Weird World 2 is a 2021 American computer-animation fantasy comedy-drama action film produced and released by Walt Disney Pictures, as the sequel of the 2018 animated film, Weird World. It was filmed alongside it's successor Weird World 3.
Film Summary
George, Craig and Sponghuck have to solve a mystery about some golden pearls, but end up in Oil City where they encounter a long-lost relative of Craig's and an oily machine who's goal is to become the richest guy in Weird World.
Plot
Cast
- Will Smith as Craig
- Reloaxa as George Jacqueline/Bash
- Ewan McGregor as Sponghuck
- David Jason as Luke Montgomery
- Mike Myers as Jaxon
- Charli XCX as Stephanie
- Tom Kenny as Axebot
- Kristin Scott Thomas as Eleanor Jacqueline
- Robert De Niro as Tyler
- Ade Edmondson as Scooter
- Linda Cardellini as Josie
- Jonny Greenwood as Cole
- Prince Royce as Brent
- Tinie Tempah as Zayden
Production
In December 2018, Charli XCX claimed a sequel was in development. On August 25th 2019, Disney officially announced that a feature-length sequel to Weird World was in production. Russell Brand announced that he will respire his role as George Jacqueline. On February 3rd, 2020, Charli XCX said was too busy to voice Stephanie and wouldn't be returning for the sequel. However, 2 months later, XCX announced she will return to voice Stephanie, after she explained she wasn't "that busy, after all". On April 19, 2020, David Jason announced he had joined the cast to voice a new character. On May 18th 2020, Kristin Scott Thomas, Will Smith, Ewan McGregor, Robert De Niro, Ade Edmondson and Linda Cardellini all announced they would respire their respective roles as Eleanor, Craig, Sponghuck, Tyler, Scooter and Josie, with Brand confirming he would voice Bash again, and that he would be his permanant voice. On August 11th 2020, Mike Myers joined the cast as a new character - Jaxon. On September 14th 2020, Gary Lightbody and Prince Royce announced they would respire their respective roles as Cole and Brent. On November 21st 2020, Tinie Tempah confirmed he will respire his role as Zayden. On the same day, David Jason announced he will be voicing Craig's adoptive father Luke Montgomery. On December 5th 2020, Tom Kenny announced Axebot will reappear in the film and he will voice him again.
Release
Home media
Reception
Box office
Critical reception
Weird World 2 has recieved critical acclaim and has been considered on par with the first film, with praise going to it's humor (some even said it was funnier than the first one), story, animation and voice performances. The review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes reports that 97% of critics gave the film a positive review based on 234 reviews, with an average score of 8.4/10. The site's consensus states: "Weird World 2 lives up to the first film's emotions, beautification and hilariousness. And the well-known voice cast is still spot on too." Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 from top reviews from mainstream critics, calculated a score of 87 based on 52 reviews, indicating "Universal acclaim." In CinemaScore polls, cinema audiences gave Weird World an average score of "A" on an A+ to F scale.
Trivia
- It takes place between Season 2 and Season 3 of the television series.
- There's a running gag throughout the film where Jaxon accidentally pulls Sponghuck's bubble away, causing him to spin a bit then fall. Each time he spins, a song with the word "round" or "around" in the title plays. This happens 6 times in the film.
- The songs include:
- You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) by Dead or Alive
- Round Round by Sugababes
- Around the World by Daft Punk
- Spinning Around by Kylie Minogue
- Round and Round by Ratt
- Up Around the Bent by Creedence Clearwater Revival
- The songs include: