The Croods 2 Story, Cast, Trailer, Release Date, Review

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.

After leaving their cave in the first film, The Croods encounter their biggest threat since leaving the cave: another family called The Betterman's

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

On June 12, 2014, it was announced that the sequel would be released on November 3, 2017. On August 21, 2014, the film was pushed back to December 22, 2017. 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. 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.

On November 11, 2016, DreamWorks announced that production for the sequel was canceled. 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. 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. In October 2017, it was reported that Joel Crawford would replace both DeMicco and Sanders as director and Mark Swift set to produce. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the production of the film shifted to people working at home.

The Croods 2 Cast

• Nicolas Cage as Grug Crood
• Emma Stone as Eep Crood
• Ryan Reynolds as Guy
• Catherine Keener as Ugga Crood
• Clark Duke as Thunk Crood
• Cloris Leachman as Gran
• Leslie Mann as Hope Betterman
• Kelly Marie Tran as Dawn Betterman
• Peter Dinklage as Phil Betterman

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. 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. 

In September 2017, it was confirmed that the original actors would reprise their roles. In October 2018, Peter Dinklage was cast in the film to voice the character, Phil Betterman. In October 2019, DreamWorks revealed that Kelly Marie Tran had replaced Dennings as Dawn.

The Croods 2 Release Date

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

The Croods 2 Trailer

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