Greenuts 2

***Greenuts 2*** is a 1997 Irish-American computer-animated comedy film directed by Jake Sharratt and Chris Jones and its the second installment in the *Greenuts* series, the sequel to 1993's *Greenuts*. The film was produced by Bear Bones Productions and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The film features the voices of David Spade, Neil Patrick Harris, John Cleese, Jodi Benson, Seth Green, Christopher Lee, Max Casella, Danny Mann, Sandra Bullock, Robert De Niro, and Danny DeVito. In the film, Cube went to the place called Training Land to fight and must team with Blockhead, Tommy, Edwin, BallCone, Limon and Limea to save Mr. Cube and Sally from the two evil twin men, Bob and Rob.

The film was released in theaters on November 14, 1997. *Greenuts 2* received mixed reviews, but was a box office success, grossing $741 million worldwide. *Greenuts 2* scored the second-largest three-day opening weekend in US history at the time of release. It became the third highest-grossing film of 1997 behind Paramount's own *Titanic* and *The Lost World: Jurassic Park*. It is also the second highest-grossing Paramount film of 1997, behind *Titanic*.

## Cast

*Main article: List of Greenuts characters*
* David Spade as Cube Greenut, a grey cube
* Neil Patrick Harris as Blockhead, a cube-shaped shape figure
* John Cleese as Mr. Cube, a British cube and Cube's uncle with a mustache, a top hat, as well as a monocle over his left eye
* Jodi Benson as Sally Greenut, a human caretaker of the shapes and Tommy's wife
* Seth Green as Tommy Greenut, a human and Sally's husband
* Christopher Lee as King Frankie, the king of Shape Gardens
* Max Casella as Edwin, a tot
* Kelsey Grammer as The Evil Camera, a living security camera with a computer voice who hated shapes
* Tony Jay as Narrator
* Mala Miles as Benny Greenut
	+ Jack Angel provided Benny's singing voice.

## Production

After the production of original *Greenuts* film had finished in October 1993, Jake Sharratt confirmed that a sequel was in the works as a direct-to-video release. Release was tentatively scheduled for 1996. On March 11, 1994, the sequel, then first titled *Greenuts 2*, was scheduled for November 12, 1996. The film was later re-titled *Greenuts 2: The Next Chapter*in September 1995, and was finally changed to *Greenuts 2* in February 1996. In May 1996, the film's release date was moved up to November 14, 1997.

Production of the film began in December 1995. Bear Bones Productions made sure there was something new to see in *Greenuts 2* by putting more human characters in the film than there were in its predecessor and improving their appearance, with the use of a few systems that dealt with hair and fur to improve its appearance and movement. The set up for all the characters was done in the first two years of production.

## Soundtrack

*Main article: Greenuts 2 (soundtrack)*
The film score was composed by John Powell.

## Release

In October 1997, the film was selected for competition at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival.

*Greenuts 2* was originally going to release on November 12, 1996 in the United States. In April 1996, the film's release date was moved up to November 29, 1997. The film was released in the United Kingdom on December 26, 1997. The theatrical release was accompanied with *Emiliazilla*, a short based on *The Kutabatas*.

It was the first film with over 4,000 theaters in overall count; over 3,700 theaters was its count for an opening day. *Anastasia* was the first film with over 4,000 theaters for an opening day and second for overall counts.

### Home media

*Greenuts 2* was released on VHS and DVD on August 18, 1998. The film was re-released on March 19, 2004 on DVD and VHS, along with special features, including an audio commentary with Sharratt and Miles. A 3D-converted version of the film was released exclusively with select Samsung television sets on Blu-ray on September 4, 2007, along with the other three films of the series. A non-3D version was released on September 11, 2007, as part of *Greenuts 1-3*, and a stand-alone Blu-ray/DVD combo pack was released individually on December 16, 2008, along with the other two films of the series.

## Sequels and spin-offs

*Main article: Greenuts (franchise)*
*Greenuts 2* was followed by another sequel, *Greenuts 3: Shape Revolution* which was as a direct-to-video sequel on March 13, 2007. A fourth film, *Greenuts 4: A New Beginning* was released on November 26, 2015.