High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Ant Bully is a 2006 American computer-animated film written and directed by John A. Davis based on the 1999 children`s book of the same name by John Nickle. The film, featuring the voices of Julia Roberts, Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep and Paul Giamatti, was produced by Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman`s Playtone, John A. Davis and Keith Alcorn`s DNA Productions and released in movie theatres on July 28, 2006 by Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures. Concurrently with the general release, the film was offered in big screen IMAX 3D, the format also used with The Polar Express. This is also the first animated film produced by Legendary Pictures, the last feature film produced by DNA Productions,and Ricardo Montalban`s final film role.