Magical Medieval

Magical Medieval is a 2005 American computer-animated fantasy-adventure-comedy film produced by Maloing Entertainment and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It stars the voices of Mala Miles, Dee Bradley Baker, Steven Blum, Yuri Lowenthal, E.G. Daily, and Jim Cummings. It was released in the United States on September 23, 2005. It received generally positive reviews from critics, who praised the characters, plot, voice acting, music, and humor. It went on to gross $418.5 million worldwide on its $90 million budget.

Plot
As the story transition to ancient medieval times, a young boy named Mac becomes bored in his life. While wandering around the village, he meets King Balthasar and Queen Euphemia's 7-year-old daughter, Princess Brianna, who also becomes bored in her royal life. While venturing into the woods to spend time together, they meet an evil witch GWnamed Virko, who summon all of her monsters, including her two darkest henchmen Pen and Ranch, to attack the kingdom. Luckily, a young Mac's father Edolf, along with Ran, defeats all of her monsters, but sadly Edolf dies while facing Virko.

Years later, Virko has never appeared since Mac's father's death, Mac, now dreaming of adventures, falls in love with Princess Brianna. Meanwhile, Virko wants revenge on Mac, so she has finally found a plan to take over the kingdom. Mac later meets Ran, who is selling his old stuff. However, Ran discovers black clouds in the distance and alerts the villagers. At the village, all the townsfolk at the castle are in worry. When King Balthasar and Queen Euphemia, Brianna's parents, tries to calm them down, Brianna tells Mac about Virko is coming to the kingdom, with her minions. Mac volunteer to stop Virko, alone. Kiv tries to make him reconsider, however, Mac responds that he will leave tomorrow.

Cast

 * Zac Efron as Mac, a seventeen-year-old boy who attempts to save the kingdom.
 * Debi Derryberry as Young Mac
 * Will Ferrell and Jim Carrey as John and Hen, Mac's best friends and swordsmen
 * Zooey Deschanel as Princess Brianna, Mac's love interest
 * Roger Rose as Virko, an evil warlock who threatens to take over the kingdom, He's turning the villainous dragon who kidnapped Princess Brianna, leaving it up to Mac to save her.
 * Gilbert Gottfried as Kiv, Virko's hedgehog assistant.
 * Keith David as Ran, A powerful, honest and retired wizard who is friend of Mac's father.
 * Mala Miles as Lester
 * Dee Bradley Baker as Peter
 * Steven Blum as David
 * Kari Wahlgren, Hynden Walch, and Sherry Lynn as Nerida, Ferida, and Merida, a trio of village maidens who constantly.

Development
Coming soon!

Animation
The film was animated in-house at Maloing Entertainment in Los Angeles, California.

Casting
The roles of Mac, John and Hen were given to Zac Efron, Will Ferrell and Jim Carrey.

Music
In July 2003, it was announced that Marc Shaiman was to compose the film's soundtrack.

Release
Coming soon!

Marketing

 * McDonald's released six Happy Meal toys based on the characters from the film.
 * Think Way Toys released a line of action figures and toys of the four main characters Mac, Josjo, Ran and Peter.

Home media
Magical Medieval was released on VHS and DVD on January 10, 2006. It was then released on Blu-ray on July 27, 2008, and later was re-released on DVD and Blu-ray on May 18, 2015.

Video game
A video game based on the film was released on August 2, 2005 for the Game Boy Advance, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Nintendo GameCube and PC. The game was developed by Artificial Mind & Movement and published by Ubisoft.

Reception
The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 87% approval rating with an average rating of 8.1/10 based on 129 reviews. The site's critical consensus states: "While not as that comedic, Magical Medieval brings lots of exciting adventure and action to Maloing's slate of animated features.". On Metacritic, the film holds a score of 67 out of 100 based on 41 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".