Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
A boat approaching an island of strange creatures
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Screenplay by
Story by
Based onCloudy with a Chance of Meatballs and Pickles to Pittsburgh
by Judi Barrett
Ron Barrett
Produced by
  • Pam Marsden[1]
  • Kirk Bodyfelt[2]
Starring
Edited byRobert Fisher, Jr.[3]
Music byMark Mothersbaugh[4]
Production
companies
Distributed bySony Pictures Releasing[6]
Release date
  • September 27, 2013 (2013-09-27)
Running time
95 minutes[7]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
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, animated by Sony Pictures Imageworks, and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing. The sequel to the 2009 film Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, the film was directed by Cody Cameron and Kris Pearn (in their feature directorial debuts) from a screenplay written by Erica Rivinoja and the writing team of John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein. Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, the directors of the previous film, returned as executive producers, and also conceived the story with Rivinoja.

The film stars Bill Hader, Anna Faris, James Caan, Andy Samberg, Neil Patrick Harris, and Benjamin Bratt who reprise their roles from the first film, while Will Forte, who voiced Joseph Towne in the first film, voices Chester V in this film. New cast members include Kristen Schaal as Chester's orangutan assistant, Barb, and Terry Crews as Earl Devereaux, replacing Mr. T.[9] 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 (FLDSMDFR) reactivates, this time creating sentient food creatures.

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 was released in the United States on September 27, 2013,[10] and was a box office success, grossing over $274.3 million worldwide against its budget of $78 million, making more than its predecessor, it received generally positive reviews from critics, though it was considered inferior to its predecessor. A third film titled Planet of the Grapes was discussed but never produced due to the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike.


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  6. ^ a b "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved June 20, 2017.
  7. ^ "CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS 2 (U)". Columbia Pictures. British Board of Film Classification. September 10, 2013. Retrieved September 10, 2013.
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