Trolls Band Together | |
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Directed by | Walt Dohrn |
Screenplay by | Elizabeth Tippet[1] |
Based on | Good Luck Trolls by Thomas Dam |
Produced by | Gina Shay |
Starring | |
Edited by | Nick Fletcher |
Music by | Theodore Shapiro |
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Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 91 minutes[2] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $95 million[3] |
Box office | $209.6 million[4][5] |
Trolls Band Together is a 2023 American animated jukebox musical comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Universal Pictures, based on the Good Luck Trolls dolls from Thomas Dam. It serves as the sequel to Trolls World Tour (2020), and the third installment in the Trolls franchise. The film was directed by Walt Dohrn and co-directed by Tim Heitz, and written by Elizabeth Tippet.
Anna Kendrick, Justin Timberlake, Zooey Deschanel, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Icona Pop, Anderson .Paak, Ron Funches, Kenan Thompson, Kunal Nayyar and Dohrn reprise their voice roles from previous films, with newcomers Eric André, Kid Cudi, Daveed Diggs, Troye Sivan, Camila Cabello, Amy Schumer, Andrew Rannells, RuPaul and Zosia Mamet joining the ensemble voice cast. In the film, Branch and Poppy, who are a couple, attempt to rescue Floyd while reuniting Branch's brothers after the boyband phenomenon, BroZone, was disbanded.
Ideas for a third Trolls film began prior to the release of Trolls World Tour in April 2020, when Timberlake expressed interest in participating during his Apple Music takeover. DreamWorks Animation officially confirmed the third film's development in November 2021. Despite being predominantly CGI animation, with some additional animation by DNEG, the film includes some 2D animation sequences with animation styles inspired by Yellow Submarine (1968) and Fantasia (1940). Theodore Shapiro returned to compose the score for the film.
Trolls Band Together was theatrically released in Denmark on October 12, 2023, and in the United States on November 17. The film grossed $209 million worldwide and received mostly positive reviews from critics.
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