Grab your glasses and bow tie and
join “Mr.
Peabody & Sherman” on the time travel adventure of a lifetime! Using a most ingenious invention, the WABAC
machine, this new DreamWorks Animation film takes audiences on an epic historic
adventure. Business titan,
inventor, scientist, gourmand, two-time Olympic medalist and genius, Mr. Peabody (Ty Burrell) and his
adopted human son Sherman (Max Charles) star.
Journey on an adventure back in time
which takes the duo on an epic trip hurdling back in time to experience
world-changing events first-hand as they interact with some of the greatest
characters of all time. But when Sherman breaks the rules of time travel, our
two heroes find themselves in a race to repair history and save the future,
while Mr. Peabody may face his biggest challenge yet - being a parent.
Directed by Rob
Minoff (“The Lion King”, “Stuart
Little”) and written by Jay Ward
(“George of The Jungle”), Craig Wright (“Dirty Sexy Money”), Robert Ben Garant (“Night At The
Museum") and Thomas Lennon (“Night At The Museum”, Herbie Fully Loaded”),
“Mr. Peabody & Sherman, was budgeted at $145 million.
Based upon the original cartoon first released and created in the late 1950’s
and 1960’s (animated series “Rocky and
His Friends” and “The Bullwinkle
Show”) The characters have both
developed quite substantially over the years and a key to understanding this
cartoon is understating the history of Mr. Peabody & Sherman.
The
cartoons are about Peabody, a beagle who is the smartest being in existence.
Peabody has accomplished many things in his life as a business magnate,
inventor, scientist, Nobel laureate, gourmand, and two-time Olympic medalist.
One day, Mr. Peabody becomes sad and lonely and decides to adopt a human
son. In an alley, he meets Sherman, a dorky, glasses-wearing, orange-haired
boy. After saving Sherman from a group of bullies, Peabody discovers that
Sherman is an orphan and decides to adopt him.
After a court appearance and a talk with the President and the
government, Peabody becomes Sherman's new guardian.
Peabody realizes that boys need running room and so invents the WABAC
machine as a birthday gift for Sherman. He and Sherman then go back in time to
see places and people like: ancient Rome,
Ben Franklin, Paul Revere , Robin Hood,
Daniel Boone, William Shakespeare, George Washington, Mona Lisa, Nero and Beethoven
to name just a few. Employing various
strategies, Peabody, assisted by Sherman, always finds a way to fix problems
though not always in a manner true to the historical record.
