The CGI-animated film was produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Buena Vista Distribution in the U.S. just one month after the film of Antz. It was directed by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, with Dave Foley, Kevin Spacey and Julia Louis-Dreyfus.
Just like Antz, A Bug’s Life also describes the adventures of a nonconformist ant who, because of his differences from other ants, is able to save the colony. In the film, a misfit ant, who is looking for warriors to save his colony from grasshoppers, recruits a group of bugs that turn out to be an inept circus troup.