Adyora Focus 2

***Adyora Focus 2*** is a 2003 American computer-animated fantasy adventure comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by DreamWorks Pictures. The second installment in the *Adyora Focus* series and the sequel to 1999's *Adyora Focus*, it was directed by Krista Taylor and Cody Cameron from a screenplay written by Taylor, Jymn Magon, Roger S. H. Schulman and Ralph Zondag. The film features Christina Ricci, Dan Aykroyd, Kirsten Dunst and Adam Wylie reprising their roles from the previous film, with newcomers James Woods, Zooey Deschanel, and Winona Ryder. In the film, Adyora and her friends are on the quest, where they have to stop an evil overlord who plans to threaten their home.

Production on a sequel to *Adyora Focus* began in November 1999 following the box office success of the first film. New ideas for the film were conceived including some unused ideas from the first film. John Powell returned to compose the film's score, albeit without co-composer Harry Gregson-Williams.

The film was released into theaters on December 19, 2003 in the United States, to positive reviews from critics while it grossed $351 million over a $100 million budget, making it the second highest-grossing animated film of 2003 and the tenth highest-grossing film of the year overall. The film was nominated for Best Animated Feature at the 76th Academy Awards (losing to Disney/Pixar's *Finding Nemo*). Two more sequels were released — *Adyora Focus: The Rise of Darkness* in 2009 and *Adyora Focus: A Magical War* in 2018.

## Cast

* Christina Ricci as Adyora Focus
* Dan Aykroyd
* Kirsten Dunst
* Adam Wylie
* James Woods
* Zooey Deschanel
* Winona Ryder

## Production

A sequel to *Adyora Focus* was announced by DreamWorks co-chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg in November 1999. Krista Taylor returned to direct and write the sequel, along with Jymn Magon, Roger S. H. Schulman and Ralph Zondag. Conrad Vernon, the director of the first film, returns as executive producer only as he was already directing *Shrek 2*.

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## Soundtrack

*Main article: Adyora Focus 2/Soundtrack*
The film's soundtrack, featuring the original score by John Powell, was released on December 16, 2003, by DreamWorks Records. However, Harry Gregson-Williams, who co-composed the first film with Powell, did not return for the sequel due to scheduling conflicts, with Hans Zimmer replacing him.

## Release

*Adyora Focus 2* was originally slated for release on November 7, 2003, before being pushed back to December 19 in order to avoid competition with Disney's *Brother Bear* and New Line Cinema's *Elf*.

### Marketing

Upon its release, Burger King had a promotional tie-in with five toys with a paid Kids' Meal order. A video game based on the film was released in December 2003 for PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, Game Boy Advance, N-Gage, PC and mobile phones.

GlobeBox promoted the film with several promotional spots, alongside the sweepstakes for the film's merchandise, which appeared on GlobeBox.com but later expired on December 25, 2003.

### Home media

*Adyora Focus 2* was released by DreamWorks Home Entertainment on VHS and DVD on April 13, 2004. It was also released on Game Boy Advance Video in October 2005. The home media release accompanied with a DVD exclusive animated short film *Perfect Spell*. The DVD release also contains an audio commentary on the film, games, how-to-draw featurettes, and more. A Blu-ray version of the film was released on March 24, 2009, along with the first film. In July 2014, the film's distribution rights were purchased by DreamWorks Animation from Paramount Pictures (owners of the pre-2005 DreamWorks Pictures library) and transferred to 20th Century Fox before reverting to Universal Studios in 2018.

## Sequel

*Main article: Adyora Focus: The Rise of Darkness and Adyora Focus: A Magical War*
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## Transcripts

### Main transcript

To see the transcript of the film, click here.

### Trailer transcripts

To see the transcripts for the trailers of the film, click here.