Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land (2025 movie)

Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land (also known as Kirby's Dream Land 2: Nightmare in Dream Land in the UK.) was a 2025 animated comedy action movie based on the game by its own name and a sequel to Kirby's Dream Land. This movie was made by DreamWorks Animation and Nintendo Studios and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. The sequel was released on July 4th, 2025.
== Plot and Summary ==
Nightmare was born, and now it's up to Kirby to stop it. To do this, he needs to copy and fight bosses. With help from Tiff and Tuff, Kirby will do anything.
== Cast ==
Makiko Ohmoto as Kirby
Bryan Cranston as King Dedede
Keanu Reeves as Meta Knight
Will Smith as Nightmare
 as Tiff
 as Tuff
Walt Dohrn as Whispy Woods
Conrad Vernon as Kracko
Tara Strong as Paint Roller
Paul Walker and Tom Kenny as Mr. Shine and Mr. Bright
Owen Wilson as Waddle Dee
Chris miller as Bronto Burt
== Reviews and Ratings ==
Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land got good reviews like the last movie. IMDb gave this a 7.9/10 and Rotten Tomatoes gave this a 85% on the Tomatometer. Johnny Oleksinski said on the Rotten Tomatoes page of it, "This movie could be easily called, "Kirby: Sequel in Dream Land."" FOX 8 News said, "This year's Angry Birds movie."
== Production ==
On March 25, 2022, DreamWorks confirmed that a sequel to Kirby's Dream Land was in development with Universal Pictures dropping out of the project and Warner Bros. Pictures taking the distribution rights. Production began on October 22, 2023, and finished on January 3, 2025,
== Release ==
Kirby: Nightmare in Dream was released on July 4, 2025, by Warner Bros. Pictures and Nintendo Studios. It was previously scheduled for June 21, 2024, and May 10, 2024. Prior to that, Universal scheduled the film for January 13, 2023, and December 15, 2023.
=== Marketing ===
The first teaser was released on March 6, 2025. A second trailer was released on June 21, 2025.
== Sequel ==
On June 21, 2027, the prequel was confirmed and so is a spin-off called Metanknightmare: A Kirby Movie, would be released by Sony Pictures Releasing via Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation on June 28, 2030.
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