The Secret Life of Pets 2

The Secret Life of Pets 2 (known internationally as The Secret Life of Pets 2: Sherlock Paws or simply The Secret Life of Pets: Sherlock Paws) is an upcoming American 3D computer animated comedy film produced by Perfect World Pictures, Miramax, Illumination Entertainment, Legendary Entertainment, RPL Communications, Hercules Film Fund, Beijing Sparkle Roll Media Corporation, Flagship Entertainment Group, Pearl Studio, The Mark Gordon Company, Gravity Pictures, Bona Film Group, China Film Co., Ltd, Sommers Company, Monkeypaw Productions, Valhalla Motion Pictures, 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks, 2DUX2, Zhong Ming You Ying Film, Hero4Hire Creative + Blacklist (end titles by & produced in partnership with) and distributed by Universal Pictures. It is directed by Chris Renaud and Joe Murray & co-directed by Yarrow Cheney and Guy-Laurent Homsy written by Brian Lynch, Cinco Paul, Ken Daurio and based on the novel by Sir Patrick Conan Doyle, and a sequel to the 2016 film The Secret Life of Pets. Most of the cast members will reprise their roles except for Louis C.K., who will be replaced by Patton Oswalt. Additional cast members include Tiffany Haddish, Nick Kroll, Pete Holmes, Harrison Ford, Sophia Bush, Jackie Chan and Jordan Peele (in his first fully animated film role). This film will be released on June 7, 2019.

Plot
Moriarty the Dog plans to kidnap Pets & Owners for Sherlock Paws & Dr. John Watson.

Cast

 * Patton Oswalt as Max, a Jack Russell Terrier.
 * Eric Stonestreet as Duke, a large, brown, shaggy mongrel.
 * Kevin Hart as Snowball, a white rabbit.
 * Jenny Slate as Gidget, a white Pomeranian and Max's girlfriend.
 * Ellie Kemper as Katie, Max and Duke's friendly owner.
 * Lake Bell as Chloe, an obese and apathetic grey tabby cat who is one of Max's friends.
 * Dana Carvey as Pops, an elderly Basset Hound who is paralyzed in his back legs.
 * Hannibal Buress as Buddy, a laid-back dachshund and one of Max's friends.
 * Bobby Moynihan as Mel, a hyperactive pug and one of Max's friends.
 * Tara Strong as Sweetpea, a green and yellow budgie parakeet.
 * Tiffany Haddish as Sonya, a mangrove snake.I
 * Haddish also voices Irene, Sherlock's ex-girlfriend, and a poodle dog counterpart to Irene Adler.
 * Albert Brooks as Tiberius, a curmudgeonly red-tailed hawk.
 * Chris Renaud as Norman, a guinea pig who keeps getting lost trying to find his apartment.
 * Nick Kroll as Larry, a llama.
 * Kroll also voices Dr. Paw Watson, Sherlock Paws' friend and assistant and a Scottish Terrier counterpart to Dr. John Watson.


 * Harrison Ford as Ivan, a greyhound.
 * Ford also voices Sherlock Paws, Paw Watson's friend and assistant, Irene's ex-boyfriend, Moriarty's arch-nemesis and a black mutt dog counterpart to Sherlock Holmes.


 * Pete Holmes as Merrick, a pot-bellied pig.
 * Holmes also voices Moriarty, Sherlock's arch-nemesis and a grey wolf like dog with one blue eye and one red eye counterpart to Professor Moriarty.
 * Sophia Bush as Teresa Gregson, a British Bulldog counterpart to Tobias Gregson.
 * Jackie Chan as Himself
 * Kylie Hart as The News Reporter
 * Jordan Peele as The Narrator
 * Rod Westheider as Additional Voices

Release
It will be accompanied in theatres by a DreamWorks Animation short titled Bilby, featuring Perry and Bonnie from the cancelled film Larrikins.

Trivia

 * This is the first sequel Illumination has ever produced.
 * In a trailer released before fellow Illumination production Dr. Seuss' The Grinch (2018), the title was revealed to be "The Secret Life of Pets in Sherlock Paws".
 * This is The first Secret Life of Pets film to be shot in the 2.39:1 aspect ratio, unlike the first film is produced in 1.85:1.