Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa is a 2008 American sequel to the 2005 film Madagascar about the continuing adventures of Alex the Lion, Gloria the Hippo, Marty the Zebra and Melman the Giraffe. Directed by Eric Darnell and Tom McGrath and written by Etan Cohen. It was distributed by Paramount Pictures streaming on Peacock, released on November 7, 2008. and released to theaters by DreamWorks Animation. The horses from Once Upon A Wintertime did this.