This earns him the admiration of all the ants except Zoc. Lucas finds a firecracker discarded by Steve and uses it to scare the wasps away. The ants are later attacked by tarantula hawks. Hova volunteers to train Lucas alongside her friends Kreela and Fugax, much to Zoc's mortification, and they both learn about the differences between ants and humans. Zoc insists that Lucas should be studied then eaten, but he is overruled by the Queen, who sentences the human to hard labor. Later that night, Zoc and a small troop of ants pour the potion into his ear Lucas wakes up and discovers that he is shrunk and naked, and is carried to the anthill for the court. The local exterminator, Stan Beals, convinces Lucas to sign a contract to kill the vermin. The leaders of the colony decide to use a potion Zoc has recently created to shrink Lucas down to ant size.

Zoc, an eccentric sorcerer ant, wants to fight back, while Hova, a nurse ant who is fascinated with humans, wishes to communicate with Lucas. Neglected by his family and tormented by a bully named Steve, Lucas takes his frustration out on an anthill in his front yard. It was also a box-office bomb, grossing $55.2 million against its $50 million budget.ġ0-year-old Lucas Nickle is left with his older sister Tiffany and grandmother when his parents visit Puerto Vallarta for their wedding anniversary.

Released on July 28, 2006, The Ant Bully received mixed reviews from critics, with praise aimed at the vocal performances, animation, and humor, but criticism for its dialogue and script, its lack of faithfulness to the source material and the execution of its premise. It was also the last film role by Ricardo Montalbán, before his death on January 14, 2009. Shortly before its release, most of the DNA employees were laid off and the studio was closed (as the result of their second and final film to be made after Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius). After being shrunk by Zoc, Lucas must join forces with his new friends (Roberts, King, and Campbell) to defeat Stan Beals (Giamatti), an exterminator who threatens their colony upon signing the contract. He attacks the nearby ant colony out of frustration, but Zoc (Cage), a wizard ant, creates a potion to shrink Lucas. Set in suburban Las Vegas, The Ant Bully follows Lucas Nickle ( Zach Tyler Eisen), a 10-year-old destructive boy who is neglected by his family ( Cheri Oteri and Larry Miller) and bullied by Steve (Myles Jeffrey) and his friends ( Jake T.

Starring the voices of Julia Roberts, Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, Paul Giamatti, Regina King, Bruce Campbell and Lily Tomlin, it was produced by Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman's Playtone, Davis and Keith Alcorn's DNA Productions, and Legendary Pictures in their first animated film, and distributed by Warner Bros. Davis and based on the 1999 children's book of the same name by John Nickle. The Ant Bully is a 2006 American animated film written and directed by John A.

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