Cool Girls 2 is a 2022 American computer-animated science fiction action comedy film produced by Sony Pictures Animation, Movie Land Animation Studios and The SPA Studios. A sequel to the 2020 film, Cool Girls, the film was directed by Don Hall and Chris Williams, with a screenwriter from Rodney Rothman, Qui Nguyen, Adele Lim and Carlos López Estrada, distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing and stars Jamie Chung, Hailee Steinfeld, Bex Taylor-Klaus, Gal Gadot, Tenzing Norgay Trainor, Chloe Bennet, Dove Cameron, Shameik Moore, Panat Thamrongsombutsakul, James Corden, and Christopher Knights reprising their roles from the first film, with new cast included with Christina Hendricks, Jeff Goldblum, Ariana Greenblatt, Nick Kroll, Tyler Posey, Charlet Chung, Leslie Mann, Halsey, and Bella Poarch.
Cool Girls 2 was theatrically released exclusively in the United States on January 14, 2022, by Sony Pictures Releasing, and received positive reviews from critics, with praise for its animation, voice acting, humor and LGBT representation. Like the first film, it was also a commercial success, grossing $512.1 million against its $90 million budget, making it the tenth highest-grossing film of 2022. A spin-off film, Cool Boys, is in development, while a sequel Cool Girls in Mexico, is set for release in February 2025.
Plot[]
TBA
Cast[]
- Jamie Chung as Ella, a 17-year-old teenage woman.
- Hailee Steinfeld as Bethany, a 17-year-old woman.
- Bex Taylor-Klaus as Elizabeth, a 17-year-old woman.
- Gal Gadot as Gwen, a 17-year-old sporty blonde woman and Kim's girlfriend.
- Tenzing Norgay Trainor as Kim, a 17-year-old teenage boy.
- Chloe Bennet as Nancy
- Dove Cameron as Chloe
- Christina Hendricks as Jessica, one of the coolest 18-year-old teenage woman.
- Jeff Goldblum as Dr. Marlin
- Amy Sedaris as Tina, Ella and Bethany's younger sister.
- Ariana Greenblatt as Tabitha, Elizabeth and Gwen's younger sister.
- Nick Kroll as Mr. Jackson
Production[]
Development[]
On June 12, 2020, Sony Pictures Animation and Movie Land Animation Studios announced a sequel to its 2020 animated film Cool Girls was in development. Don Hall and Chris Williams were hired to direct the film, and written by Rodney Rothman, Qui Nguyen, Adele Lim and Carlos López Estrada. Rodney Rothman. Amy Pascal, Jordan Kerner, Mary Ellen Bauder Andrews, Phil Lord and Christopher Miller will return from Cool Girls to serve as producer with William Renschen will be served as a producer.
Casting[]
Casts were announced and begun with Jamie Chung, Hailee Steinfeld, Bex Taylor-Klaus, Gal Gadot, Tenzing Norgay Trainor, Chloe Bennet and Dove Cameron reprised their roles from the first film with newcomers Christina Hendricks and Nick Kroll on January 2, 2021.
Animation[]
Movie Land Digital Production Services (MLDPS) returned to provide the animation services in San Francisco, along with its studio subsidiaries in Mumbai, Vancouver, London, Singapore, Bangalore, Montreal and Sydney. Productions were finished remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic. The film's design was inspired by Sony Pictures Animation's Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, with Movie Land adopting a more illustrative and stylized aesthetic than their previous films. Work on the film shifted due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and was done remotely following the temporary closure of MLDPS San Francisco and its studio subsidiaries.
Music[]
Henry Jackman, who is collaborated with Don Hall and Chris Williams on Disney's Big Hero 6, and Lorne Balfe returned to compose the score. Rupert Gregson-Williams and Tom Holkenborg were hired to compose the score, replacing James Newton Howard and Daniel Pemberton. The soundtrack was released on January 4, 2022, by Spinnin' Records, while the score was released on January 11, 2022, by Sony Classical.
Release[]
Cool Girls 2 was originally scheduled to be released on April 15, 2022. On June 24, 2021, it was moved up to January 21, 2022 in the United States. The teaser trailer was released on July 20, 2021, before Snake Eyes. In October 2021, Cool Girls 2 was shifted to February 11, 2022, to avoid competition with Hotel Transylvania: Transformania and The JH Movie Collection Movie: Friendsformania. On November 27, 2021, Cool Girls 2 made one final move to January 14, 2022, as an exclusive theatrical release platform in the United States, Canada and China. The film will release on Netflix in some countries on March 25, 2022.
Home media[]
Cool Girls 2 was released on the digital platforms on February 22, 2022. It was also released on Movie Land Television with Premier Access for $29.99 from March 4, 2022 to June 10. Cool Girls 2 was released on Ultra HD Blu-ray, Blu-ray and DVD on April 19, 2022, by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.
Reception[]
Box office[]
Cool Girls 2 grossed $248.7 million in the United States and $263.4 million in other territories, with a total of $512.1 million worldwide from the production budget of $90 million.
Critical responses[]
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 93% of 70 reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.9/10. The website's consensus reads, "Second verse, same as the first: For audiences that enjoyed the first installment, Cool Girls 2 should prove another endearing diversion." Using a weighted average calculator, Metacritic assigned the film a score of 81 out of 100, based on 120 critics, indicating "universal acclaim". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film a rare average grade of "A+" on an A+ to F scale, while PostTrak reported 91% of audience members gave it a positive score, with 88% saying they would definitely recommend it.
Video games[]
Cool Girls: The Game is an action-adventure video game developed by Criterion Games and published by Outright Games. The game was released on April 29, 2022 for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and Microsoft Windows. The game received positive reviews from critics.
Future[]
Television series[]
In August 2020, Movie Land Animation Studios announced that the television series based on the movie is in development. In December 2020, it was renamed to Cool Girls: The Series, became an Amazon original series, and given a release date of May 13, 2022.
Spin-off[]
On September 3, 2020, Movie Land Animation Studios announced that the spin-off film, Cool Boys, is in development. Carlos López Estrada and Micah Gunnell were hired to direct the film.
Sequel[]
Another sequel to Cool Girls was in development, with George Gipson and Micah Gunnell were served as directors.
References[]
External links[]
- Official website
- Cool Girls 2 at IMDb
