DreamWorks Animation and Paramount have released a new trailer for Madagascar 3, the latest entry in the popular series about a group of escaped animals. Now I have to say, previous trailers have not impressed me but this one, it totally sold the movie.

So thanks to this trailer I learned something new today, apparently zebras can’t drive, only humans and penguins can. Looking past some of the obviously stupid jokes, there are more then a few genuinely funny moments here and unlike past trailers, we get a much better feel for where the movie is headed. Also, I’m now actually looking forward to this.

Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted brings back Alex, Marty, Melman, Gloria, King Julien XIII, Maurice, Mort and obviously Rico, Skipper, Kowalsky and Private. While still trying to get back home to their Zoo in New York, our heroes travel across Europe with what is probably the best cover for a group of animals like them, a circus. There, in order to be accepted, they must create the ultimate circus act, Madagascar style.

You can tell a mile away that Madagascar 3 is aimed at the international crowd, and who can blame DreamWorks Animation, past entries made most of their money outside North America.

Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted features the voices of Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett Smith, Sacha Baron Cohen, Cedric The Entertainer, Frances McDormand, Bryan Cranston, Martin Short, Jessica Chastain and Paz Vega among others.

The film will make its debut at the Cannes Film Festival in May, while for North America and most of the world, the release date is June 8th.

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DreamWorks Animation has released the teaser trailer for Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted. DreamWorks CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg previously said Alex the Lion, Marty the Zebra, Gloria the Hippo, and Melman the Giraffe would get back to New York eventually (probably in the fourth film) but in the meantime “their journey takes them through Europe where they find the perfect cover: a traveling circus, which they reinvent – Madagascar style.”

Watch the trailer below:

The film once again features the vocal talents of Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett Smith, Sacha Baron Cohen, Cedric The Entertainer and Andy Richter. Frances McDormand is a new addition and voices a calculating and goal-oriented animal control officer who leads her team to capture the animals. Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted will be released on June 8, 2012 and is directed by Eric Darnell (Madagascar, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa).

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Cinematical have received an exclusive poster for Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa.

The film, which stars the voices of Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, Sacha Baron Cohen and Jada Pinkett Smith, follows our animal friends as they hatch a plan to get back to New York; more specifically, Central Park. However, when they attempt to fly themselves out, the crew accidentally crash land in the wildest place of all — the vast plains of Africa itself. While there, they’ll get a better feel for their roots, as well as the difference between life in the concrete jungle and life on the world’s second largest continent. But with danger right around the corner, will this family reunion be cut short a little too soon? And will our heroes ever return home?

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