Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2 |
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Directed by |
Rich Moore Phil Johnston |
Produced by | Clark Spencer |
Written by | Phil Johnston Pamela Ribon |
Starring |
John C. Reilly Sarah Silverman Jack McBrayer Jane Lynch Jodi Benson Alan Tudyk James Corden Ana Ortiz |
Music by | Henry Jackman |
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Distributed by | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2 is a 2018 American 3D computer-animated science fantasy comedy film that is being produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. It will be the sequel to 2012's Wreck-It Ralph, and is scheduled to be released on March 9, 2018 in IMAX 3D by Walt Disney Pictures.
Taking place six years after the events of the first film, the story will center on Ralph's adventures in the Internet data space when a WiFi router gets plugged into the arcade.
In October 2012, director Rich Moore said that he and Disney had ideas about a sequel that would bring the characters up to date and explore online gaming and console gaming. Moore stated that many of the crew and voice cast were open to the sequel, believing that they have "barely scratched the surface" of the video game world they envisioned. He also stated that he planned to include Mario and Tron in the sequel. In 2014, the film's composer Henry Jackman said that a story for the sequel was being written. In July 2015, John C. Reilly said he had signed on to reprise his role of Ralph in a projected sequel.
On March 24, 2016, Rich Moore stated that a sequel was still being planned. Moore also hoped to specifically include an appearance from Mario, citing a "good relationship with Nintendo".
The sequel's title was officially announced in March 2017 as Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2. Further, Disney affirmed that Reilly, Jane Lynch, Jack McBrayer, and Sarah Silverman are set to reprise their roles, while Rich Moore returns as director joined by co-writer Phil Johnston in his directing debut and Clark Spencer returns as producer. The subtitle is speculated to be an allusion to Kim Kardashian's risque photos used by Paper in a 2014 feature on her; the popularity of the photos online brought down the Paper servers, and thus it was said that Kardashian "broke the Internet".