City of Didd

***City of Didd*** is is a 2021 American adventure musical fantasy–comedy film produced by Illumination. The film is directed by Peyton Reed, from a screenplay by the writing team of John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein, and features an ensemble cast including Justin Long, Christina Applegate, Jay Baruchel, Cate Blanchett, Gerard Butler, Mindy Kaling, Will Ferrell, Bill Hader, Dustin Hoffman, Gary Oldman, Jason Bateman, Mike Myers, Billy Eichner, Seth Rogen, Alec Baldwin, Jim Parsons, America Ferrera, Danny DeVito, Craig Ferguson, Josh Gad, Jack Black, John Leguizamo, David Cross, Larry the Cable Guy, and Peter Dinklage.

*City of Didd* premiered at the El Capitan Theatre on March 15, 2021, was theatrically released by Universal Pictures in the United States on March 29, 2021, in 2D, Real D 3D, IMAX and IMAX 3D.

## Cast

* Justin Long as
* Christina Applegate as
* Jay Baruchel as
* Cate Blanchett as
* Gerard Butler as
* Mindy Kaling as
* Will Ferrell as
* Bill Hader as
* Dustin Hoffman as
* Gary Oldman as
* Jason Bateman as
* Mike Myers as
* Billy Eichner as
* Seth Rogen as
* Alec Baldwin as
* Jim Parsons as
* America Ferrera as
* Danny DeVito as
* Craig Ferguson as
* Josh Gad as
* Jack Black as
* John Leguizamo as
* David Cross as
* Larry the Cable Guy as
* Peter Dinklage as
* Patton Oswalt as
* Cobie Smulders as
* Jane Lynch as
* Craig Robinson as
* George Lopez as
* Nick Frost as
* Aziz Ansari as
* Kunal Nayyar as
* Rebel Wilson as
* Alain Chabat as

## Production

### Development

* *See also: Production of City of Didd*

On November 4, 2018, director Peyton Reed tells screenwriters John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein about making a new movie. Eavesdropping on their plans, producer Chris Meledandri is inspired by the idea of "making millions of people happy" and meets the creative team that are developing *City of Didd* for the screen: Reed, Goldstein, Daley, music composer Alan Silvestri and songwriters Benj Pasek and Justin Paul to make the new movie.

On January 4, 2019, Columbus announces that he has pursued the film rights to the films *Dinosaur*, *Star Wars: Attack of the Clones*, *Mickey's Great Clubhouse Hunt*, *Cars*, *Ice Age: Continental Drift*, *Epic*, *Monsters University*, *Mr. Peabody & Sherman*, *Ferdinand*, and *Incredibles 2*.

On May 18, Meledandri announces that characters will be named after characters from other movies. It is also announced that the characters will be designed in their voice actors' bodies.

On June 3rd, the first short sneak peak was released. On September 9th, the second trailer was delayed as confirmed and that the film would premiere on March 29, 2020.

Principal filming of *City of Didd* began in July 2020 in the United Kingdom. Filming ended in November 2020.

As the world premiere for the movie has been confirmed at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles, Reed, Columbus, Daley, Goldstein, Slivestri, and many cast members including are all scheduled to come to the premiere while guests include .

### Casting

The film's main cast was chosen by Bernard Telsey on December 13, 2019.

### Music

* *See also: City of Didd/Soundtrack*

In November 2018, Alan Silvestri was revealed to be scoring the film. With permission from Marvel Studios, Silvestri was allowed to re-write two tracks from *Black Panther* by Ludwig Göransson and re-use tracks from two films, *Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb* and *Avengers: Infinity War*, for the film.

On March 2019, Melendaei announces that the musical numbers in the movie are songs from *Pete's Dragon*, *The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring*, *The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King*, *My Little Pony Friendship is Magic*, *Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip*, *The Greatest Showman*, and *Mary Poppins Returns* written by Pasek and Paul.

In the trailer, the song "Somewhere Only We Know" by English alternative rock band Keane. The song by Keane is included on the soundtrack as a bonus track, but not in the movie.

## Live performance

* *See also: City of Didd Arena Spectacular*

*City of Didd Live Spectacular* or *City of Didd Arena Spectacular* is an arena show adaptation of the feature film *City of Didd*. The show is being produced in partnership with Global Creatures, and directed by Nigel Jamieson. The score was composed by Silvestri.

The show premiered as *City of Didd Arena Spectacular* on June 3, 2022, in Melbourne, Australia, and was followed by a New Zealand tour in July 2022. Renamed to *City of Didd Live Spectacular*, it toured United States and Canada between June 2022 and January 2023.

## References

1. ↑ The characters will be named after characters from *Star Wars: Attack of the Clones*, *Planet 51*, *Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel*, *Shrek Forever After*, *Ice Age: Continental Drift*, *Escape from Planet Earth*, *How to Train Your Dragon 2*, *Home*, *Inside Out*, *Zootopia*, *The Boss Baby*, *Cars 3*, *The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part*, *Dumbo*, *The Secret Life of Pets 2*, *Spider-Man: Far From Home*, and *It – Chapter Two*.
2. ↑ That film's main cast is actors from *Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel*, *How to Train Your Dragon*, *Shrek Forever After*, *Kung Fu Panda 2*, *Ice Age: Continental Drift*, *Escape from Planet Earth*, *How to Train Your Dragon 2*, *Home*, *Inside Out*, *Zootopia*, *The Boss Baby*, *Cars 3*, *The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part*, *Dumbo*, *The Secret Life of Pets 2*, *Spider-Man: Far From Home*,*The Lion King*, and *It – Chapter Two*.