Everyone’s favorite bad guys kind of gone good are back in DreamWorks Animation’s upcoming animated comedy about a crackerjack crew of animal outlaws, now-reformed, who get hijacked into a high-stakes, globe-trotting heist, masterminded by a new team of criminals: The Bad Girls; coming summer 2025.
Everyone’s favorite felons from the hit comedy The Bad Guys (2022) are back, and this time, they’ve got company. But still, they're just so good... at being bad. But not really, because... that would be bad.
We’ve got our first trailer for The Bad Guys 2, the latest film about the gang that couldn’t “go good” straight. In the new action-packed chapter from DreamWorks Animation’s comedy smash about a crackerjack crew of animal outlaws, our now-reformed Bad Guys are trying (very, very hard) to be good, but instead find themselves hijacked into a high-stakes, globe-trotting heist, masterminded by a new team of criminals they never saw coming: The Bad Girls.
Returning stars include Oscar winner Sam Rockwell as Mr. Wolf, SAG award nominee Marc Maron as safe-cracker Mr. Snake, SAG award nominee Craig Robinson as master-of disguise Mr. Shark, Grammy winner Anthony Ramos as Mr. Piranha and Emmy winner Awkwafina as hacker Ms. Tarantula, aka 'Webs.'
Joining the cast is a trio of comedic powerhouses as The Bad Girls: Oscar nominee Danielle Brooks (The Color Purple) as Bad Girls leader Kitty Kat, a dangerously clever snow leopard; Oscar nominee Maria Bakalova (Borat Subsequent Movie Film) as Pigtail, a brilliant Bulgarian wild boar engineer; and Emmy nominee and comedy icon Natasha Lyonne (Russian Doll, Poker Face) as Doom, a wry raven with a knack for deception.
Pierre Perifel directs, alongside producer Damon Ross. The Bad Guys 2 also features the alumni voice talents of Emmy nominee Zazie Beetz as Governor Diane Foxington, BAFTA winner Richard Ayoade as Professor Marmalade, Emmy winner Alex Borstein as Police Chief (now Commissioner) Misty Luggins and Lilly Singh as sensationalist reporter Tiffany Fluffit.
The film is co-directed by JP Sans, who served as head of character animation on the first film. The music is by Oscar-nominated returning composer Daniel Pemberton. Based on the New York Times best-selling book series by Aaron Blabey.
The film hits theaters August 1, 2025.
Source: NBCUniversal
Dan Sarto is Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Animation World Network.
