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Director
  
Alexs Stadermann

Music director
  
Ute Engelhardt

Country
  
Australia Germany Belgium

6/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Duration
  

Language
  
English German

Maya the Bee (2014 film) movie poster

Release date
  
September 4, 2014 (2014-09-04) (South Korea) November 1, 2014 (2014-11-01) (Australia) March 14, 2015 (2015-03-14) (U.K.) May 19, 2015 (2015-05-19) (U.S.)

Based on
  
Maya the Bee  by Waldemar Bonsels

Writer
  
Fin Edquist, Fin Edquist, Martin Quaden (script translation), Marcus Sauermann, Marcus Sauermann

Initial release
  
September 4, 2014 (South Korea)

Directors
  
Simon Pickard, Alexs Stadermann

Producers
  
Jim Ballantine, Barbara Stephen, Alexia Gates-Foale, Thorsten Wegener, Patrick Elemendorff

Cast
  
Jenifer Bartoli
(Maya (French version)),
Christophe Maé
(Flip (French version)),
Coco Jack Gillies
(Maya (English version)),
Kodi Smit-McPhee
(Willy (English Version)),
Richard Roxburgh
(Flip),
Noah Taylor
(Crawley)

Similar movies
  
Bee Movie (2007), Antz (1998), Animals United (2010), Mr Bug Goes to Town (1941), Open Season (2006)

Maya the Bee (promoted theatrically as Maya the Bee Movie) is a 2014 American-German-Australian 3D computer-animated romance slice of life adventure film directed by Alexs Stadermann, loosely based on the 1975 anime Maya the Honey Bee as well as indirectly the German children's book of the same name by Waldemar Bonsels. It features the voices of Kodi Smit-McPhee, Noah Taylor, Richard Roxburgh, Jacki Weaver, and Miriam Margolyes. It was released theatrically in Australia on 1 November 2014, and also in United States and Canada on 8 March 2015.

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Summary

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Maya is born in a world of rules, but when she discovers villainous Buzzlina Von Beena's plot to steal the Queen's royal jelly, Maya is banished from the hive and into the meadow. With her best friend Willy tagging along, Maya meets a young hornet named Sting. Together they have to stop the plot and the fight between bees and hornets before it's too late.

Voice cast

Maya the Bee (2014 film) movie scenes

  • Coco Jack Gillies as Maya, a cute and tomboyish young bee girl.
  • Kodi Smit-McPhee as Willy, Maya's best friend.
  • Joel Franco as Sting, a young Hornet, Maya and Willy's best friend and sidekick
  • Richard Roxburgh as Flip, a grasshopper
  • Justine Clarke as Miss Cassandra, teacher at the bee school and Maya's mother figure
  • Jacki Weaver as Buzzlina Von Beena, the royal counselor of the beehive, Maya's arch-enemy (but reforms later at the end).
  • Andy McPhee as Hank, Sting's father, Bees friends and former arch-rivals
  • Miriam Margolyes as The Queen, the leader of Bees (and current Hornets later on).
  • David Collins as Arnie, an ant soldier, Paul's right-hand
  • Shane Dundas as Barney, an ant soldier, Arnie's partner and Paul's right-hand
  • Jimmy James Eaton as Paul, an ant colonel, the leader of ants
  • Heather Mitchell as Miss Bosby, chief of the worker bees
  • Noah Taylor as Crawley, the hilariously bumbling of the beehive, Buzzlina's loyal assistant
  • Cameron Ralph as Momo, a moth
  • Glenn Fraser as Kurt, a dung beetle
  • Heather Mitchell as Thekla, a spider
  • Stavroula Mountzouris as Lara, a ladybug, Willy's love interest
  • Uncredited as Rider, a dragonfly, the rider of Dragonfly Express. He was rider at the Jitterbug Hollow, then he helped Maya and their friends to stop the Hornets from fighting the Bees.
  • Uncredited as Roger, a dragonfly, the rider of Dragonfly Express. Who helped Maya and their friends to stop the Hornets from fighting the Bees.
  • Uncredited as Webby, a spider, the music party in Jitterbug Hollow.
  • Uncredited as Mozz, a mosquito, the music party in Jitterbug Hollow.
  • Uncredited as Croak, a frog, the insect' predator.
  • Uncredited as Eek, a bat, the insect' predator.
  • Uncredited as Squeak, a bat, the insect' predator.

    • Production

    Maya the Bee (2014 film) movie scenes

    Animation World Network announced in May 2013 that Universum Film would distribute all German rights of the film. The film is directed by Alexs Stadermann, and produced by Patrick Elmendorff and Thorsten Wegener from Studio 100 Animation; Jim Ballantine and Barbara Stephen from Buzz Studios. The film was produced in association with Flying Bark Productions and ZDF. This film was Coco Jack Gillies film debut as she voiced the role of Maya. Gillies was 9 years old at the time of production.

    Reception

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    Maya the Bee received mixed reviews from critics, scoring a 44% in Rotten Tomatoes with an average rating of 5.6/10 as of May 2015. Frank Hatherley from Screen Daily stated that "this merry movie is for young children, mainly girls: step aside, Dora the Explorer!" with vivid colours and plenty of unthreatening action.

    Sequel

    TBA

    References

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