Pingu 2 (2026 film)

Pingu 2 is a 2026 American-British live-action/animated comedy adventure film directed by Erika Brueggemann. Based on the original property by Otmar Gutmann, it was written by Matthew Fogel, the same writer that wrote the two previous installments from the studio. The film was produced by Illumination Entertainment, in association with StudioCanal, Walden Media and Mattel, and distributed by Universal Pictures. Michael Cera and Adam Brody plays their animation and live action roles as Pingu and Connor McJones respectively.
The film is dedicated to the memory of Carlo Bonomi, who did the vast majority of the voice acting for the characters dated all the way to the Otmar Gutmann era.
==Synopsis ==
After Pingu's great adventure, his younger sister Pinga made the decision to live her own adventure, escaping from home and traveling on a block of ice that takes her directly to Hollywood. Pingu and Connor McJones will team up once again to save Pinga from a guy named Jimmy Evans whose goal is to sell Pinga to the most expensive circus in the world just to make easy money. Pingu, Connor and Pingu's unexpectedly lost older brother (Jake) will have to enter a maximum security location where Pinga is trapped. Will this trio be able to achieve such a feat? 
==Cast==
===Voice cast actors===
*Michael Cera returns to voice the world's most ironic penguin, Pingu. 
*Jessica DiCicco as Pinga, Pingu's sister
*Maya Rudolph as Pingu's mother
*J.K. Simmons as Pingu's father
*Tina Fey as Emma
*Lena Dunham as Mr. Donaldson
*Emma Watson as Pingi
*Bill Hader as Pingo
*Zach Hadel as Pingg
*Ben Schwartz as Pongi
*Eric Bauza as Pen-Pen, the rockhopper penguin.
*Kristen Schaal as Pendra
*Jordan Peele as Robby
*Danny DeVito as the Football/Soccer Manager
*Jim Belushi as Chef Fred
*Simon Pegg as "The Inventor"
*Jemaine Clement as the Giant Walrus, the central antagonist of the movie who's willing to terrorize everything in his way. Not to mention that he has a massive discriminating hatred for penguins.
===Live-action cast===
*Adam Brody Fly as Connor McJones to team up with his best friend, Pingu. 
*Charlie Day as Connor's friend, Sammy Miller.
*Rachel Bilson as Connor's love, Dua Lipa
*Jonah Hill as one of Connor's co-workers, Anthony Willis
*Vanessa Williams as Connor's love interest, Elisa Sullivan.
*Jon Taffer as the CEO of the Las Vegas Zoo, Clifton Merrit, whom he is Connor's unimpressed and unethusiastic boss. He views his employee as an individual that doesn't care about his job when really it's not the true.
*Ed Sheeran as the guy that sells Donuts at a local donut shop.
*Jimmy Kimmel as the local newsreporter at Las Vegas.
===Cameo Appearances===
*Maria Becerra Mr Beast They will have their moment of fame on the big screen for only a few seconds or minutes.
==Taglines==
*"AN ADVENTURE BETWEEN SIBLINGS ALWAYS WORKS..." - Teaser poster, Main poster
*"Don't get your flippers in the twist!" - Character poster
==Soundtrack==
The score for the movie is being composed by Steve Jablonsky. The majority of the soundtrack will have subtle references to the series, more specifically the Otmar Gutmann era instrumentals.
===Trailer songs===
*Edamame of bbon$ and Rich Brian" [1st trailer, first half of the song will stay the same but the second half will be orchestrated]
*Lil Nas X - Industry Baby [2nd trailer]
===Songs heard in the film===
===- PSY===
*Uptown Funk
*Count on me
*Happy
*Wake up in the sky 
*Imán (Two Of Us)
==Trivia==
*The character designs will stay faithful to the designs that were displayed in the Otmar Gutmann era, plus the character animation which will be used as an advantage to blend in with the real world will be done by the people behind Illumination with help from Moving Pictures Company (MPC). With the exception of the Arctic scene, where it's entirely animated by Illumination.
*The movie will most likely have subtle but faithful references from the previous installments with it being seasons one to six and Pingu in the City, including Pingu's affinity for donuts, the list of penguins from said installments including recently added newcomers, the original design for Pingu will appear as one of the toys displayed for when Pingu rises to fame in a 13 minute sub-plot plus a cartoon with the original penguins from the show with Ryota Iwasaki and Fumiya Tanaka reprising. And most of all, the giant walrus that was in Pingu's Dreams, but this time he's got a whole army to himself and about to take down every penguin with every fiber of their being.
== Sequel ==
* Pingu 3 (2028 film)
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