Illumination Entertainment/Universal is grabbing up a bunch of one namers for their sequel to the hit 2016 film, Sing. The original film made over $600 million at the box office against a budget of just $75 million.
So of course they were going to make a sequel. The original cast already featured actors like Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon and Scarlett Johannsson.
And now they’ll be joined by new cast members Bono, Pharrell Williams, Halsey, and even Eric Andre.
While Bono and U2’s music has provided a backdrop to films from Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom to Gangs of New York, this will be his first time voicing a character and singing in an animated film. It reunited Williams with Illumination; his tune Happy was a soundtrack tune that helped draw blockbuster grosses for Despicable Me 2.
I didn’t watch the original film, so I’m not completely sure what the plot was, but according to the report, this sequel promises to be much bigger.
In Sing 2, Buster Moon (McConaughey) and his cast of underdogs push their talents beyond their local theater, hoping for a shot to perform at the most prestigious venue in the entertainment capital of the world: The Crystal Tower Theater. To do that, though, they’ll first have to impress the powerful and egotistical entertainment mogul—and likely gangster—wolf Jimmy Crystal (Cannavale) and prove that they are worthy of his stage.
The movie is scheduled to be released December 22, 2021.
