The Croods 2 (2020 film)

The Croods 2 (2020 film)

By April 2013, DreamWorks Animation had started developing a sequel to the film, with Sanders and DeMicco returning to direct it. According to DeMicco, the sequel would focus on Ugga and motherhood, making it “the first chapter of society,” expanding on the first film, which is about “the last chapter of the caveman.”

In September 2013, it had been confirmed that Cage, Stone, and Reynolds would reprise their roles in the sequel. On June 12, 2014, it was announced that the sequel would be released on November 3, 2017. On September 21, 2014, the film’s release date was delayed to December 22, 2017. By 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, while Dennings would voice her daughter, Dawn. Keener and Duke would also reprise their roles. On August 9, 2016, nearing NBCUniversal/Comcast’s impending acquisition of DreamWorks Animation, 20th Century Fox removed the film from its planned December 22, 2017 release schedule. The film would be instead released by Universal Pictures sometime in 2018. Two weeks later, it was reported that The Lego Movie and Hotel Transylvania co-writers Kevin and Dan Hageman had been hired to rewrite the script. In December 2016, DeMicco, the co-director of the first film, left the sequel to work on Vivo for Sony Pictures Animation.

On November 11, 2016, DreamWorks announced that production for the sequel was cancelled.[86] 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.[86] However, in September 2017, DreamWorks and Universal announced that the movie was back in production with a release date scheduled for September 18, 2020. It was also confirmed that the original actors would reprise their roles. In October 2017, it was reported that Joel Crawford and Mark Swift will serve as director and producer respectively. On October 5, 2018, it was announced that Peter Dinklage had joined the cast to voice Phil Betterman. On April 12, 2019, the film’s release date was delayed to December 23, 2020. In October 2019, DreamWorks announced that Kelly Marie Tran had replaced Dennings as Dawn while Mann was still confirmed to be part of the cast. On March 31, 2020, the film is now set to be released on September 23, 2020.

Director: Joel Crawford
Release Date: 23 December 2020 (USA)

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