Set in modern-day New York City, Peabody's retro-ritzy penthouse serves as a launching point for an adventure that drops Peabody (voice of Ty Burrell, Modern Family), Sherman (Max Charles, The Neighbors) and Sherman's frenemy Penny (Ariel Winter, Modern Family) at historic locations across the planet in the 3D update of the Jay Ward animation classic that opens on March 7.
The WABAC Machine makes an early stop at the Palace of Versailles to eat cake with a peasant-poo-poo-ing Marie Antoinette. Peabody's dangerous flirt with dessert finds him facing Robespierre's guillotine on the outskirts of Paris. Florence, Italy is also featured in the flick, as Peabody and Sherman detour to ask Leonardo da Vinci for some old-school help in powering up their high-tech ride. A pratfall from Peabody elicits a famous smile from the disagreeable model Mona Lisa, and Sherman takes to the skies in Leonardo's famous flying machine for a glide over the iconic dome of the Florence Cathedral and the bridges of the Arno River.
The threat of Sherman getting removed from his adoptive doggy daddy prompted flashbacks to Sherman's upbringing, and events like his learning to ride a bike ride in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, the sleepy beach spot where the Wright brothers pioneered flight from the base of their bicycle shop. Past time travels also took the canine-and-kid duo to the South of France to see Vincent van Gogh paint Starry Night, into India to chill with Ghandi, to London for a stop-off with Shakespeare, with a bend into Bible lore to see baby Moses float down the Nile in a basket.
Ancient Egypt also saw some screen time with Penny nearly getting forced to marry the bratty young royal Tutankhamun, who likely lived in Akhetaten, whose ruins stand today at a site named Amarna around 360 miles south of Cairo. Myth mixes with historical fact for a ride in the Trojan Horse as Agamemnon (voice of Patrick Warburton) leads a gang of proudly unwashed Greeks that are joyously preparing to plunder the City of Troy. Today, the archeological site that's believed to be the historic city is a popular day trip from Istanbul, with some well-preserved Roman architecture among the remnants of the razed fortification.
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