Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted is a 2012 American animated adventure comedy film directed by Eric Darnell, Conrad Vernon, and Tom McGrath, and written by Darnell and Noah Baumbach. The third installment in the Madagascar film series and final installment in the Madagascar trilogy, it was produced by DreamWorks Animation and Pacific Data Images. The film features Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett Smith, Sacha Baron Cohen, Cedric the Entertainer, Andy Richter, and McGrath reprising their roles from the previous films, with Jessica Chastain, Bryan Cranston, Martin Short, and Frances McDormand joining the cast. In the film, the main characters—a party of animals from the Central Park Zoo whose adventures have already taken them to Madagascar and mainland Africa—attempt to return to New York City and find themselves traveling across Europe with a circus while being pursued by the villainous head of Monaco's animal control service.