Epic is a 2013 English-language Animation Adventure film written by James V. Hart, William Joyce, Daniel Shere, Tom J. Astle, Matt Ember and Chris Wedge. The movie is directed by Chris Wedge and produced by Lori Forte and Jerry Davis under the banner of Blue Sky Studios in collaboration with 20th Century Fox Animation. A teenager finds herself transported to a deep forest setting where a battle between the forces of good and the forces of evil is taking place. She bands together with a rag-tag group of characters in order to save their world -- and ours. Epic stars Colin Farrell, Josh Hutcherson, Amanda Seyfried, Christoph Waltz, Aziz Ansari, Chris O'dowd and Jeff Bennett. The screenplay is written by William Joyce, James V. Hart, Daniel Shere, Tom J. Astle and Matt Ember which is inspired from The Leaf Men and the Brave Good Bugs by William Joyce. The music was composed by Danny Elfman. Cinematography was done by Renato Falc o and editing by Andy Keir. The motion picture has a running time of 102 minutes. It was released on 30th May 2013. The Film was successful at box office. Epic was made on a budget of $100 million and it was a super hit at box office gross of $268 million. Distribution rights for the film were acquired by 20th Century Fox.