The Kingdom of Malaria's environment is devastated by a mysterious storm to which its ruler, King Malbert ( Jay Leno) has the rest of the world pay the kingdom not to unleash the various doomsday devices invented by its evil scientists. Igor garnered an Annie Award nomination for Valérie Hadida's character design. The film received mixed reviews from critics, who criticized the story, humor and the film's unclear age appeal however, the voice cast and animation were praised. The film grossed $30.7 million worldwide on a $25 million budget. Promoted with a video game, toys, books, comic books, and fast-food tie-ins, Igor premiered at the Grauman's Chinese Theatre on September 13, 2008, before starting its American nationwide theatrical run five days later. Igor's first teaser trailer premiered at the 2008 New York Comic-Con before being released online on May 7, 2008. In trying to achieve his dream to become an evil scientist, Igor accidentally creates a sweet female monster named Eva. Conceived by McKenna as a twisting of evil scientist film tropes, Igor features Cusack as the titular Igor, who lives in the kingdom of Malaria where others of his kind serve as assistants to evil scientists. Igor stars the cast of John Cusack, Steve Buscemi, Jay Leno, Eddie Izzard, Sean Hayes, Arsenio Hall, Jennifer Coolidge, John Cleese, Molly Shannon, and Christian Slater. It is the first fully computer-animated film from MGM, after All Dogs Go to Heaven 2. It was distributed in North America by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and internationally by The Weinstein Company. The animation was completed at France's Sparx Animation Studios and a facility in Vietnam. Igor, developed and produced by Max Howard with the California-based Exodus Film Group, was the first feature-length animated film to be financed with private equity. It was created in the 2000s, a decade where more affordable technology led to an increase of independent animated films. Igor is a computer-animated comedy film directed by Tony Leondis from a screenplay by Chris McKenna. This article has been protected due to constant vandalism.
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