Claim: Rio's sequel is an American musical comedy newspaper.
Evidence: A sequel , Rio 2 , was released on April 11 , 2014.
Rio 2 is a 2014 American 3D computer-animated musical comedy film produced by Blue Sky Studios and directed by Carlos Saldanha.
It is the sequel to the 2011 computer-animated film Rio and the studio 's first film to have a sequel outside of their existing Ice Age franchise.
Featuring the returning voices of Jesse Eisenberg , Anne Hathaway , will.i.am , Jamie Foxx , George Lopez , Tracy Morgan , Jemaine Clement , Leslie Mann , Rodrigo Santoro , and Jake T. Austin , the film was released internationally on March 20 , 2014 , and on April 11 , 2014 , in American theaters.