There is also an annual Evil Science Fair that takes place in an arena known as the Kiliseum, where the inventions fight one another while being broadcast to the rest of the planet. As a result, Malaria becomes a dark country where evil reigns supreme. In response to this calamity, Malaria's ruler King Malbert initiates a plan to save the country by having the kingdom's best and most wicked scientists create various doomsday devices and blackmail the rest of the world into paying them by threatening to unleash these devices upon the world. The Kingdom of Malaria was once a peaceful land of farmers until its environment was devastated by a mysterious storm that never ended and killed all of its plantations, thus driving its inhabitants into poverty. Igor garnered a cult following and received an Annie Award nomination for Valérie Hadida's character design. The film received mixed reviews from film critics and 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 features the voices of John Cusack, Steve Buscemi, Sean Hayes, Jay Leno, Eddie Izzard, Jennifer Coolidge, Arsenio Hall, John Cleese, Molly Shannon, and Christian Slater. It is MGM's first fully computer-animated film as well as the studio's first fully animated film in twelve years following 1996's All Dogs Go to Heaven 2. and internationally by The Weinstein Company. It was distributed in North America by MGM Distribution Co. 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. Igor is a 2008 computer-animated horror comedy film directed by Tony Leondis from a screenplay by Chris McKenna.
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