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| Directed by | Luc Besson |
| Produced by | Luc Besson Emmanuel Prévost |
| Written by | Luc Besson Céline Garcia |
| Starring | Selena Gomez Freddie Highmore Stacy Ferguson Mia Farrow Jimmy Fallon Snoop Dogg will.i.am Logan Miller Robert Stanton Lou Reed Penny Balfour Jean-Paul Rouve |
| Music by | Eric Serra |
| Cinematography | Thierry Arbogast |
| Editing by | Julien Rey |
| Studio | EuropaCorp TF1 Films Production Apipoulaï Avalanche Productions Canal+ Sofica Europacorp Narfia Entertainment Group |
| Distributed by | EuropaCorp (France) 20th Century Fox (USA) Momentum Pictures (UK) |
| Release date(s) | November 26, 2009 (Germany) December 2, 2009 (France) December 18, 2009 (United States) December 24, 2010 (United Kingdom ) |
| Running time | 93 minutes 107 minutes (UK version) |
| Country | France |
| Language | English |
| Box office | £1,010,173 (UK) |
Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard (French: Arthur et la vengeance de Maltazard) is an French feature film with live action and animation co-written, co-produced and directed by Luc Besson, based on his novel of the same title and starring Freddie Highmore and Mia Farrow. EuropaCorp produced the film, which is the second in Besson's Arthur series, following Arthur and the Invisibles.
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In 1963, 12-year-old Arthur stays with his grandparents for the holidays, during which the Bogo Matassalai grant Arthur a distinction regarding being one with nature, after succeeding in a series of tests, such as becoming one with nature, blending in with the scenery, and living amongst the animals. Arthur then prepares to see the Minimoys again to celebrate when his father, concerned for his safety due to bees, decides to take him and his mother back to the city early. However, a spider delivers to Arthur a grain of rice with the message "help", which he believes must have come from the Minimoys, and makes it even more important for him to visit them. At a gas station Arthur escapes from the car and returns to his grandparents' house, switching places with the dog Alfred. However, Bogo Matassalai's attempt to transform him using a telescope fails due to clouds covering the full moon and has Arthur as them to apply an older, more dangerous alternative method, even though it may kill him. They agree. Arthur is wound into vines which are then pulled more and more tight. The procedure is successful and Arthur is transported downward in a drop of sap from the squeezed vines landing through the roof of Max's bar. Max explains to him what has happened since the last adventure and agrees to take him investigate the matter.
While en route to get information on the Mimoys' current condition, they Betameche being arrested. Max creates a diversion while Arthur saves Beta stealing Max's ladybug and escaping the guards, with Arthur learning Beta was not the one who needed his help. Beta takes him to the King, only to learn that Selenia was distraught that he did not arrive and missing. However, Selenia is revealed to be held hostage by Maltazard as he uses her to enter the city. The villain reveals that since the Necropolis being flooded, Maltazard ended up in the grandparents' house where he is inspired to take over the human world by taking advantage of the telescope. However, when Arthur's dad almost ruined the scheme, Maltazard sent the message to lure Arthur and is able to capture Selenia to force the Mininoys to allow him to leave. Though they manage to get Maltazard out of their kingdom with the telescope, they unknowingly enlarged him to human size as he intended. Furthermore, the telescope itself is destroyed in the process with Arthur trapped in his Minimoy size.
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On March 22, 2011 20th Century Fox, the North American Distributor for the Arthur films, released Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard and Arthur and the War of the Two Worlds in a 2 movie Direct-to-Video release titled Arthur and the Invisibles 2+3: the New Minimoy Adventures. A theatrical release for the film was not given in the US after Arthur and the Invisibles was unsuccessful at the North American Box Office. The film however, was still released theatrically in Europe and also in the UK as Arthur and the Great Adventure.
Shortly after the third film Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds was released the two films were edited into a single move titled "Arthur and the Great Adventure", which was given a theatrical release in the UK on December 24, 2010.
Both the original and UK versions received mixed to poor reviews. Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard is widely thought of as the weakest film in the Arthur series.[1]
To promote the film, a video game was released for Playstation 3, Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii and Microsoft Windows. The game composes of mostly minigames and cutscenes which are loosely related to the plot of the film.
In 2010, a sequel titled Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds was released.
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