short film about magic flowers and vikings and a robot

He takes the pod and kidnaps Mub and Grub. Mandrake goes to Nim Galuu's place to steal the pod, which, if it blooms in darkness, will birth a dark prince who will help Mandrake destroy the forest. Meanwhile, Mandrake, grieving over his son's death, has the Boggans bring Bufo to him, finding out the location of the pod. on a deer ride and they begin to fall for each other. discovers Tara's brief message before shrinking her, and a message that will get her back to normal size. He then leads them down to the library, where M.K. Ronin, Nod, M.K., Mub, and Grub eventually track down Nim Galuu. A reluctant Nod joins him, M.K., Mub, and Grub after hearing about Queen Tara's death, which Bufo overhears. Before Bufo and his two henchmen can feed Nod to a snake, Ronin intervenes and orders them to leave. Nod goes back on a deal with a short-tempered toad gangster named Bufo to throw the race. Ronin discovers that Nod has entered a race against other creatures and bugs on birds. joins Ronin and the Leafmen, along with Mub and Grub.

to take the pod to Nim Galuu, a glowworm wizard, before she dies, and M.K. Dying, Tara gives her the pod and uses her magic to shrink her. Before she can leave, Bomba's dog Ozzy runs into the woods. decides to leave after having an argument with Bomba about his research. Dagda is killed by Ronin, but not until after he shoots Tara. They are then attacked by Mandrake and his son Dagda. Unable to reach the barge and the safety of the Guards, while being chased, Ronin arrives for her and the pair fly off on his hummingbird mount. Tara flees the area with the pod, and though flying Leafmen bodyguards do their best to protect her, they are soon overwhelmed by the sheer number of Boggans.

Immediately after she chooses a pod, the Boggans attack. The benevolent fairy queen of the forest, Queen Tara, must choose an heir to her throne and goes out to a field of leaf pods on board her flying barge and escorted by the Royal guards, arriving at the field guarded by a laid-back slug named Mub and a wannabe Leafman snail named Grub. Meanwhile, an independent young Leafman named Nod decides to quit, much to the ire of the no-nonsense leader Ronin, who promised Nod’s late father he’d look out for his son. Bomba’s determination to find proof of his theories irritates his daughter as she believes it’s nonsense, like her mother did, but Bomba assures her he’ll find proof. They protect the forest near where Bomba lives from wicked creatures called Boggans and their malevolent leader Mandrake. It received generally positive reviews from critics and grossed $268 million against its $93 million budget.Īfter her mother dies, 17-year-old Mary Katherine, or M.K., moves in with her eccentric scientist father Professor Bomba, who has spent his life searching for tiny humanoid soldiers called Leafmen in Sherman, Connecticut. The film features the voices of Colin Farrell, Josh Hutcherson, Amanda Seyfried, Christoph Waltz, Aziz Ansari, Chris O'Dowd, Pitbull, Jason Sudeikis, Steven Tyler, and Beyoncé Knowles.Īfter teenager Mary Katherine gets shrunk and teleported to a tiny woodland kingdom inhabited by talking slugs, flower people and tiny soldiers called Leafmen, she is swept up in a wild adventure between good and evil and, alongside her new friends, must fight to protect the world she never knew existed.Įpic was released on May 24, 2013, by 20th Century Fox. Astle and Matt Ember and directed by Chris Wedge, the director of the animated movies Ice Age (2002) and Robots (2005).

It was produced by Blue Sky Studios written by William Joyce, James V. Epic (stylized as epic) is a 2013 American computer-animated fantasy action- adventure film loosely based on William Joyce's 1996 children's book The Leaf Men and the Brave Good Bugs.

Short film about magic flowers and vikings and a robot