The Croods 2

The Croods 2 is an upcoming American computer-animated comedy adventure film produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Universal Pictures. A sequel to 2013 film The Croods, the film will be directed by Joel Crawford in his feature directorial debut from a screenplay by Dan and Kevin Hageman, and will star the returning voices of Nicolas Cage, Emma Stone, Ryan Reynolds, Catherine Keener, Clark Duke, and Cloris Leachman, with new cast members including Leslie Mann, Kelly Marie Tran, and Peter Dinklage. It is scheduled to be theatrically released in the United States on December 23, 2020.

The Croods 2
Directed byJoel Crawford
Produced byMark Swift
Screenplay by
  • Dan Hageman
  • Kevin Hageman
Based on
Starring
Music byAlan Silvestri
Edited byJames Ryan
Production
company
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • December 23, 2020 (2020-12-23) (United States)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Premise

After leaving their cave in the first film, The Croods encounter their biggest threat since leaving the cave: another family called The Bettermans.

Cast

Production

Development

In April 2013, DreamWorks Animation announced a sequel to the film The Croods, with Chris Sanders and Kirk DeMicco set to return as directors.[1] According to DeMicco, the sequel would focus on Ugga and motherhood, making it "the first chapter of society," expanding on the first film, which he said is about "the last chapter of the caveman."[2]

On June 12, 2014, it was announced that the sequel would be released on November 3, 2017.[3] On August 21, 2014, the film was pushed back to December 22, 2017.[4] On August 9, 2016, nearing NBCUniversal/Comcast's impending acquisition of DreamWorks Animation, 20th Century Fox removed the film from the release schedule. The film would be instead released by Universal Pictures sometime in 2018.[5] On August 23, 2016, are reported that The Lego Movie and Hotel Transylvania co-writers Kevin and Dan Hageman had been hired to rewrite the script.[6]

On November 11, 2016, DreamWorks announced that production for the sequel was cancelled.[7] According to reports, there had been doubts about proceeding with the project before Universal's acquisition of DreamWorks, and it was DreamWorks' decision to cancel the film.[7] However, in September 2017, DreamWorks and Universal revealed that the movie was back in production with a release date scheduled for September 18, 2020. However, both DeMicco and Sanders, the directors of the first film, won't be returning as DeMicco is directing the film Vivo for Sony Pictures Animation and Sanders made his live action directorial debut with The Call of the Wild starring Harrison Ford.[8] In October 2017, it was reported that Joel Crawford would replace both DeMicco and Sanders as director and Mark Swift set to produce.[9]

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, production of the film shifted to people working at home.[10]

Casting

In September 2013, it had been confirmed that Nicolas Cage, Emma Stone, and Ryan Reynolds would reprise their roles in the sequel as Grug, Eep, and Guy from the first film.[11] On May 21, 2015, Leslie Mann and Kat Dennings had joined the voice cast. Mann would lend her voice to an upscale mother of a rival family named Hope Betterman, while Dennings was set to voice her daughter, Dawn, are also reported that Catherine Keener and Clark Duke are reprising their roles as Ugga and Thunk.[12] In September 2017, it was confirmed that the original actors would reprise their roles.[13][14] In October 2018, Peter Dinklage was cast in the film to voice the character Phil Betterman.[15] In October 2019, DreamWorks revealed that Kelly Marie Tran had replaced Dennings as Dawn.[16]

Release

The Croods 2 is set to be theatrically released in the United States on December 23, 2020 by Universal Pictures.[17] It was previously scheduled to be released on November 3, 2017, December 22, 2017 and September 18, 2020.[3][4][13]

References
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  10. D'Alessandro, Anthony (May 8, 2020). "How Animated Pics Like 'Tom & Jerry', 'SpongeBob Movie', 'Sing 2', Skydance's 'Luck' & More Are Working Through The COVID-19 Crisis". Deadline. Archived from the original on May 13, 2020. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
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  12. Borys Kit (May 21, 2015). "Leslie Mann, Kat Dennings Joining 'Croods 2' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. (Prometheus Global Media). Archived from the original on October 7, 2018. Retrieved October 7, 2018.
  13. Kroll, Justin (September 19, 2017). "'Croods 2' Revived as Animated Sequel and Jason Blum's 'Spooky Jack' Get Release Dates". Variety. Archived from the original on June 4, 2019. Retrieved October 7, 2018.
  14. Amidi, Amid (September 19, 2017). "Dreamworks Confirms 'The Croods' Sequel Is Back On, And Announces 'Spooky Jack'". Cartoon Brew. Archived from the original on May 13, 2019. Retrieved October 7, 2018.
  15. N'Duka, Amanda; D'Alessandro, Anthony (October 5, 2018). "Peter Dinklage Joins Voice Cast Of 'The Croods 2'". Deadline. Archived from the original on October 6, 2018. Retrieved October 7, 2018.
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  17. D'Alessandro, Anthony (April 12, 2019). "'Sing 2' To Croon Summer 2021; 'The Croods 2' Moves To Holiday Season 2020". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on August 28, 2019. Retrieved April 12, 2019.
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