Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs 2 - Wikipedia

2013 animated film by Cody Cameron and Kris Pearn

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Cody Cameron Kris Pearn
Screenplay by	Erica Rivinoja John Francis Daley Jonathan Goldstein[a]
Story by	Phil Lord Christopher Miller Erica Rivinoja[1]
Based on	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs and Pickles to Pittsburghby Judi BarrettRon Barrett
Produced by	Pam Marsden[1] Kirk Bodyfelt[2]
Starring	Bill Hader Anna Faris James Caan Will Forte Andy Samberg Benjamin Bratt Neil Patrick Harris Terry Crews Kristen Schaal
Edited by	Robert Fisher, Jr.[3]
Music by	Mark Mothersbaugh[4]
Productioncompanies	Columbia Pictures[5] Sony Pictures Animation[6]
Distributed by	Sony Pictures Releasing[6]
Release date	September 27, 2013 (2013-09-27)
Running time	95 minutes[7]
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$78 million[8]
Box office	$274.3 million[8]

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 is a 2013 American animated science fiction comedy film produced by Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation. It was directed by Cody Cameron and Kris Pearn and written by Erica Rivinoja, John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein. Bill Hader, Anna Faris, James Caan, Will Forte, Andy Samberg, Benjamin Bratt and Neil Patrick Harris return from the first film, with Terry Crews and Kristen Schaal joining the cast. The film's plot focuses on Flint Lockwood and his friends returning to Swallow Falls to save the world after the presumed-destroyed Flint Lockwood Diatonic Super Mutating Dynamic Food Replicator resurfaces, this time creating sentient food creatures.

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 was released in the United States on September 27, 2013, by Sony Pictures Releasing and was a box office success, grossing $274 million worldwide against a budget of $78 million. Like the first film, it received generally positive reviews from critics, although it was deemed inferior to its predecessor.

Plot

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Following the FLDSMDFR incident in Swallow Falls,[b] Chester V, the CEO of Live Corp and Flint Lockwood's childhood idol, offers his company's services to help clean up the island, while temporarily relocating the town's populace to San Franjose, California. Chester hires Flint to work at Live Corp, and Flint strives to receive a promotion. Six months later, Flint is publicly humiliated when his "Celebrationator" invention is accidentally set off while the promotion is being given to another employee.

Chester later informs Flint that the seemingly-destroyed FLDSMDFR is still functioning and creating sentient food creatures known as "Foodimals", one of which attacked his employees stationed on Swallow Falls. Chester tells Flint that he needs to personally travel to the island, find the FLDSMDFR and insert a USB flash drive-like device known as the "BS-USB" to shut it down. Flint takes along his pet monkey Steve, his meteorologist girlfriend Sam Sparks, her cameraman Manny, police officer Earl Devereaux and former Swallow Falls mascot "Chicken" Brent McHale. Flint also reluctantly accepts the help of his widowed father Tim, who takes them to the island using his fishing boat. When Chester learns that Flint is not alone, he and his much-abused orangutan assistant Barb gather some of their employees and follow.

While Tim stays on the boat and befriends some living pickles, Flint and his friends work their way through the jungle-like environment of food that now completely covers the island. They encounter many foodimals, including a living strawberry Sam dubs "Barry". A Cheespider, the foodimal that attacked Chester's employees, chases the group before Chester arrives, scaring it off and joining the mission. Sam becomes suspicious of Chester's motives, as his claims about the foodimals being dangerous do not align with her observations. Flint is too afraid of failure to listen, eventually leading Sam and the others to go off on their own. They re-encounter and befriend the Cheespider, discovering that it was only acting hostile towards people wearing Live Corp gear. When the group deduces that the foodimals have realized something sinister about the company, as the "live" part of its name is simply "evil" spelled backwards, they attempt to warn Flint, but are captured by Chester's employees.

Flint, Chester and Barb track down the FLDSMDFR. Flint watches it create sentient marshmallows, who immediately befriend him, and realizes Sam was right. He defies Chester and refuses to shut down the FLDSMDFR. Chester fights Flint and inserts the BS-USB, now revealed to be a reprogramming device, into the machine. With the FLDSMDFR now under his control, Chester throws Flint into a river and starts capturing foodimals, planning to use them as the key ingredients for Live Corp's upcoming line of food bars. The marshmallows rescue Flint and reunite him with Tim and Barry. The Lockwoods realize that, without the FLDSMDFR, the entire island's ecosystem will die out. Flint feels responsible and becomes demoralized, until he discovers that the foodimals, having watched archived footage of the FLDSMDFR's creation, revere him as their creator. Inspired, Flint vows to save the island.

Tim and the foodimals catapult Flint and Barry into the new Live Corp factory Chester has constructed on the island; there, they release the captive foodimals, who subdue Chester's guards. Flint confronts Chester, but he threatens to put Flint's captive friends into a chopping machine; Barb is reluctant to participate in this, so Chester insults and dismisses her. Flint uses the Celebrationator to defeat Chester and free his friends; Chester attempts to flee with the FLDSMDFR, but is cornered by Flint's group and the foodimals. Having changed sides, Barb steals back the machine, while Chester is eaten by the Cheespider.

The next day, Flint returns the FLDSMDFR to its home base, frees it from Chester's control, and reconciles with his friends, allowing Barb to join the group. The residents of Swallow Falls return to their proper homes, adapting to the altered ecosystem and happily continuing their lives. The FLDSMDFR continues creating foodimals, which coexist peacefully with the islanders.

Voice cast

[edit] Bill Hader, Anna Faris and Terry Crews at the 2013 San Diego Comic-Con promoting Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2.

• Bill Hader as:
  • Flint Lockwood, an inventor and Sam's boyfriend.[2]
  • the FLDSMDFR, as he did in the first film.
    • Bridget Hoffman as the young Flint. She replaces Max Neuwirth for the role.
      • Archival recordings of Max Neuwirth as the young Flint are heard in the beginning of the film.
• Anna Faris as Sam Sparks: a weather intern from New York City and Flint's girlfriend.[2]
• Will Forte as Chester V: Flint's childhood idol who is a world-famous super-inventor and the CEO of Live Corp. Forte voiced Joe Towne in the first film.
• James Caan as Tim Lockwood: Flint's widowed fisherman father.[2]
• Andy Samberg as "Chicken" Brent McHale: Flint's former rival and bully and the former mascot of Swallow Falls' sardine cannery.
• Neil Patrick Harris as Steve: Flint's pet vervet monkey who communicates using a thought translator that Flint invented; however, he only has a limited vocabulary and mostly just says his name, says a few random things and reminds Flint that he is hungry. He later becomes Barb's love interest.[2]
• Benjamin Bratt as Manny: Sam's Guatemalan cameraman and a former doctor, pilot and comedian.[2]
• Terry Crews as Earl Devereaux: Swallow Falls' athletic police officer.[9] Crews replaced Mr. T From the first film
  • Archive recordings of Mr. T as Earl Devereaux are heard in the film's opening.
• Kristen Schaal as Barb: An intelligent orangutan and Chester's much-abused assistant. She later develops a crush on Steve.[9][10]
• Cody Cameron as Barry the Strawberry and the Pickles.[11]
• Khamani Griffin as Calvin "Cal" Devereaux: Earl's son. Griffin replaced Bobb'e J. Thompson from the first film.
• Al Roker as Patrick Patrickson: the anchorman of Weather News Network.
• Melissa Sturm, Kris Pearn and Craig Kellman as some of Live Corp's employees
  • Kellman additionally portrays Flintly McCallahan: another employee who receives a promotion.

Production

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Development

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The sequel was announced on April 12, 2010, when website io9 reported that the original film's directors, Phil Lord and Chris Miller, would not return for the sequel.[12] In December 2011, it was reported that Cody Cameron, one of the story artists on the first film, and Kris Pearn, the head of story on the first, would direct the sequel, with Lord and Miller serving as executive producers. John Francis Daley, Jonathan Goldstein, and Erica Rivinoja[2] wrote the screenplay, which is based on an original story idea, not on Pickles to Pittsburgh, Ron and Judi Barrett's follow-up book.[13] In February 2012, it was announced that the sequel would be titled Cloudy 2: Revenge of the Leftovers,[14] but it was later retitled to Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2.[15]

Casting

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Bill Hader, Anna Faris, James Caan, Andy Samberg, Neil Patrick Harris, and Benjamin Bratt reprised their roles.[2] The role of Earl, the town cop, was taken over by Terry Crews, since Mr. T declined to reprise the role.[9] Kristen Schaal joined the cast to voice Barb, a talking and lipstick-wearing orangutan with a human brain.[10] Will Forte, who voiced Joseph Towne in the first film, voices Chester V, a world-famous super-inventor who commands Barb and is the head of the Live Corp Company.[9] On January 17, 2013, concept art from the film was released.[16]

Music

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The music was composed by Mark Mothersbaugh.[4] Cody Simpson provided a single, from his album Surfers Paradise "La Da Dee", which was played at the film's end credits. Simpson also performed in a music video that incorporated footage from the film.[1] Paul McCartney's single, "New", from his 2013 album, was featured in the film.[17]

In the Japanese release, the band TEMPURA KIDZ provides a song "Tabechaitaino" and voices a Marshmallow.[18]

Release

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Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 was initially scheduled for release on December 20, 2013, but was pushed back to February 7, 2014,[20] before it was later moved up to September 27, 2013.[21]

In promotional events before the film's release, Sony Pictures Animation partnered with some produce companies to provide more than 200,000 pounds (91 tonnes) of produce for Feeding America's action to help children and families in need. Several food-packing events across the country were organized, with Anna Faris and Will Forte attending the main one in Los Angeles.[22] Sony teamed up with marketing partners in the United States to promote the film through Subway Kids Meals with a set of 6 customized bags.[23]

Home media

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Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 was released on DVD and Blu-ray on January 28, 2014.[24] The home media was accompanied by a quartet of animated shorts based on the main feature: Super Manny, Earl Scouts, Steve's First Bath, and Attack of the 50-Foot Gummi Bear.[24] Two of the shorts, Super Manny and Earl Scouts, were already released online before the media release, premiering in October 2013 on Univision[25][26][27] and Fandango,[28][29][30] respectively. David Feiss directed all four shorts,[31] which feature a computer-generated wraparound animation and a hand-drawn animation, provided by Six Point Harness.[32]

Reception

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Box office

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Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 grossed $119.8 million in North America, and $154.5 million in other countries, for a worldwide total of $274.3 million.[8] Its budget was reported at $78 million.[8]

In North America, the film earned $9.3 million on its opening day,[33] and opened to number one in its first weekend, with $34 million.[34][35] In its second weekend, the film dropped to number two, grossing an additional $21 million.[36] In its third weekend, the film dropped to number three, grossing $13.8 million.[37] In its fourth weekend, the film dropped to number five, grossing $9.7 million [38]

Critical response

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On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a rating of 71%, based on 122 reviews, with an average rating of 6.4/10. The site's consensus reads: "While not as clever or inventive as its predecessor, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 compensates with enough dazzling visuals to keep younger viewers entertained."[39] Metacritic, gave the film a score of 59 out of 100, based on 31 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.[40] Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film a grade "A−", the same as the first film.[41]

Michael Rechtshaffen of The Hollywood Reporter gave the film a positive review, saying "While not as delightfully breezy as the original, an engaging voice cast and hordes of 'Foodimals' still manage to serve up a tasty sequel."[42] Linda Barnard of the Toronto Star called it "fun, even if it is occasionally so chaotic it tramples the movie's flow like a herd of stampeding Buffaloafs."[43] Michael Phillips of the Chicago Tribune thought it "better in every respect than the original film. It's also more fun than all three Ice Age, Monsters University, Planes, Epic, Despicable Me 2, and though I could go on, I won't."[44] Jordan Hoffman of the New York Daily News gave the film four out of five stars, saying "Cloudy 2 is loud, weird and chaotic—just as kids like it. ... sometimes it's good to have a sugary treat."[45] Dave McGinn of The Globe and Mail felt it "promises more fun and laughs than it delivers, and this meal tastes like too many that have gone before it."[46] Bill Goodykoontz of The Arizona Republic reviewed it as "the rare sequel that takes the spirit of the original and runs with it, coming up with something uniquely good in its own right."[47]

In a lukewarm review, Tim Robey of The Daily Telegraph said "For all its properly surreal mayhem, this flick isn't quite as nimble or emotionally rounded as its predecessor."[48] Sean O'Connell of The Washington Post wrote "Kids will chuckle, for sure. But parents who were pleasantly surprised by the original film's intelligence will miss Lord and Miller's guiding hands, as what once felt so funny now leaves a stale taste."[49] Rafer Guzman of Newsday thought it "relies on the usual noxious recipe for junky kid flicks: loud noise, pop music and poop jokes."[50] Miriam Bale of The New York Times felt it was "sometimes so strange, colorful and wildly cute that it may end up becoming a Yellow Submarine for a new generation."[51] Tom Russo of The Boston Globe gave the film two out of four stars, saying "It's another brightly rendered effort, but, as the title indicates, a lot of the real creativity seems to have been used up the first time around."[52] Mike Clark of USA Today gave the film two and a half stars out of four, saying "There's not a surprise or moment of tension to be found here, but the film is all energy and color that makes the discomfort of 3-D glasses seem worth it."[53]

Jocelyn Noveck of the Associated Press thought the film worked for its audience: "this is a kid movie, and KIDS LOVE PUNS. So they laugh at 'There's a leek in the boat.' And they laugh even more the second time."[54] A. A. Dowd of The A.V. Club gave the film a C, saying "Like too many sequels, this second helping of Meatballs confuses bigger for better, piling on the action but misplacing much of the original's charm."[55] David Hiltbrand of The Philadelphia Inquirer gave the film three out of four stars, saying "This scrumptious sequel follows the same recipe as the 2009 original."[56] Peter Hartlaub of the San Francisco Chronicle called it "a humorous yet unfocused romp, so unwilling to settle on a single theme that hyperactivity medication should be handed out with the 3-D glasses."[57] Matt Patches of Film.com wrote, "The 2009 original separated itself from the Pixar and Dreamworks competition with a joke-first approach. The sequel quadruples the recipe, with gags on top of gags on top of gags in a way only animation could achieve. Like a foodie Jurassic Park conjured up by Tex Avery, Cloudy 2 is a sight to behold … as long as your brain hasn't turned to mush by the halfway point."[58]

Amy Nicholson of The Village Voice compared the franchise to "The Muppets and Pee-wee's Playhouse, kids' shows that ripen as their audience matures."[59] Keith Staskiewicz of Entertainment Weekly called it "charming enough."[60] Steve Davis of The Austin Chronicle gave the film two out of five stars, saying "For both kids and adults, CWCM2 is little more than a vague memory as soon as it's over."[61] Peter Debruge of Variety opined, "the pic's zany tone and manic pace are good for a quick-hit sugar high."[3] Betsy Sharkey of the Los Angeles Times gave the film three and a half stars out of five, saying "Honestly, anyone who can pull off a running joke about leeks that does not make you gag, and is in fact a silly delight, deserves props."[62] Bill Zwecker of the Chicago Sun-Times wrote, "Unlike so many sequels, this fun-filled 3D adventure is sure to entertain younger kids but also charm the adults".[63]

Accolades

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Award	Category	Recipients	Result
Kids' Choice Awards[64]	Favorite Animated Movie	Nominated
Satellite Awards[65]	Best Motion Picture, Animated or Mixed Media	Nominated
Visual Effects Society Awards[66]	Outstanding Animation in an Animated Feature Motion Picture	Peter Nash, Michael Ford, Chris Juen, Mandy Tankenson	Nominated
	Outstanding FX and Simulation Animation in an Animated Feature Motion Picture	Andrew Hofman, Alex Moaveni	Nominated
British Academy Children's Awards[67]	BAFTA Kid's Vote - Film in 2014	Nominated

Video games

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A video game titled Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2, published by GameMill Entertainment, was released on September 24, 2013, for Nintendo DS and Nintendo 3DS.[68] Its gameplay mechanic is similar to Fruit Ninja.

A free mobile game titled Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2: Foodimal Frenzy was developed by PlayFirst and released for both iOS and Android devices.[69] The game was removed from the App Store in 2015 and is no longer available to download.

A downloadable app titled Foodimal Funimal was released for free by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment on iOS and Android mobile devices on August 20, 2013.

Possible sequel

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A day after the film's release, Cody Cameron discussed the possibility of a third film, saying "I don't know that will happen, we're going to have to see what it does on September 27th, I definitely think we've set up enough character, basically enough stuff in the second film that we can branch off and do multiple stories for a third film – but you know it's kind of hard to think about that right now."[70]

In September 2023, Phil Lord stated that a script was completed for a third installment before the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike, entitled Planet of the Grapes, which was a direct reference to the recently released film, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes.[71]

Notes

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1. ^ In some versions of the end credits, Goldstein has his middle initial in his name, while in others his initial is dropped.
2. ^ As depicted in Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009)

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v t e Sony Pictures Animation
Part of Sony Pictures (Sony)
Feature films	Open Season (2006) Surf's Up (2007) Open Season 2 (2008) Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009) Open Season 3 (2010) The Smurfs (2011) LA Arthur Christmas (2011) The Pirates: Band of Misfits (2012) Hotel Transylvania (2012) The Smurfs 2 (2013) LA Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013) Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015) Goosebumps (2015) LA Open Season: Scared Silly (2015) Surf's Up 2: WaveMania (2017) Smurfs: The Lost Village (2017) The Emoji Movie (2017) The Star (2017) Peter Rabbit (2018) LA Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018) Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween (2018) LA Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) The Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019) The Mitchells vs. the Machines (2021) Wish Dragon (2021) Vivo (2021) Hotel Transylvania: Transformania (2022) Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023) KPop Demon Hunters (2025) Fixed (2025) Upcoming Goat (2026) Buds (2027) Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse (2027) Untitled KPop Demon Hunters sequel (2029)
Television series	2010s debuts Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2017–18) Hotel Transylvania: The Series (2017–20) GO! Cartoons (2017–18) 2020s debuts Agent Elvis (2023) Young Love (2023) Open Season: Call of Nature (2023–24) Upcoming Motel Transylvania (2027) Untitled Ghostbusters series (TBA) Superbago! (TBA) Surf's Up: The Series (TBA)
Short films	Boog and Elliot's Midnight Bun Run (2007) The ChubbChubbs Save Xmas (2007) The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol (2011) So You Want to Be a Pirate! (2012) Goodnight Mr. Foot (2012) The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow (2013) Super Manny (2013) Earl Scouts (2013) Steve's First Bath (2014) Attack of the 50-Foot Gummi Bear (2014) Puppy! (2017) Spider-Ham: Caught in a Ham (2019) Hair Love (2019) Live Stream (2019) Monster Pets (2021) Dog Cop 7: The Final Chapter (2021) The Spider Within: A Spider-Verse Story (2023) Debut: A KPop Demon Hunters Story (2026)
Franchises	Open Season (since 2006) Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009–2018) The Smurfs (2011–2017) Hotel Transylvania (since 2012) Goosebumps (2015–2018) Spider-Verse (since 2018)
See also	Sony Pictures Imageworks Unproduced projects Sony Pictures Television Kids Adelaide Productions Screen Gems Cartoons United Productions of America List of Sony theatrical animated feature films
Category LA Produced in live-action

v t e Sony theatrical animated features
Sony Pictures Animation Open Season (2006) Surf's Up (2007) Open Season 2 (2008)IR Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009) Open Season 3 (2010)IR The Smurfs (2011) Arthur Christmas (2011) The Pirates! Band of Misfits (2012) Hotel Transylvania (2012) The Smurfs 2 (2013) Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013) Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015) Goosebumps (2015) Open Season: Scared Silly (2015)IR Smurfs: The Lost Village (2017) The Emoji Movie (2017) The Star (2017) Peter Rabbit (2018) Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018) Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween (2018) Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) The Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019) The Mitchells vs. the Machines (2021)LR Wish Dragon (2021)IR Vivo (2021)LR Hotel Transylvania: Transformania (2022)IR Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023) KPop Demon Hunters (2025)LR Fixed (2025)LR Upcoming Goat (2026) Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse (2027)
Madhouse Memories (1995) Metropolis (2001) Tokyo Godfathers (2003) Paprika (2006)
Aniplex/Funimation/Crunchyroll Rurouni Kenshin: The Motion Picture (1997) Tekkonkinkreet (2006) Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV (2016) Your Name (2016) Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale (2017) Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl (2018) My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising (2019) Violet Evergarden: The Movie (2020) Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train (2020) Josee, the Tiger and the Fish (2020) Sing a Bit of Harmony (2021) My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission (2021) Sword Art Online Progressive: Aria of a Starless Night (2021) Jujutsu Kaisen 0 (2021) Sword Art Online Progressive: Scherzo of Deep Night (2021) Demon Slayer: Swordsmith Village (2022) The Quintessential Quintuplets Movie (2022) Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero (2022) One Piece Film: Red (2022) Kaguya-sama: Love Is War – The First Kiss That Never Ends (2022) That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: The Movie – Scarlet Bond (2023) Suzume (2023) Psycho-Pass Providence (2023) Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – To the Hashira Training (2024) Rascal Does Not Dream of a Sister Venturing Out (2024) Rascal Does Not Dream of a Knapsack Kid (2024) Spy × Family Code: White (2024)
Live-action/animated Stuart Little (1999) Stuart Little 2 (2002) Pixels (2015) Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway (2021) Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile (2022) Harold and the Purple Crayon (2024) Paddington in Peru (2025)
Co-productions 1001 Arabian Nights (1959) The Magic World of Topo Gigio (1961) The Little Prince and the Eight-Headed Dragon (1963) Hey There, It's Yogi Bear! (1964) The Man Called Flintstone (1966) Jack and the Beanstalk (1974) American Pop (1981) Heavy Metal (1981) Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation (1986) Pound Puppies and the Legend of Big Paw (1988) The Swan Princess (1994) Manuelita (1999) The Trumpet of the Swan (2001) Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001) Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001) Eight Crazy Nights (2002) The Triplets of Belleville (2003) Steamboy (2004) Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children (2005) Monster House (2006) Persepolis (2007) The Sky Crawlers (2008) Waltz with Bashir (2008) Resident Evil: Degeneration (2008)IR First Squad: The Moment of Truth (2009)IR Planet 51 (2009) The Illusionist (2010) Legend of the Millennium Dragon (2011) The Adventures of Tintin (2011) Adventures in Zambezia (2012) Starship Troopers: Invasion (2012) IR Resident Evil: Damnation (2012) LR The Angry Birds Movie (2016) Sausage Party (2016) The Red Turtle (2016) Resident Evil: Vendetta (2017)LR Starship Troopers: Traitor of Mars (2017)LR Ruben Brandt, Collector (2019) LR Tabaluga (2019)LR The Barkers: Mind the Cats! (2020) IR Secret Magic Control Agency (2021)IR Chickenhare and the Hamster of Darkness (2022)IR Perlimps (2022)IR Resident Evil: Death Island (2023)IR The Garfield Movie (2024) Upcoming Scarlet (2025)
Franchises The Swan Princess (1994–2023) Stuart Little (1999–2005) Final Fantasy (2001–2016) Open Season (2006–2015) Resident Evil (since 2008) Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009–2013) The Smurfs (2011–2017) Starship Troopers (2012–2017) Hotel Transylvania (2012–2022) Marvel Anime (2013–2014) Goosebumps (2015–2018) The Angry Birds Movie (2016–2019) Sword Art Online (since 2017) Peter Rabbit (2018–2021) My Hero Academia (since 2018) Spider-Verse (since 2018) Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (since 2021) Dragon Ball (since 2022) Garfield (since 2024)
See also Sony Pictures Animation Unproduced projects Sony Pictures Imageworks Crunchyroll, LLC Madhouse Sony Pictures Television Kids Adelaide Productions Screen Gems Cartoons United Productions of America
IR International release LR Limited release

v t e Phil Lord and Christopher Miller
Directed	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009) 21 Jump Street (2012) The Lego Movie (2014) 22 Jump Street (2014) Project Hail Mary (2026)
Written only	Extreme Movie (2008) Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013) Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018, Lord only) The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019) Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023) Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse (2027)
TV series created	Clone High (2002–2003, 2023–2024) The Afterparty (2022–2023, Miller only)
Related	Unrealized projects

v t e Films by Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley
Directed	Vacation (2015) Game Night (2018) Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023) Mayday (2026)
Written only	Horrible Bosses (2011) The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (2013) Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013) Horrible Bosses 2 (2014; story) Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) Vacation Friends (2021) The Flash (2023; story)
Produced only	Stuber (2019)