The Croods: A New Age

The Croods 2 is an upcoming 2020 American 3D computer-animated comedy adventure film that is being produced by DreamWorks Animation. It will be the sequel to The Croods (2013), and is being directed by Joel Crawford. The film is scheduled to be released in the United States on September 18, 2020 by Universal Pictures in 3D and IMAX 3D.

The original voice cast — Nicolas Cage, Emma Stone, Ryan Reynolds, Catherine Keener and Clark Duke — will reprise their roles from the previous film, while they are joined by Leslie Mann and Kat Dennings, respectively. However, Kirk DeMicco, the co-director of the first film, won't be returning as he is directing Vivo for Sony Pictures Animation. Chris Sanders won't be returning to direct either, as he is currently directing the live-action/animated adaptation of The Call of the Wild for 20th Century Fox Animation.

Plot
According to Kirk DeMicco, the sequel would focus on Ugga and motherhood, making it "the first chapter of society," expanding on the first film, which is about "the last chapter of the caveman."

Cast

 * Nicolas Cage as Grug Crood
 * Emma Stone as Eep Crood
 * Ryan Reynolds as Guy
 * Catherine Keener as Ugga Crood
 * Clark Duke as Thunk Crood
 * Leslie Mann as an upscale mother of a rival family
 * Kat Dennings as the daughter of the rival family

Production
By April 2013, DreamWorks Animation had started developing a sequel to the film, with Sanders and DeMicco returning to direct it. In September 2013, it had been confirmed that Nicolas Cage, Emma Stone, and Ryan Reynolds would reprise their roles in the sequel. By May 21, 2015, Leslie Mann and Kat Dennings had joined the voice cast. Mann would lend her voice to an upscale mother of a rival family, while Dennings would voice her daughter. Catherine Keener and Clark Duke would also reprise their roles. In August 2016, it was reported that The Lego Movie and Hotel Transylvania co-writers Kevin and Dan Hageman had been hired to rewrite the script.

On November 11, 2016, DreamWorks announced that production for the sequel was cancelled. According to reports, there had been doubts about proceeding with the project before Universal Pictures' acquisition of DreamWorks, and it was DreamWorks' decision to cancel the film. However, in September 2017, DreamWorks and Universal revealed that the movie was back in production with a release date scheduled for September 18, 2020. It was also confirmed that the original actors would reprise their roles. However, DeMicco, the co-director of the first film, won't be returning as he is directing Vivo for Sony Pictures Animation.

Release
The Croods 2 is scheduled for release by Universal Pictures on September 18, 2020. It was originally scheduled for theatrical release on November 3, 2017 by 20th Century Fox. Two months later, it was pushed back from its original release date of November 3, 2017 to December 22, 2017. On August 9, 2016, nearing NBCUniversal/Comcast's impending acquisition of DreamWorks Animation, Fox removed the film from its planned December 22, 2017 release schedule; the film was to be instead released by Universal sometime in 2018, before the film's initial cancellation in 2016.