Maya the Bee (film)
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Maya the Bee (promoted theatrically as Maya the Bee Movie) is a 2014 animated comedy adventure film directed by Alexs Stadermann, loosely based on the 1975 anime Maya the Bee as well as indirectly the German children's book The Adventures of Maya the Bee by Waldemar Bonsels. It features the voices of Coco Jack Gillies, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Noah Taylor, Richard Roxburgh, Jacki Weaver, Justine Clarke, The Umbilical Brothers, and Miriam Margolyes.
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Directed by | Alexs Stadermann |
Written by | Fin Edquist Marcus Sauermann |
Based on | Maya the Bee by Waldemar Bonsels |
Produced by | Barbara Stephen Thorsten Wegener |
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Edited by | Adam Smith |
Music by | Ute Engelhardt |
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Distributed by | StudioCanal (Australia)[1] Universum Film/Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (Germany)[2][3] |
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Running time | 87 minutes[4] |
Countries | Germany Australia |
Language | English |
Box office | $29.6 million[5][lower-alpha 1] |
Maya the Bee was released theatrically on 4 September 2014. The film received mixed reviews from critics, but grossed $29.6 million worldwide.[6] Two sequels to Maya the Bee were released; The Honey Games in 2018 and The Golden Orb in 2021.