Making Friends 2: Back to the Drawing Board

Making Friends 2: Back to the Drawing Board (also referred to as simply Making Friends 2) is a 2025 American computer-animated/traditionally-animated comedy-drama film based on Kristen Gudsnuk's Making Friends book series, produced by Columbia Pictures, Scholastic Entertainment, Aleka Entertainment, and Sony Pictures Animation, and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing. The sequel to Making Friends (2022), the film was directed by Nicholas Stroller and co-directed by Ken Keeler (in his directorial debut) and is adapted from Making Friends: Third Time's a Charm (2021). Kristen Schaal, Chloë Grace Moretz, Jeff Garcia, Will Forte, Awkwafina, Sarah Silverman, Dulcé Sloan, Brooke Dillman and Jonah Hill reprise their roles from the first film, with newcomers Kimiko Glenn, Thomas Middleditch, Will Arnett, Ben Schwartz, and Benedict Cumberbach joining the ensemble cast. In the film, Danielle and Madison must find out how to get things back to normal after somebody steals Danielle's sketchbook and drastically alters the universe with it.

Production on a sequel to Making Friends began in November 2020 after the third book was announced, and was put into full production in February 2022. Mark Mothersbaugh returned to compose the film's score with artists such as Junkie XL and Wiz Khalifa contributing tracks for the film.

The film was theatrically released on July 31, 2025. Met with favorable reviews like its predecessor, the film grossed $974 million worldwide.

Cast

 * Kristen Schaal as Danielle Radley
 * Chloë Grace Moretz as Madison Fontaine
 * Kimiko Glenn as Amanda St. Cloud
 * Thomas Middleditch as TBA
 * Will Arnett as TBA
 * Ben Schwartz as TBA
 * Benedict Cumberbach as TBA
 * Jonah Hill as Nick Maloney, a bully who constantly picks on Danielle.
 * Jeff Garcia as Tom Torres, a Guatemalan-American and one of Danielle's friends
 * Sarah Silverman as Joan Quincy
 * Awkwafina as Leah Tung
 * Will Forte as Matt
 * Dulcé Sloan as Aleesha Robinson
 * Brooke Dillman as Rhonda
 * Kristen Wiig as Cara McCoy
 * Jenny Slate as Lauren Radley
 * Tina Fey and Tim Heidecker as Linda and Chuck Radley
 * Drew Barrymore as Aunt Tracy
 * Christopher Miller as Uncle Dave
 * Bobby Tisdale as Alex, a boy who’s seen frequently throughout the movie climbing into his own locker and shutting the locker door behind him.