring alongside Ferrell and Pitt are: Tina Fey as news reporter Roxanne Ritchi, Metro Man's staunchest ally and the pawn in Megamind's repeatedly foiled schemes and Jonah Jill as Ritchi's super-nerd cameraman Hal, who unwittingly becomes the new superhero Tighten and David Cross as Minion, Megamind's lifetime assistant, who's always there to assist in the latest plot…and then rally his friend when success eludes him.
DreamWorks Animation SKG is a PDI/DreamWorks Production with the music by Hans Zimmer and Lorne Balfe.
The film is written by Alan Schoolcraft & Brent Simons and the executive producers are Stuart Cornfeld and Ben Stiller. Megamind is produced by Lara Breay and Denise Nolan Cascino and is directed by Tom McGrath.
Meanwhile, the Belfast-based Cinemagic Coca-Cola Cinemagic International Film & Television Festival for Young People is to screen a special closing night preview, just days before it releases throughout the country on 3rd December, with a PG certificate.
See: Cinemagic
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