Thomas the Tank Engine 2: The Mystery of Friendship

**Thomas the Tank Engine 2: The Mystery of Friendship** is a upcoming sequel to Thomas The Tank Engine. It is the second instalment of Thomas The Tank Engine.

## Production

On February 2023 it was announced that a sequel was in to be in the works on June 2023 it was revealed that Xander Elder would write for this movie and Hunter Schadow stills rating as director but on July 2023 it was announced that Hunter Schadow will no longer be directing movies but he would still stay as producer and extensive producer. On August 14th 2023 it was announced the sequel has changed the title to “Back on the Tracks” After Xander Elder leaving the writing team it’s unknown who would write the sequel at the moment. On August 23rd 2023 it was announced the sequel will begin production in Summer 2024 and on the same day it was announced the script would be completed by the end of August 2023. On August 25th 2023 at was announced that Dominic Rossi would write the script for the second film with Hunter Schadow and Damien Wilson as producers and Hunter Schadow returning as the director and it was also announced that this would be the final movie to be directed by Hunter Schadow before moving on to direct the series. Dominic Rossi will likely to be directing the third movie or fourth and final movie. On September 5th 2023 it was announced that the script will soon begin writing for the sequel with new full original songs and “Catchy-Pop Music”. On September 7th 2023 it was announced that the sequel is getting a release date May 23rd 2025. And after when Season 2 finish airing.

## Characters

* Thomas
* Edward
* Henry
* Gordon
* James
* Percy
* Toby
* Nia
* Rebecca
* Sonny
* Salty
* Diesel 10
* Bruno
* Flying Scotsmen (does not speak)

## Cast

* TBA as Thomas
* Joshua TheK2 as Edward
* Xander Elder as Gordon
* Jame Glover as James
* Justin Winebrenner as Percy
* ThomasMinisLife as Henry and Toby
* Angelo as Nia
* DimondStar as Rebecca
* Hunter Schadow as Cranky, Bulstrode and Salty
* TBA as Bruno
* TBA as Liam

## Trivia

* The first film to introduce a new character unlike the first movie where no characters were introduced.
* This is the final movie to be Directed by Hunter Schadow
* Accounting to Hunter Schadow this movie was originally meant to be the final instalment but was later confirmed to be 2 more sequels after this movie if it is successful.
* The first movie to have Dominic Rossi voices Sir Topham Hatt
* The first movie Bruno not the main character he is reduced as a major character role
* Xander Elder was originally gonna write the sequel but the script was cut fully for unknown reasons. So there will be another rewrite in this sequel
* The first movie to have Edward to be a main character
* The second film to feature Hunter Schadow and Xander Elder after Thomas the Tank Engine (2023)
* Its unknown if this will be the final appearance of Diesel 10 be it is the final appearance of the Random Diesels
* Nia’s First speaking role in a movie
* This movie has a shorter length running time only being 1 hour and 47 minutes while the previous film was 1 hour and 31 minutes
* during production on the movie it was announced from the third film onwards there will be new directors on bored and new writers for each movie and Hunter Schadow is still staying on the production team