Plants vs. Zombies 3: Alaskan Getaway

Plants vs. Zombies 3: Alaskan Getaway is an upcoming American computer-animated action-comedy-adventure film, co-produced by DreamWorks Animation and PopCap Animation, and distributed by Universal Pictures. It is the sequel to Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time (2019), and the third installment in the DreamWorks Plants vs. Zombies franchise. It is the first Plants vs. Zombies film to not be based on a videogame from the original franchise, having an all-unique plot outside of it. The film is directed by Walt Dohrn, and co-directed by Brad Ableson (who also co-directed Illumination's Minions: The Rise of Gru), from a screenplay by Michael McCullers, and produced by Chris Meledandri. The film centers in Crazy Dave teaming up with his nephews Nate Timely and Patrice Blazing, his cousin Douglas Fir and the other neighbors he knows to survive a zombie apocalypse in Alaska and stop Dr. Zomboss with the help of the plants before he rules Earth and make people become zombies permanently, and eventually go to an all-out war and the biggest battle they've ever had.
The film will be theatrically released on May 9, 2025 by DreamWorks Animation.
==Plot/Synopsis==
Five years after the events of the second film, Crazy Dave was watching the TV while eating his taco meal and drinking Diet Coke at his house, and was enjoying it until it was interrumpted by an urgent news about a zombie apocalypse chaos in Alaska caused by Dr. Zomboss, and Crazy Dave was very surprised about that! Then his cell phone rang and he picked up the call, and Burt told him through the cell phone that there's a zombie attack out there in the city of Juneau, Alaska. So Crazy Dave advertised the plants about the zombie attack in that city and they are going to reunite with his neighbors to form a survival team, they left home and went to look for his nephews to go to Neighborville Conservation Academy, where Dave also advertised this situation to his cousin Douglas Fir and the four returned to his neighborhood to tell Burt and Matilda that they need to form a survival team, which Dave called it the Neighborville Survival Team, and to travel to Juneau, Alaska because he heard on the news that there was a zombie apocalypse in that city that was caused by nobody but the evil and infamous Dr. Zomboss, who invented the Zombie Virus, and they went in Douglas' RV to stop Zomboss and end this dangerous zombie apocalypse before it's too late and he can rule the Earth and turn people into zombies permanently.
==Cast==
*Dan Aykroyd as Crazy Dave, the second protagonist of the film. He is the leader of the Neighborville Survival Team.
*Woody Harrelson as Douglas Fir. He is Crazy Dave's cousin, a camper who loves nature and animals, and the co-leader of the Neighborville Survival Team. He also has the capacity of animal speech and spends all of his time at the Campground, where he regularly takes hikes and talks to his forest friends, which are animals. He works at the Neighborville Conservation Academy.
*Tom Holland as Nate Timely. He is the nephew of Crazy Dave.
*Bella Thorne as Patrice Blazing. She is the niece of Crazy Dave.
*TBA as Mo. A lawnmower robot who also teams up with Crazy Dave, his cousin Douglas Fir, his nephews and the neighbors he knows to save the world from Zomboss' zombie invasion.
*Bryce Dallas Howard as Matilda. She is one of Crazy Dave's neighbors. She is a gardener and a member of the Neighborhood Survival Team.
*Jack McBrayer as Burt. He is one of Crazy Dave's neighbors. He is an engineer and a member of the Neighborhood Survival Team.
*Alfre Woodard as Dottie. She is one of Crazy Dave's neighbors.
*Christopher Lloyd as Crazy Dave Sr. He is Crazy Dave's father.
*Steve Buscemi as Dr. Zomboss. He is the main antagonist of the film and the leader of the Zombies. He wants to summon all of the zombies in Juneau, Alaska and order them to attack people and infect them with his evil invention: the Zombie Virus, which turns people into zombies, so Zomboss can rule the world for once and for all.
*Danny McBride as Officer Ron
*Patrick Stewart as the Narrator
===Plants===
*Neil Patrick Harris as Peashooter, the main protagonist of the film. He is the leader of the Plant Herd, Sunflower's new husband, Wall-nut's best friend and Repeater's younger brother.
**Harris also voices Snow Pea, Threepeater, the right head of Split Pea, Pea Pod, the upper head of Pea-nut and Beeshooter.
*Anna Faris as Sunflower. She is Peashooter's new wife.
**Faris also voices Twin Sunflower and Power Flower
*Ryan Reynolds as Wall-Nut. He is Peashooter's best friend and Tall-nut's younger brother.
**Reynolds also voices the lower head of Pea-nut and Hard-nut
*Bill Nighy as Chomper
*Jane Lynch as Cactus
*Alec Baldwin as Squash
*Andy Richter as Potato Mine
*Seann William Scott and Josh Peck as Cherry Bomb
*Owen Wilson as Repeater. He is Peashooter's older brother.
*Jason Lee as Cabbage-pult
*Bill Hader as Kernel-pult
*Nick Offerman as Melon-pult
**Offerman also voices Winter Melon.
*Dee Bradley Baker as Spikeweed (vocal effects) (uncredited)
**Baker also provides the vocal effects of Spikerock. (also uncredited)
*Jim Carrey as Jalapeno
*Steve Carell as Bloomerang
*Ken Jeong as Bonk Choy
*Terry Crews as Coconut Cannon
*Ludacris as Lightning Reed
*J.K. Simmons as Torchwood
*Vince Vaughn as Tall-nut. He is Wall-nut's older brother.
*Christina Applegate as Umbrella Leaf
*Stephen Root as Snapdragon
**Root also voices Cold Snapdragon
*Jayma Mays as Sweet Pea
*Damon Wayans Jr. as Chilly Pepper
*Don Cheadle as Beet
**Cheadle also voices Beetboxer
*Ed Helms as Shamrock
**Helms also voices Shamrockstar
*Chris Evans as Aspearagus
**Evans also voices Acespearagus
*Hugo Weaving as Bamboo Shoot
**Weaving also voices Bamboom
*Christopher Mintz-Plasse as Popcorn
*Zoe Saldana as Fire Peashooter
*Josh Gad as Puff-shroom
*Freddie Highmore as Sun-shroom
*Ewan McGregor as Fume-shroom
*Alecia Moore (Pink) as Hypno-shroom
*Paul Rudd as Magnet-shroom
*Will Forte as Scaredy-shroom
*Harrison Ford as Ice-shroom
*Samuel L. Jackson as Doom-shroom
*Ludacris as Lightning Reed
*Jack Black as Chili Bean
*Arnold Schwarzenegger as Chard Guard. Schwarzenegger replaces Bruce Willis from the previous film in the role of Chard Guard due to health problems since March 2022.
*Josh Brolin as Gatling Pea
*Liam Neeson as Cob Cannon
===Zombies===
*George Fan as:
**Basic Zombie
**Flag Zombie
**Conehead Zombie
**Buckethead Zombie
**Brickhead Zombie
**Backup Dancer Zombie
**Balloon Zombie
**Zombie Bobsled Team
**Cave Zombie
**Cave Flag Zombie
**Cave Conehead Zombie
**Cave Buckethead Zombie
**Blockhead Zombie
*Michael Cera as Pole Vaulter Zombie
*Ed O'Neill as Newspaper Zombie
*Will Arnett as All-Star Zombie
*Will Ferrell as Disco Zombie
*Nicolas Cage as Gargantuar
*Jonah Hill as Imp
**Hill also voices Yeti Imp and Super-Fan Imp.
*Wayne Knight as Digger Zombie
**Knight also voices Catapult Zombie
*Alan Tudyk as Zomboni
*Mark Hamill as Ladder Zombie
*Clancy Brown as Zombie Yeti
*Jeff Bennett as Zombie Dodo
*John Goodman as Sloth Gargantuar
*Patrick Warburton as Troglobite
*John DiMaggio as Hunter Zombie
==Release==
The film will be theatrically released in USA on May 9, 2025.
===Marketing===
*The film's teaser trailer, along with its first official poster, were released on July 3, 2024, and was uploaded to DreamWorks' official YouTube channel the same date. The teaser trailer is shown in front of screenings of Despicable Me 4 and Deadpool & Wolverine.
*The first theatrical trailer will be released on September 27, 2024, and it will be promoted during the premiere of DreamWorks' The Wild Robot.
*The second theatrical trailer will be released on December 20, 2024, and it will be promoted during the premiere of Mufasa: The Lion King.
*The third and final theatrical trailer will be released on April 4, 2025, and it will be promoted during the premiere of the live action Minecraft film starring Jack Black.
==Soundtrack==
The soundtrack for the film is composed by Michael Giacchino, replacing Hans Zimmer from the first two films. It will be released on May 6, 2025.
==Trivia==
* The film was originally confirmed to be released on March 21, 2025, but it was changed to be premiered one month, two weeks and four days later on May 9, 2025 to avoid competition with Disney's live action remake of Snow White.
* Crazy Dave's best friend Harvey Flaxcaster was originally going to appear in this film, and he was going to be voiced by Bill Murray. However, on March 6, 2024, this character was scrapped from the film and was replaced by Dave's cousin Douglas Fir from the 2024 update of Plants vs. Zombies 3 (also known as Welcome to Zomburbia) that came on January 17 that year, so Crazy Dave and Douglas would make a better team with the other neighbors rather than Harvey. This resulted that the filmmakers had to force Bill Murray to leave the film's cast so they could hire another actor for the voice role of Douglas Fir. In this case, Woody Harrelson was chosen for the role of Douglas Fir. Also, this resulted the writers to erase Harvey's dialogue from the final transcript and rewrite the history putting Douglas' dialogue this time.
* Ice Queen Pea was originally going to appear in this film, but she was scrapped from the film to be saved for future films. Also she was going to be voiced by Glenn Close.
== Future ==
In July 2024, when the teaser released, Meledandri confirmed that work on a fourth film was underway, set to feature the Garden Warfare characters, Schwarzenegger was announced to be co-writing the script, which will feature Bonk Choy's brother, voiced by Schwarzenegger. Meledandri also confirmed it would release in 2027.