From out of nowhere, or at least as far as I am concerned, at the end of May, Fox announced Epic, which had once been titled Leafmen and would be hitting theaters on May 24, 2013. I had never heard of it before, but it comes from Blue Sky, the animation house behind Ice Age and Rio, so it is something of a big deal and now, today, just as unexpected comes the first trailer for the film.
Epic tells the story of an ongoing battle deep in the forest between the forces of good and the forces of evil. When a teen age girl finds herself magically transported into this secret universe, she must band together with a rag-tag team of fun and whimsical characters in order to save their world… and ours.
The voice cast is lead by Beyonce Knowles and she’s joined by Josh Hutcherson, Amanda Seyfried, Johnny Knoxville, Aziz Ansari, Jason Sudeikis, Pitbull, Steven Tyler, Blake Anderson and Judah Friedlander.
