Secret Life of Pets 2 | June 7 2019 | Illumination | Dropped more than half from the first movie. Also 14th most profitable movie of 2019

[grim22]

 

[cannastop]

One year to make the script and storyboard and one year to animate the movie.

Nice system, I suppose.

Edited August 3, 2016 by cannastop

[WrathOfHan]

90/300

[Ethan Hunt]

Fuck

[That One Girl]

Honestly, Illumination made the right choice to fast track it.  It can't be forgotten between now and then. I imagine we'll also get a SLOP-based short before Sing and maybe DM3.

[cannastop]

25 minutes ago, Ethan Hunt said:

Fuck

At least it will be over soon.

[Ethan Hunt]

I mean at least make Gidget the main character this time. Max and Duke are unbearably annoying asses

[MovieMan89]

You know, I actually quite enjoyed the characters of the pets themselves in SLOP. With a better plot I would honestly really look forward to this. But the very short production time isn't too promising. Pops better be back though. That's honestly the best thing to come out of Carvey in probably decades, sad as that may be. 

Edited August 2, 2016 by MovieMan89

[Jonwo]

That's a bit soon for an animated film, 3 years is usually the average for an animated sequel. I wouldn't be surprised if it does lower numbers than the first SLOP domestically. 

[gavni63]

Why do I have a feeling the entire plot is going to focus around the owners moving to a new city.  Something like the culturally opposite city of Los Angeles... wait, I might be thinking of Bolt.

Edited August 2, 2016 by gavni63

[Jonwo]

13 minutes ago, gavni63 said:

Why do I have a feeling the entire plot is going to focus around the owners moving to a new city.  Something like the culturally opposite city of Los Angeles... wait, I might be thinking of Bolt.

 

A baby would be another idea since a baby takes away attention from the dogs and they try and get rid of it and get lost, which is the plot of The Rugrats Movie

[gavni63]

1 hour ago, Jonwo said:

 

A baby would be another idea since a baby takes away attention from the dogs and they try and get rid of it and get lost, which is the plot of The Rugrats Movie

Or Max and Gidget have a kid that gets lost (at the pound most likely) and the gang reemerges to find him/her.  If it worked for Finding Nemo it'll probably work for them.  One step closer to becoming discount Pixar.

[MovieMan89]

1 hour ago, Jonwo said:

 

A baby would be another idea since a baby takes away attention from the dogs and they try and get rid of it and get lost, which is the plot of The Rugrats Movie

Excuse you!!! That was pioneered by this classic:

[DAJK]

Agree with @WrathOfHan on the 90/300 number.

[Alpha]

That's an awfully short time to write the script and complete the storyboards/animation. Illumination must think they've got another Minions-level property on their hands.

[YM!]

I'm guessing Illumination knew from the start they had another franchise like Despicable Me and probably started the script for the sequel around 2015 to early 2016.

[cannastop]

27 minutes ago, Alpha said:

That's an awfully short time to write the script and complete the storyboards/animation. Illumination must think they've got another Minions-level property on their hands.

Nah, It's not that short amount of time. They just don't have to do 10 drafts of the same story like Pixar and WDAS might do. And the animation process itself can be done in a year, depending on the runtime of the movie.

[MinaTakla]

I don't think Illumination hasn't worked yet on the script. I actually think they must have started in 2015 (like they did with Minions). That would have made it a normal 3 years production time.

With that, I assume we are going to get a DM4 in 2019.

Overall I am excited for the news! And it could make more than SLOP domestically if it gets a sequel bump like DM, Shrek or other properties. 

[MinaTakla]

DHD says it was already in the works before 2016:

 

On the heels of the $400M milestone, Illumination and Universal have set a July 13, 2018,  release date for The Secret Life Of Pets 2. This actually was a sort of cheeky public secret, hinted at by a previously announced date for an “Untitled Illumination Franchise Film.”

[MovieMan89]

2 hours ago, MinaTakla said:

DHD says it was already in the works before 2016:

 

On the heels of the $400M milestone, Illumination and Universal have set a July 13, 2018,  release date for The Secret Life Of Pets 2. This actually was a sort of cheeky public secret, hinted at by a previously announced date for an “Untitled Illumination Franchise Film.”

Makes sense considering the upcoming theme park attraction based on it at Universal Studios was supposedly given the go ahead nearly a year ago already.