Rio 2 Information

Rio 2 is a upcoming 2014 American 3D computer-animated musical adventure-comedy film produced by Blue Sky Studios and directed by Carlos Saldanha. It is the sequel to the 2011 computer-animated film Rio and the studio's first film to have a sequel outside of their existing Ice Age franchise. The title refers to the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro, where the film is set. The film features the voices of Jesse Eisenberg, Anne Hathaway, will.i.am, Jamie Foxx, George Lopez, Tracy Morgan, Jemaine Clement, Leslie Mann, Rodrigo Santoro, and Jake T. Austin. The film is currently scheduled to be released on April 11, 2014.

Plot

Blu, Jewel, and their three kids live the perfect domesticated life in the magical city. When Jewel decides the kids need to learn to live like real birds, she insists the family venture into the Amazon. As Blu tries to fit in with his new neighbors, he worries he may lose Jewel and the kids to the call of the wild.

Cast

• Jesse Eisenberg as Tyler Blu Gunderson, a male Spix's Macaw
• Anne Hathaway as Jewel, a female Spix's Macaw from Rio de Janeiro
• Leslie Mann as Linda Gunderson, a girl who discovered Blu after he was taken from Rio de Janeiro to Moose Lake and adopted him for 15 years
• Jemaine Clement as Nigel, a sadistic sulphur-crested cockatoo
• George Lopez as Rafael, a romantic Toco Toucan fond of Carnaval
• Jamie Foxx as Nico, Pedro's close friend. He is a Yellow Canary with a green and purple striped bottlecap as a hat and tambourine that loves to samba.
• will.i.am as Pedro, a rapping Red-crested Cardinal
• Rodrigo Santoro as Túlio Monteiro, a Brazilian ornithologist
• Jake T. Austin as Fernando, Marcel's impoverished assistant
• Tracy Morgan as Luiz, a bulldog and a chainsaw expert who has a medical condition of drooling
• Bebel Gilberto as Eva; a Keel-billed Toucan and Rafael's wife
• Andy Garcia as TBA
• Bruno Mars as TBA
• Kristin Chenoweth as TBA
• Rita Moreno as TBA
• Amandla Stenberg as TBA
• Rachel Crow as Blu and Jewel's daughter
• Pierce Gagnon as TBA
• Natalie Morales as TBA
• Janelle Monáe as TBA

Production

In an interview after his nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Song, Sergio Mendes said that the film is likely to have a sequel, and that Carlos Saldanha is planning it for release in 2014, a few months before the World Cup, which will be held in Brazil. Also, a spokesperson for 20th Century Fox said that the studio is interested in turning Rio into a franchise.

Variety states that Carlos Saldanha had officially signed a five-year deal with 20th Century Fox that allows him to helm live-action and/or animated films, with the sequel being part of that contractual agreement.

Deadline.com reported that Jesse Eisenberg has signed up to reprise his role as Blu, whereas Anne Hathaway has also signed on to reprise her role as Jewel. Rodrigo Santoro has confirmed his return to voice ornithologist Túlio Monteiro, as well as hinting that the sequel's setting will involve the Amazon.

On November 28, 2012, Don Rhymer, screenplay writer of the first film, died during the writing phase of the sequel, after a battle with cancer.