Dusk and Dawn: A Zodiacal Night

***Dusk and Zodiacal Night*** is 2018 American 3D computer animated comedy fantasy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Universal Pictures. 3 main installment, 4 installment overall in *Dusk and Dawn* franchise and sequel to *Belt Of Venus*, film was directed by Simon Smith and Alessandro Carloni from screenplay by Eyal Podell and Jonathon Stewart. Josh Peck, Zooey Deschanel, Anthony Hopkins, Christine Baranski, Dan Aykroyd, Isla Fisher, Nicole Kidman, with Jeff Garlin, and Bill Nighy reprise their roles from previous films, with newcomers Jake Johnson, Bobby Cannavale, Kate McKinnon, with Matt Frewer, and James Corden join ensemble cast. In film, Dusk and Dawn accidentally switch colors of their appearances when several optical phenomena including zodiacal light occur in their homes, pair must work together to stop zodiacal light so they can return to their normal forms before it is too late.

*Zodiacal Night* premiere at 68 Berlin International Film Festival on February 16, 2018, and was release in US on March 2. It mark the 1 DreamWorks Animation film to be distributed by Universal Pictures, who parent company NBCUniversal acquired DWA in 2016. It grossed over $602 million worldwide and received positive reviews, with many critics considering it improvement over it predecessor and praising animation, humor, characters, screenplay, and vocal performances of Peck and Deschanel, although some criticism was on film being derivative to 1 2 films as well as plot. Film was nominated for Best Animated Feature at 91 Academy Awards, but lost to *Into Spider Verse* which also stars Jake Johnson.

## Plot

Years ago, Zodiac exists with Twilight and Sun alongside other several optical phenomena. As time pass from day to night, he then becomes suspicious of 2 tribes colors so he attempts to switch them by using other phenomena, but his poor action led to him being separated from main group. Years pass as Zodiac becomes obsessed with switch colors, but constantly fails until he encounters Dusk and Dawn, lead to him making up plan to switch pair colors.

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## Cast

*See also: List of Dusk and Dawn characters*
* Josh Peck as Dusk
* Zooey Deschanel as Dawn
* Anthony Hopkins as Twilight
* Christine Baranski as Sun
* Dan Aykroyd as Light
* Isla Fisher as Blue
* Nicole Kidman as Golden
* Jeff Garlin as Morning
* Bill Nighy as Evening
* Jake Johnson as Zodiac
* Bobby Cannavale as Airglow
* Kate McKinnon as Halo
* Matt Frewer as Glory
* James Corden as Dust
* Eric Darnell as Keeper
* Christopher Knights as Elder Jo
* Erika Thomas as Elder Ji
* Gary Anthony Williams as Elder Ja
* Cody Cameron as Tio
* Conrad Vernon as Mark
* Chris Miller as Sparkle
* Anne Lockhart as Miss Night
* David P. Smith as Wade

### ADR Group

* Newell Alexander
* Rosemary Alexander
* Steve Alterman
* Stephen Apostolina
* Kirk Baily
* Ryan Bartley
* Mitch Carter
* Brook Chalmers
* Vic Chao
* June Christopher
* David Cowgill
* Robin Atkin Downes
* Peter Falls
* Carter Hastings
* Jackie Gonneau
* Logan Kishi
* Bridget Hoffman
* Sherry Hursey
* Rif Hutton
* Joyce Kurtz
* Richard McGregor
* Edie Mirman
* Juan Pope
* Moira Quirk
* Michelle Ruff
* Michael Sorich
* Warren Sroka
* Kelly Stables
* Marcelo Tubert
* Matthew Wolf
* Lynnanne Zager

## Production

Development on *Dusk And Dawn 3* began in 2009 after release of *Belt Of Venus*, production on film was underway, though DreamWorks has details of 3 film development secret during that time. In 2010, DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg said that he has kept possibility for future *Dusk And Dawn* sequels open, stating of course, we have lot of stories to tell, so we starting to prepare for them. In 2012, Eric Darnell, who directed 1 film, said he would do 3 film if he could create good story for it. In 2012, 3 film, tentatively titled *Dusk And Dawn 3*, was schedule for November 4, 2016 release while Tom McGrath would direct 3 film, with Eyal Podell and Jonathon Stewart writing screenplay and Josh Peck and Zooey Deschanel reprising their respective roles as Dusk and Dawn.

In 2013, DreamWorks Animation announced that film would be split into 2 separate projects in *Dusk And Dawn* series, 1 being main 3 film and 1 being spin off film title *Blue And Golden* for release. DreamWorks Animation CCO Bill Damaschke stated that reasoning was due to 3 film original story not work right and fact that filmmakers wanted film to focus on main story, result in screenplay being rewritten. In addition, McGrath also left *Dusk And Dawn 3* to direct *Blue And Golden*.

In 2015, Simon Smith was announced as 3 film new director. In 2016, it was announced that Alessandro Carloni was name director with Smith, having previously been directing *Kung Fu Panda 3* with Jennifer Yuh Nelson. In 2016, it was announced that Anthony Hopkins, Christine Baranski, Dan Aykroyd, Isla Fisher, Nicole Kidman, Jeff Garlin, and Bill Nighy would reprise their roles in 3 film, in addition, newcomers Jake Johnson, Bobby Cannavale and James Corden have also join cast. In 2017, film title was officially announced as *Zodiacal Night*. Kate McKinnon and Matt Frewer later join cast in 2017.

## Soundtrack

*Main article: Dusk and Dawn: A Zodiacal Night/Soundtrack*
In 2017, it was announced that Hans Zimmer and John Powell, who previously collab on score for 1 film, would return to score 3 film music.

## Release

In 2012, 20 Century Fox, studio then distributor partner, and DreamWorks Animation initially announced that 3 film, tentatively title *Dusk And Dawn 3*, would be release on November 4, 2016, but in 2013, *Trolls* took over it date, moving *Dusk And Dawn 3* to March 10, 2017. In 2014, film was then move forward to June 16, 2017, swap release date with *Prism*.

In 2015, *Dusk And Dawn 3* was remove from release schedule follow DreamWorks Animation corporate restructuring and lay offs meant to company creative talent resources, costs, and drive profitability. In 2015, film was back on it schedule with release date. In 2016, release date had been move up 2 week. In 2016, release date was push back again to May 18, 2018, taking over slot of *How To Train Your Dragon 3,* which in turn was push back to March 1, 2019. In 2017, release date was push back once again to March 2, 2018, replacing cancelled *Larrikins*. In 2017, 3 film was title as *Zodiacal Night*.

Film had it world premiere in out of competition section at 68 Berlin International Film Festival on February 16, 2018. It was release on March 2, 2018 in US.

### Marketing

New poster for film was release on September 17, 2017. 2 day later, 1 official trailer for film was release on September 19, 2017. 2 trailer was release on November 28, 2017. It final trailer was release on January 25, 2018.

### Home Media

*Zodiacal Night* was release by Universal Pictures Home Entertainment on Digital HD on May 22, 2018, and was release on Blu ray 3D, Blu ray, DVD and 4K Ultra HD Blu ray on June 5, 2018.

## Reception

### Box Office

*Zodiacal Night* grossed $2 million in US and Canada, and $4 million in other territories, for worldwide total of $6 million, against production budget of $5 million.

### Critical Response

On Rotten Tomatoes, film holds approval rating of 100%, based on 162 reviews and average rating of 7.2 10. Site critical consensus reads, Despite it troubling storyline, *Zodiacal Night* is delightfully improvement over it predecessor with it zany laughs and colorful animation. On Metacritic, film has score of 100 out of 100, based on 22 critics, indicating generally favorable reviews. Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave film average grade of A on A to F scale.

## Video Game

*Main article: Dusk and Dawn: Solar Madness*
Video game based on film, title *Solar Madness*, was release by Outright Games for Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox 1 on February 27, 2018.

## Future

DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg said that he has kept possibility for future sequels open, stating Of course, we have lot of stories to tell, so we starting to prepare for them. In 2018, Zooey Deschanel expressed interest in reprising her role as Dawn for possible 4 film.

## Transcripts

### Main

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### Trailers

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