Trolls World Tour

Trolls World Tour is a 2020 American computer-animated jukebox musical film produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Universal Pictures. The film is a sequel to the 2016 film Trolls, directed by Walt Dohrn with co-direction by David P. Smith, produced by Gina Shay, and written by Jonathan Aibel, Glenn Berger, Elizabeth Tippet, Maya Forbes and Wallace Wolodarsky, from a story by Aibel and Berger. The film stars Anna Kendrick, Justin Timberlake, James Corden, Kunal Nayyar, Ozzy Osbourne, and Rachel Bloom.

Trolls World Tour was set to be theatrically released in the United States on April 10, 2020. However, due to the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic, the film was released for digital rental on the same day.

Synopsis
After the events of the first film, Poppy and Branch discover that there are other kinds of Trolls scattered over six different lands, each devoted to a different form of music: Pop, Funk, Classical, Techno, Country, and Rock. Their world is about to get a lot bigger, and a whole lot louder, as member of hard-rock royalty, the evil Queen Barb, aided by her father King Thrash, wants to destroy all other kinds of music to let rock reign supreme. With the fate of the world at stake, Poppy and Branch, along with their friends — Smidge, Legsly, Biggie, Satin and Chenille, Cooper, Guy Diamond and Tiny Diamond — set out to visit all the other lands to unify the Trolls in harmony against Barb, who is looking to upstage them all and turn them into rock zombies. Meanwhile, Branch tries to find a way to tell Poppy how he feels about her.

Cast

 * Anna Kendrick as Queen Poppy, the sweetest, optimistic Queen of the pop Trolls and Branch's girlfriend and love interest.
 * Justin Timberlake as Branch, an over-cautious, good-hearted survivalist pop Troll and Poppy's boyfriend and love interest.
 * James Corden as Biggie, a chubby, friendly pop Troll.
 * Rachel Bloom as Queen Barb, the Queen of the Hard Rock Trolls and Thrash's daughter.
 * Ozzy Osbourne as King Thrash, former King of the Hard Rock Trolls and Barb's father.
 * Anderson Paak as Prince D, a Funk Troll and Quincy and Essence's son.
 * George Clinton as King Quincy, the King of the Funk Trolls.
 * Mary J. Blige as Queen Essence, the Queen of the Funk Trolls.
 * Kelly Clarkson as Delta Dawn, the half-troll half-horse leader of the Country Trolls.
 * Sam Rockwell as Hickory, a Yodel Troll who is disguised as a Country Troll.
 * Icona Pop as Satin and Chenille, fashion Troll twins who are conjoined at their hairs.
 * Ron Funches as Cooper, a giraffe-like troll who walks on all fours.
 * Kunal Nayyar as Guy Diamond, a glittery, silver naked pop Troll with a highly auto-tuned voice.
 * Jamie Dornan as Chaz, a Smooth Jazz Troll.
 * J Balvin as Tresillo, the leader of the Reggaeton Trolls.
 * Kenan Thompson as Tiny Diamond, a Hip-Hop Troll and Guy Diamond's newborn son.
 * Kevin Michael Richardson as Mr. Dinkles, Biggie's pet worm.
 * Walt Dohrn as
 * Smidge, a small female pop Troll with a masculine voice.
 * Cloud Guy, an anthropomorphic cloud
 * King Peppy, Poppy's father and the former King of the pop Trolls. He was previously voiced by Jeffrey Tambor.
 * Fuzzbert, a hair pop troll with legs
 * Additional voices
 * Ester Dean as Legsly, a Pop Troll who can make her legs really long at will.
 * Gustavo Dudamel as Trollzart, a Classical Troll.
 * Anthony Ramos as King Trollex, the King of the Techno Trolls.
 * Flula Borg as Dickory, a Yodel Troll who is inside of the back of Hickory
 * Charlyne Yi as Pennywhistle, a whistle.
 * The McElroy Brothers as Skyscraper
 * Justin McElroy as Techno Beat Drop Button, Tumbleweed.
 * Travis McElroy as Rock Tear
 * Griffin McElroy as Country Tear
 * Red Velvet as the K-Pop Gang:
 * Wendy voices Wani, the leader of the K-Pop Trolls and Tresillo’s rival.
 * Irene voices Baby Bun, Wani’s lieutenant.
 * Seulgi voices Gomdori, Wani’s third in command.
 * Joy voices Ari, the most silent of the K-Pop Trolls.
 * Yeri voices Kim-Petit, Gomdori’s best friend.

Production
On February 28, 2017, Universal Pictures and DreamWorks Animation announced a sequel to the 2016 film Trolls, with Anna Kendrick and Justin Timberlake reprising their roles as Poppy and Branch. In March 2017, podcasters the McElroy brothers began campaigning for roles in the film via a podcast titled "The McElroy Brothers Will Be in Trolls 2". Following the campaign's success, DreamWorks confirmed in September 2018 that the McElroy brothers would make cameo appearances in World Tour.

Sam Rockwell, Chance the Rapper, Anthony Ramos, Jamie Dornan and Flula Borg were added to the cast in May 2018. Corden, Stefani, Icona Pop, Funches, and Nayyar returned to reprise their roles. On June 12, 2018, the film was retitled as Trolls World Tour. In October 2018, it was confirmed that Kelly Clarkson had joined the cast, and will perform an original song. In June 2019, along with promotional posters, new cast members have been announced, which include: J Balvin, Mary J. Blige, Rachel Bloom, George Clinton, Ester Dean and Gustavo Dudamel.

Along with Timberlake, Clarkson, Paak, Blige and Clinton, songs are provided by Chris Stapleton and SZA.

The first single from the movie's soundtrack, "The Other Side", by Timberlake and SZA, was released on February 26, 2020. The Trolls World Tour: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack was released on March 13, 2020.

Release
Universal Pictures originally planned to release Trolls World Tour theatrically in the United States on April 10, 2020. It was later pushed up to February 14, 2020 before being moved to April 17, 2020. Following the delay of No Time to Die, it was once again pushed up to the original April 10 release date. It was also set to be released on March 20 in the United Kingdom, but due to the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic, its release date was pushed back to April 6.

On March 16, Universal announced that the film would be released for rental on digital platforms on April 10 in the United States.

Marketing
On June 19, 2019, DreamWorks released 22 character posters for the film, along with promotional film stills. On June 20, the first trailer was released.

A second trailer was released on November 14, 2019. A third trailer was released on March 6, 2020, featuring the new release date.

Reception
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 71% based on 55 reviews with an average rating of 6.1/10. The site's critics consensus reads: "A fun follow-up for fans of the original, Trolls World Tour offers a second helping of colorful animation, infectious energy, and sing-along songs." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 51 out of 100, based on 21 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".