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Maya the Bee (promoted theatrically as Maya the Bee Movie) is a 2014 computer-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.

Maya the Bee
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Alexs Stadermann
Written by	Fin Edquist Marcus Sauermann
Based on	Maya the Bee by Waldemar Bonsels
Produced by	Barbara Stephen Thorsten Wegener
Starring	Coco Jack Gillies Kodi Smit-McPhee Joel Franco Richard Roxburgh Justine Clarke Jacki Weaver Andy McPhee Miriam Margolyes The Umbilical Brothers Noah Taylor
Edited by	Adam Smith
Music by	Ute Engelhardt
Production companies	Studio 100 Film Buzz Studios Fish Blowing Bubbles Flying Bark Productions Screen Australia
Distributed by	StudioCanal (Australia)[1] Universum Film/Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (Germany)[2][3]
Release dates	4 September 2014 (2014-09-04) (South Korea) 11 September 2014 (2014-09-11) (Germany) 1 November 2014 (2014-11-01) (Australia) 8 March 2015 (2015-03-08) (United States and Canada)
Running time	87 minutes[4]
Countries	Germany[2][4] Australia
Languages	English[2][4] German
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.

Summary

Freshly hatched bee Maya is a little whirlwind and simply won't follow the rules of the hive. One of the rules, of course, she is not allowed to trust the other bugs, especially the hornets, that live beyond a camp in the meadow. But cute sweet little Maya can't help but make friends with all kinds of other bugs, including a violin-playing grasshopper, a dung beetle and even a young hornet named Sting, who has a hatred of bees.

Voice cast

• Coco Jack Gillies as Maya, a young bee girl.[7]
• Kodi Smit-McPhee as Willy, a young bee boy, Maya's best friend.[8]
• Joel Franco as Sting, a young Hornet, Maya and Willy's best friend and sidekick.
• Richard Roxburgh as Flip, a grasshopper.[8]
• Justine Clarke as Miss Cassandra, a teacher at the bee school and Maya's mother at heart.[8]
• Jacki Weaver as Buzzlina Von Beena, the royal counselor of the beehive, Maya's arch-enemy.[8]
• Andy McPhee as Hank, the leader of hornets, Sting's father, Bees friends, and former arch-rivals.[8]
• Miriam Margolyes as The Queen, the mother of Bees.[8]
• David Collins as Arnie, an ant soldier, Paul's right-hand.[8]
• Shane Dundas as Barney, an ant soldier, Arnie's partner and Paul's right-hand.[8]
• Jimmy James Eaton as Paul, an ant colonel, the leader of ants.[8]
• Heather Mitchell as The Nurse, chief of the worker bees.[8]
• Noah Taylor as Crawley, the hilariously bumbling of the beehive, The Queen's loyal assistant and Buzzlina's former henchman.[8]
• Cameron Ralph as Momo, a moth.[8]
• Glenn Fraser as Kurt, a dung beetle.[8]
• Heather Mitchell as Thekla, a spider.[8]
• Stavroula Mountzouris as Lara, a ladybug, Willy's love interest.[8]
• Sam Haft as Drago, a dragonfly.[8]

Production

Animation World Network announced in May 2013 that Universum Film would distribute all German rights of the film.[9] The film is directed by Alexs Stadermann, and produced by Patrick Elmendorff and Thorsten Wegener from Studio 100 Animation; Jim Ballantine and Barbara Stephen from Buzz Studios.[10][4] The film was produced in association with Flying Bark Productions and ZDF.[11][12] This film was Coco Jack Gillies film debut as she voiced the role of Maya. Gillies was 9 years old at the time of production.[4][8]

Reception

Maya the Bee received mixed reviews from critics, scoring a 47% in Rotten Tomatoes with an average rating of 5.59/10 from seventeen reviews.[6] Frank Hatherley from Screen Daily stated that "this merry movie is for young children, mainly girls: step aside, Dora the Explorer!" with vivid colours and plenty of unthreatening action.[4]

Accolades

Award	Category	Subject	Result
Asia Pacific Screen Award	Best Animated Feature Film	Barbara Stephen & Thorsten Wegener	Nominated
Bavarian Film Award	Best Animated Film	Patrick Elemendorff & Thorsten Wegener	Won
Screen Producers Australia Award	Best Feature Film Production	Barbara Stephen & Thorsten Wegener	Nominated
Seattle International Film Festival	Youth Jury Award	Alexs Stadermann	Nominated
Stockholm International Film Festival	Grand Jury Prize for Best Film		Nominated

Sequel

See also

• Maya the Honey Bee

Notes

References

External links

• Official US website
• Official UK website
• Official German website
• Maya the Bee at IMDb
• Maya the Bee at Rotten Tomatoes

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