The Secret Life of Pets 2

The Secret Life of Pets 2 (known internationally as The Secret Life of Pets 2: Sherlock Paws: A WWE Movie or simply The Secret Life of Pets and WWE: Sherlock Paws) is an upcoming Hong Kong-Chinese-American 3D computer animated adventure mystery comedy film produced by 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, The Picture Company, Sun Entertainment Film Group, Bona Film Group, Alibaba Pictures, Sunny Side Up (Never) Limited, Sul-Metropole Organisation, Wish Films, Boss Collaboration, Shanghai PMF Media, YL Entertainment and Sports (YLES), Rock Partner Film, Huoerguosi Bona Media, Aether Film Production, China Film Co., Ltd, Sommers Company, Monkeypaw Productions, Valhalla Motion Pictures, 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks, 2DUX2, Blumhouse Productions, QC Entertainment, Zhong Ming You Ying Film, Le Vision Pictures, Shanghai Hoongman Technology Co., Ltd, WWE Studios, Suning Universal Media Co., Ltd, Wales Screen, Lipsync, The Hideaway Entertainment, Perfect World Pictures, On the Day Productions, Alive Entertainment, Hero4Hire Creative + Blacklist (end titles by & produced in partnership with) and distributed by Universal Pictures (United States/International), Bravos Pictures (Hong Kong) and China Film Group (China). 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 & based from characters from WWE, original songs: music by Rihanna lyrics by Stargate, music by Ludwig Göransson and Alexandre Desplat, 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.

Tagline
"No Blue's. All Clues." in the UK tagline "No Blue’s. All Room."

Plot
Moriarty the Dog goes to kidnap Pets & Owners for Sherlock Paws & Dr. John Watson and the WWE Superstars.

Cast

 * Louis C.K. 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.
 * 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 Rex, Max and Duke's brother.
 * Kylie Hart as The News Reporter
 * Jordan Peele as The Narrator
 * Rod Westheider as Additional Voices

Additional WWE Superstars include John Cena, Hulk Hogan, The Undertaker, Triple H, Stephanie McMahon, Paige, Naomi, Dave Bautista, Roman Reigns, Big Show, Seth Rollins, Alicia Fox, The Usos, Goldust, Sheamus, Stardust, Dusty Rhodes, The Miz, Brie Bella, Nikki Bella, Diego, El Torito, Fernando, Lana, Rusev, Michael Cole, Dolph Ziggler, Kofi Kingston, R-Truth, and Vince McMahon voice as themselves. Cena based his character on the wrestlers of WWE, will reprise their roles.

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 and WWE 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.