The Amazing World of Gumball: The Movie 2

The Amazing World of Gumball: The Movie 2 (also known as The Amazing World of Gumball 2) is a 2019 British-American-Irish animated adventure comedy film based on the Cartoon Network animated television series of the same name. It is the sequel to the 2018 film, The Amazing World of Gumball: The Movie. The events of the film take place during the series' sixth and final season, produced by Warner Bros. Animation and Cartoon Network Studios and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. In theaters, a Summer Camp Island short entitled Picnic Run was shown prior to the film.

The film stars the television cast of Nicolas Cantu, Christian J. Simon, Kyle Rae Kowalewski, Teresa Gallagher, and Dan Russell, as well as the frequent guest performers reprising their roles from the series, featuring guest stars Clancy Brown, James Woods, Paul Sorvino and Steve Zahn. The film was released in the United States, United Kingdom and Ireland on June 21, 2019, by Warner Bros. and it was directed by series creator Ben Bocquelet.

The film received generally positive reviews from critics and was a critical and commercial success, grossing over $375 million worldwide against a $68 million budget, making it the next Cartoon Network animated film to gross as high as $100 million in the United States, and also beating out Spirited Away 's record for highest-grossing hand-drawn animated film of all time and the highest-ever grossing film based on an animated television series.

Plot
Gumball, Darwin, Anais and the rest of their siblings, as well as the Elmore's kids are summoned into the park for a paintball shootout. When all of the sudden, a lot of alien spaceships have invaded Elmore, and kidnapped the parents and citizens, leaving the Elmore kids behind and weak. Two months later, Elmore was in ruins, and only populated by the Elmore kids. Meanwhile, the parents of Elmore have been caged like slaves on Planet Zetopia. Now, it's up to the Wattersons, and the Elmore kids to build every gadget they need to travel into space, and save their parents from being eaten by Korben, the Space Chicken.

Main Characters

 * Gumball Watterson - Nicolas Cantu
 * Jacob Hopkins provides Gumball Watterson's singing voice
 * Darwin Watterson - Christian J. Simon
 * Terrell Ransom Jr. provides Darwin Watterson's singing voice
 * Anais Watterson - Kyla Rae Kowalewski
 * Nicole Watterson - Teresa Gallagher
 * Richard Watterson - Dan Russell

Guest Stars

 * Deckard the Alien Commander - Clancy Brown
 * Glorkute, Deckard's assistant - James Woods
 * Leelo the Emperor of Planet Zetopia - Paul Sorvino
 * Bardan, Leelo's assistant - Steve Zahn

Supporting Characters

 * Kirby Fisher (Darwin's Mother) - Jenny Slate
 * Don Fisher (Darwin's Father) - Kiefer Sutherland
 * Sebastian Fisher - Jace Norman
 * Rebecca Fisher - Madisyn Shipman
 * Gumdrop Watterson - Austin North
 * Mandy Watterson - Bridgit Mendler
 * Mi Amore Aidar - Kirsten Dunst
 * Dianne Smith - Grace Kaufman
 * Eric Watterson - Asher Blinkoff
 * Jason Synchron - Collin Dean
 * Devin Synchron, Darwin Jr. (DJ) - Donielle T. Hansley Jr.
 * Daphne Synchron - Grey Griffin
 * Mina Synchron, Sora Synchron - Colleen Villard
 * Jenny Synchron - Tara Strong
 * Brandon Synchron - Michael Peña
 * Carbon Watterson - Nathan Kress
 * Elliot Lance - Nancy Cartwright
 * Greg Watterson - Zach Callison
 * Elsa - Deedee Magno
 * Mabel Watterson - Victoria Justice
 * Mortimer Watterson - Paul Bettany
 * Gummy Lee - Kira Buckland
 * Darling Lee - Jessica DiCicco
 * Anaiuette - Eileen Montgomery
 * Carol - Sarah Silverman
 * Marmalade - Kristen Schaal
 * Bunker - Greg Cipes
 * Mi Amore Cadenza - Cathy Weseluck
 * Rebecca Shoichet provides Mi Amore Cadenza's singing voice

Minor Characters

 * Wendy - Amy Birnbaum
 * Lewis Grover - Jake Goldberg
 * Randy - William Salyers
 * Max - Zach Callison
 * Timmy - Sean Giambrone
 * Martha - Estelle
 * Skye, Emma, Gwen - Victoria Justice
 * Brittle, Walter Milo Waters - William Lawrenson
 * Drew Jones - Kodi Smit-McPhee
 * Penny Fitzgerald, Molly Collins, Masami Yoshida - Hynden Walch
 * Billy Parham - Richard Overall
 * Moribunda - Lizzy Greene
 * Finado - Casey Simpson
 * Rachel Wilson - Jessica McDonald
 * Tobias Wilson, Miss Simian, Julius Oppenheimmer Jr. - Hugo Harold-Harrison
 * Banana Joe - Mic Graves
 * Sarah G. Lato - Debi Derryberry
 * Rocky Robinson, Jared Dawson, Mr. Corneille - Simon Lipkin
 * Ocho, Clayton - Max Cazier
 * Carrie Krueger, Debbie, Rosie, Caroline Nuttels - Grey Griffin
 * Junior Nuttels - Amy Palant
 * Carmen - Alix Wilton Regan
 * Ned Kesherson - Logan Grove
 * Andy Nuttels - Kwesi Boakye
 * Doppy Dopweiiler - Rob Paulsen
 * Moby Connors - Jacob Hopkins
 * Zam Fray - Terrell Ransom Jr.
 * Razor, Charcoal - Michael Peña
 * Alan Keane - Paul Bettany
 * Bobert, Leslie, Larry Neddlemeyer - Kerry Shale
 * Teri - Jessica DiCicco
 * Jamie Russo, Margaret Robinson - Maria Teresa Creasey
 * Principal Brown - Patrick Stewart
 * Gaylord Robinson, Tina Rex - Stefan Ashton Frank
 * Marvin Finklehimer, Gary Hedges - Elton John
 * Carmen's father - David Schwimmer
 * Hot Dog Guy - Alex Jordan
 * Sophie Wilson, Polly Fitzgerald, Carine - Kirsten Dunst
 * Harold Wilson - Alfred Molina
 * Jackie Wilson - Donna Murphy
 * Mr. Small - Adam Long
 * Zetopian Guards - Pendleton Ward and Dan Castellaneta
 * Korben the Space Chicken - Frank Welker

Production
On August 20, 2018, 11 days before the release of the first film, a sequel was put into development and its release date of June 21, 2019 was announced, with the show's cast members reprising their roles. A month later, the film's title and teaser poster debuted, and it was announced that the frequent guest performers will reprise their roles from the series and the first film and Clancy Brown had joined the cast. The film marks the twenty-second time a theatrical Cartoon Network film is produced by Warner Bros. Animation, instead of Warner Animation Group since the group's formation in 2013.

On February 11, 2019, it was announced that James Woods, Paul Sorvino and Steve Zahn were part of the cast, as the new characters, respectively, with newcomer Patrick Stewart revealed as Principal Brown the same day (replacing Steve Furst for the role). David Schwimmer was announced to voice Carmen's father in the film.

Animation
The feature animation was handled by Boulder Media in Dublin, Ireland. The crew used the same processes from the original television series in the making of the film, most notably the 'skroutlines', which was a seamless blend of a more traditional screenplay with a more simple outline which resembled strong short stories and gave the storyboard artists such as Aurelie Charbonnier, Amandine Pecharman and Jacques Gauthier all the creative and aesthetic freedom neccessary. Bocquelet and Graves themselves provided the film's animatics.

Storyboard artists Darren Vandenburg, Miklos Weigert and Nikolay Moustakov, animation veterans Claudio Acciari and Gail Walton also provided the film's storyboards. James Baxter and Grant Orchard helped on the character designs and special effects work on the film. Another animation veteran William Laborie also worked with James Baxter on the character designs of the film. Michel Gagné joined the film as a visual effects animator.

The bulk of the animation work was done on Wacom Cintiq tablets, which allowed drawings to be done directly on screen to facilitate production using programs Adobe After Effects, Adobe Animate, Adobe Photoshop, Autodesk Maya, Autodesk 3ds Max, Dragonframe, Toonz, DigiCel FlipBook and Toon Boom Studio. Pencilled key animation sequences would be digitally inked-and-painted, enhanced and composited into backgrounds using Toon Boom Harmony, with 3D models and 3D animation sequences scanned directly into backgrounds using Adobe Photoshop, Autodesk Maya and Autodesk 3ds Max. Additional pre-production work was done at Cartoon Network Studios in Burbank, California and Cartoon Network Studios Europe in London, England, where the series' pilot episode was produced. Animation and clean-up work was done at Boulder Media's facilities on Dublin. The final animation was also provided by Rough Draft Studios in Glendale, California and Seoul, South Korea, Studio SOI in Germany, Dandelion Studios in Los Angeles, California, Yowza! Animation in Toronto, Ontario and Snipple Animation in Manila, Philippines. Computer animation was done at Blue Sky Studios in Greenwich, Connecticut and stop-motion animation was done at Screen Novelties in Los Angeles, California. Legend3D also played a role in the stereoscopic 3D conversion.

Sound and music
Ben Locket alongside John Powell composed the soundtrack for the film, with Elton John and Alexandre Desplat serving as the soundtrack producers. In addition to using the original series' music work on the film, they also composed themes for the Wattersons and the Elmore kids. Gumball and Darwin's adventure score was the major focus and they also composed themes for the citizens of Elmore, Deckard the Alien Commander and Leelo the Emperor of Planet Zetopia. The music score was recorded and mixed at Abbey Road Studios in London, England. The score is conducted by Harry Gregson-Williams. The music score is performed by The Philharmonia Orchestra.

The sound design work was done at Skywalker Sound in Marin County, California and Cartoon Network Studios in Burbank, California.

Rating
The Amazing World of Gumball: The Movie 2 is Rated PG for Parental Guidance.

Theatrical release
The film was theatrically released in the United States, United Kingdom and Ireland on June 21, 2019, by Warner Bros., on the same year as Cartoon Network's previous film Codename: Kids Next Door - Operation: R.E.V.E.N.G.E.. The film was presented in a 1.85:1 format, rather than Warner Animation Group's standard 2.39:1 format on its previous titles. The film's theatrical release was preceded by Picnic Run, a short film based on Cartoon Network's animated television series Summer Camp Island.

Home media
The film was released on Digital on September 3 and Blu-Ray and DVD on September 24, 2019. It contains the deleted scenes, a Summer Camp Island short film Picnic Run, the 18-minute featurette, behind the scenes of The Amazing World of Gumball: The Movie 2, featuring interviews with most of the principal cast and crew, animatics and the audio commentaries.

Box office
The Amazing World of Gumball: The Movie 2 has grossed $149 million in the United States and Canada, and $226 million in other territories, for a total worldwide gross of $375 million, against a production budget of $68 million.

In North America, The Amazing World of Gumball: The Movie 2 was released alongside Toy Story 4, and was initially projected to gross around $85 million from 3,975 theaters in its opening weekend, with a chance to gross over $100 million. Therefore, The Amazing World of Gumball: The Movie 2 was a critical and commercial success, grossing over $375 million worldwide against a $68 million budget, making it the next Cartoon Network animated film to gross as high as $100 million in the United States, and also beating out Spirited Away 's record for highest-grossing hand-drawn animated film of all time and the highest-ever grossing film based on an animated television series.

Critical response
Review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a 88% approval rating based on the 130 reviews and its average rating is 7.46/10 on IMDb. The critical consensus reads, "Best movie ever. Plus, it should totally win over the audience and fans of the series". Metacritic, assigns the film a score of 69 out of 100, based on 34 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". CinemaScore gives the film a "A-" on its A+ to F scale.

Trivia

 * This marks as the second film to take place during the sixth and final season of the show.
 * Running gag: Richard keeps breaking car windows with his fist.
 * This is the very first theatrical Warner Bros. film to rely solely on Flash animation, hand-drawn animation, stop-motion animation, puppetry, live-action and CGI animation.
 * Anais wears two outfits in the film. During the play scene, she wears a long sleeved pink gown with a pink cape. Near the end, she wears a cyan dress with teal and green tropical grasses on it.
 * The film bears a few similarities to Nickelodeon's 2001 animated film, Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius and fellow Warner Bros. animated film, The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part.

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