Cool Spot: Spot Goes to Hollywood

Cool Spot: Spot Goes to Hollywood  (also known as Cool Spot 2) is an upcoming American 3D computer-animated comedy film produced by 20th Century Animation and Virgin Produced and directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller. It is the sequel to 2018's Cool Spot which in turn is based on the 1993 video game of the same name. Most of the cast members such as Pharrell Williams, Mila Kunis, and Bobby Cannavale will reprise their roles from the original film along with new cast members such as Soulja Boy, Rami Malek, and Chris Hemsworth. The film is scheduled to be released on March 18, 2022 by 20th Century Studios.

Premise
Set 4 years after the original film, Cool Spot, who has now risen to newfound worldwide fame and finally marries his longtime girlfriend Eve Coke while having kids with her, finds himself trapped in a projector where he must save his friends from death with the help of Kool-Aid Man who just recently gotten out of jail and more new friends.

Cast

 * Pharrell Williams as Cool Spot, an eccentric anthropomorphic red dot that sports sunglasses and often proclaims himself as the coolest person in Pop City, who is now the coolest person on the planet and is the husband of Eve Coke.
 * Mila Kunis as Eve Coke, the now wife of Cool Spot who works with her brother Berry to maintain the coolness of the world.
 * Bobby Cannavale as Dave Cola, the brother of Bump Cola who gained success after finding out the secret formula in Coolness.
 * Tom Holland as Splish, a sarcastic, wise-cracking blue dot with big eyes that was neutral towards Cool Spot in the first film but now is his biggest supporter.
 * Luke Wilson as Fido Dido, a black and white man with messy hair who is Cool Spot's cousin. In this film, he finally cleaned his hair.
 * Snoop Dogg as Bebe, a laid-back green dot who is shown to have swagger that's different from others.
 * Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson as Kool-Aid Man, an unknown man who was released from Sparkle Prison.
 * Bill Murray as 7-Up, a talking Soda that is best friends with Spot.
 * Jamie Foxx as Orie, a wild dog who is similar to an Oreo that Cool Spot ends up keeping as a pet.
 * Bobby Moynihan as Berry Coke, the brother of Eve Coke and Spot's brother-in-law.
 * James Corden as Bump Cola, the retired mascot of 7-Up who is now rich and has his own plantation.
 * Michael B. Jordan as Deeney Hopps, the former arch-rival of Bump Cola who is now his best friend.
 * D.L. Hughley as Drinky, a childish yellow dot who is the cousin of Cool Spot. He was previously voiced by Jason Mitchell in the first film.
 * Steve Coogan as Cokebot, the butler assistant to Cool Spot that follows every order of his master no matter what.
 * Alison Brie as Princess Gulpman, the princess of Pop City.
 * Michael Jai White as Womp Daddy, Cool Spot’s sarcastic and monotone father who is shown to be slow and boring unlike his son.
 * Angela Bassett as Swag Mom, Cool Spot's mother who has a similar personality to him unlike his father.
 * Soulja Boy as an unknown villain
 * Rami Malek
 * Chris Hemsworth
 * Timothée Chalamet
 * Young Thug

Development
In May 2018, a month before the film's release, Fox greenlit a sequel, with all the writers slated to return, for a possible 2021 release date and also stated that they were committed to making sequels to Cool Spot. Additionally, Williams, Kunis, Cannavale, Holland, Wilson, Snoop Dogg, Murray, Moynihan, Corden, Jordan, Coogan, Brie, Bassett, and White were all expected to reprise their roles. Jason Mitchell was also expected to reprise his role as Drinky, but was removed from the cast list due to allegations and was subsequently replaced by comedian D.L. Hughley. Mac Miller was set to reprise his role as Paul, the A.I, however due to his death in September 2018, before the film‘s script was written, it is currently unknown if this character will be silent or be recast. Producer John Cohen also stated that he wants other notable mascots to be featured in the sequel as well.

On September 17, 2018, it was confirmed that production on the sequel had commenced due to the huge success of the film at box office. On December 20, 2018, it was announced that the sequel would be released on July 30, 2021, with Lord and Miller returning to direct with Chernin, Williams and Jason Felts producing. In January 2019, in face of the proposed acquisition of 21st Century Fox by The Walt Disney Company, Disney CEO Bob Iger confirmed that Cool Spot 2 is in production as Iger announced that the film was on Disney's slate of films being released in the following years. According to Lord and Miller, they both received inspiration from the video game's sequel Spot Goes To Hollywood in which they played earlier while preparing for the script of Cool Spot. Lord and Miller also revealed that the film will feature other notable mascots in entertainment and food.

At the 2019 Annecy International Animated Film Festival in June, further more details including the plot were announced with Disney CEO Bob Iger revealing that 50 Cent would reprise his uncredited role as the Kool-Aid Man in the original film and that the film that many more mascots will be featured in the film. In July 2019, Rami Malek was added to the cast as apart of the main cast. On August 30, 2019, Chris Hemsworth was added to the cast after tweeting a picture of him recording on Twitter. On April 6, 2020, rapper Soulja Boy announced that he is in the movie and has a major role in it which was later confirmed to be a villain role.

On June 15, 2020, 20th Century Studios announced that the film's full title would be Cool Spot 2: Spot Goes to Hollywood. On October 11, 2020, the 2 in the title was dropped and simply named Cool Spot: Spot Goes to Hollywood. On December 25, 2020, it was announced that Timothée Chalamet and rapper Young Thug were cast in undisclosed roles, with the latter being in the first film in a more minor role and is expected to have a more bigger role in the sequel.

Animation
Like the first film, Spot Goes to Hollywood will be animated at the Fox Animation Century City studio with additional animation at Industrial Light & Magic, however Fox stated that the same newer animation technology used starting with The Pixelators: Level Two will be used for this film as well.

Music
On June 15, 2020, it was announced that Ludwig Göransson will return and compose the film's score after doing the original film’s score.

Release
Cool Spot: Spot Goes to Hollywood was originally scheduled to be released on July 30, 2021 by 20th Century Studios. On April 3, 2020, it was moved to April 22, 2022 as a result of Disney's updated film slate due to the 2019–20 coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic's impact on the film industry. On June 15, 2020, the film was moved up a month to March 18, 2022. The film will be released in RealD 3D, Dolby Cinema and IMAX.