Released in 2022, DreamWorks Animation’s animated heist comedy The Bad Guys, based on the books by Aaron Blabey, pulled in over $250 million worldwide, launching a franchise that has included two Netflix streaming specials (The Bad Guys: A Very Bad Holiday and The Bad Guys: Haunted Heist) and will see a sequel, The Bad Guys 2, reaching theatres on August 1, 2025. We still have a while to wait for this one, but a The Bad Guys 2 trailer has dropped online to give a glimpse of what the movie has in store for us. You can check it out in the embed above.

The Bad Guys director Pierre Perifel returned to the helm for The Bad Guys 2, in which the former criminal outlaws who have been trying to find their place as Good Guys find themselves pulled out of retirement for one last job led by an all-female squad.

The voice cast includes Sam Rockwell, Marc Maron, Craig Robinson, Anthony Ramos, and Awkwafina as the titular group, which consists of former pickpocket Mr. Wolf, Mr. Snake, Mr. Shark, Mr. Piranha, and expert hacker Ms. Tarantula. New additions to the cast this time around include Natasha Lyonne, Danielle Brooks, and Maria Bakalova. Lyonne’s character is a snow leopard, the leader of the all-female squad. Perifel told Variety that the character is “Wolf 2.0. She’s super smart, super strong, cooler and younger than Mr. Wolf. Her second-in-command is a Boar. She’s the opposite of Kitty, this bigger-than-life character with a soft heart, but has childish energy. The last character is a raven. She’s super dry and sarcastic, and her humor is on point.” If you’re wondering who Kitty is, that’s a cat that was adopted by Mr. Wolf in the previous film.

Producer Damon Ross said, “The books genre hop and we played in the Ocean’s Eleven space (in the first movie). Now we get to ratchet things up; action wise, stake wise and set piece wise, and lean into Mission: Impossible. Nobody does set pieces better than the Mission: Impossible franchise. We have a pretty not-so-subtle nod to that.” While the first movie was set in Los Angeles, the events of the sequel will see the bad guys venturing out of the city.

For Perifel, making The Bad Guys 2 was appealing because, “We leave the bad guys (in the first movie) as they’re trying to be good. They’ve paid their debt to society, and they’re about to be released from prison, and there’s a whole arc after that where they’re ready to be accepted by society.“

Are you a fan of The Bad Guys (which JoBlo’s own Steve Seigh considers to be a “criminally underrated gem”), and will you be checking out The Bad Guys 2? Take a look at the trailer, then let us know by leaving a comment below.

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Here’s the plot: Popular 56-year-old actor threatens the voting body behind the most revered award in cinema with his retirement if they fail to deliver on his desired nomination. While that may sound like an A24 dark comedy waiting to happen, it’s actually Josh Brolin’s reality, as he has threatened to never act…

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Here’s the plot: Popular 56-year-old actor threatens the voting body behind the most revered award in cinema with his retirement if they fail to deliver on his desired nomination. While that may sound like an A24 dark comedy waiting to happen, it’s actually Josh Brolin’s reality, as he has threatened to never act…

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One of the reasons it took me so long to start a second playthrough of Dragon Age: The Veilguard is that recreating the Inquisitor, the protagonist of 2014’s Dragon Age: Inquisition, is a painstaking process. I loved making an older version of my Inquisition hero the first time I played through The Veilguard, but the…

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One of the reasons it took me so long to start a second playthrough of Dragon Age: The Veilguard is that recreating the Inquisitor, the protagonist of 2014’s Dragon Age: Inquisition, is a painstaking process. I loved making an older version of my Inquisition hero the first time I played through The Veilguard, but the…

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Hollywood hopes we’re on the eve of another Barbenheimer, with all eyes on the weekend box office to see if Glicked becomes a thing. Glicked, of course, refers to Gladiator II and Wicked, with the hope being that a movie mad public will make a double bill of these movies go viral. I’m not so sure, with both movies being over 2.5 hours long and a pretty full meal as far as films go. The charm of Barbenheimer was that both movies were so different, with Barbie light and airy compared to Oppenheimer’s massive scale. Both Wicked and Gladiator are epics. They also haven’t been receiving the kinds of raves Barbie and Oppenheimer did, with Gladiator II’s Rotten Tomatoes score a fair 73%. By comparison, Wicked has it beat with a strong 91%.

For me, this weekend’s box office winner is a no-brainer, with Wicked bound to open to at least $100 million. I’m predicting a $120 million start based on both the reputation of the musical, and the fact that it has a ton of crossover appeal for both families, date night regulars, and fans of the musical. By contrast, Gladiator II is aimed squarely at an older, more serious audience, who tend not to rush out and see movies opening weekend. 

Still, the fact that Ridley Scott’s movie is a sequel to an all-time classic and the presence of the iconic Denzel Washington in a key role should allow it to perform well, with a $50 million opening – give or take $10 million or so. Overseas, it will be a blockbuster and may even outgross Wicked, but domestically, I think it will have to contend with the fact that the historical epic genre has been hit and miss, with Scott’s The Last Duel a flop and Napoleon underperforming. However, neither film was as well-reviewed (read ours) or as action-oriented as Gladiator II, so that should help inflate its box office somewhat.

Another big question mark is whether or not Red One will collapse at the box office following its soft $34 million opening. I expect Wicked to take a massive bite out of its gross, and I’d be surprised if it made much more than $18 million this weekend. Venom: The Last Dance should be behind it with about $5 million, while The Best Christmas Pageant Ever should round out the top 5 with about $3 million.

My box office estimates:

1. Wicked: $120 million
2. Gladiator II: $50 million
3. Red One: $18 million
4. Venom: The Last Dance: $5 million
5. Best Christmas Pageant Ever: $3 million

What do you think of our estimates? Let us know in the comments!

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All eyes are on James Gunn’s Superman, which will set the tone for his DC film universe for years to come. The director and CEO of DC knew he had to dedicate time to post-production in order to make it look right, “If you do some research you’ll see my films have always taken a different approach and I’ve always given my VFX artist-collaborators time to do their jobs properly, and the respect they deserve.” He explains, “This is why we wrapped on Superman a year before release and why they’ve been hard at work on many shots for months before that.“

So, would this mean a teaser could be ready for release sometime soon? Perhaps in coordination with a couple of possible family holidays coming up? According to Collider, back in October, a fan asked Gunn on Threads if there would be a teaser or trailer revealed before the end of the year. In true cryptic fashion (that Gunn may have picked up from his time at Marvel Studios), the Guardians of the Galaxy director simply responded with a thinking emoji. Could this mean the fan got him to consider it? Or that he’s playing coy?

Superman stars David Corenswet (Pearl) as Clark Kent and Rachel Brosnahan (The Marvelous Ms. Maisel) as Lois Lane. The cast also includes Nathan Fillion (The Rookie) as Guy Gardner, a charismatic and slightly obnoxious member of the Green Lantern Corps; Isabela Merced (Dora and the Lost City of Gold) as Hawkgirl; Edi Gathegi (X-Men: First Class) as Mister Terrific; Anthony Carrigan (Barry) as Metamorpho; María Gabriela de Faría (Deadly Class) as The Engineer, a member of The Authority; Sara Sampaio (At Midnight) as Eve Teschmacher; Skyler Gisondo (The Righteous Gemstones) as Jimmy Olsen; Wendell Pierce (The Wire) as Perry White; Neva Howell (Logan Lucky) as Martha Kent; Pruitt Taylor-Vince (The Walking Dead) as Jonathan Kent; and Nicholas Hoult (The Great) as Lex Luthor.

The members of the Daily Planet newsroom have also expanded for the movie, with Beck Bennet (Saturday Night Live) set to play Steve Lombard, Mikaela Hoover (The Suicide Squad) as Cat Grant, and newcomer Christopher McDonald as Ron Troupe.

DC Studios co-CEO Peter Safran has previously teased that Superman will not be an origin story and will focus on “Superman balancing his Kryptonian heritage with his human upbringing. Superman represents truth, justice and the American way. He is kindness in a world that thinks of kindness as old fashioned.” Superman is slated to hit theaters on July 11, 2025.

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There aren’t too many MMORPGs that you can just throw up on a second monitor in the background while you watch Crunchyroll or zone out to your favorite podcast about foreign baking competitions. Most require your input as you quest, grind mobs, and run dungeons with random players you’ll never see again. But RuneScape …

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There aren’t too many MMORPGs that you can just throw up on a second monitor in the background while you watch Crunchyroll or zone out to your favorite podcast about foreign baking competitions. Most require your input as you quest, grind mobs, and run dungeons with random players you’ll never see again. But RuneScape …

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Cyberpunk 2077 is one of those benchmark games fans rush to check out when they upgrade their gaming hardware. From its disastrous launch on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One to its 2.0 overhaul and excellent Phantom Liberty expansion last year, the open-world RPG has undergone an impressive makeover in the last few years.…

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