
Happy Feet’s sequel, appropriately titled, Happy Feet Two, got a new trailer and poster released today.
The movie is directed once again by George Miller (who started his career long ago with Mad Max and then later with Babe, the pig) and it features the voices of Elijah Wood, Robin Williams, Pink (!!), Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Hugo Weaving among others.
Here’s the official synopsis:
The sequel to “Happy Feet,” the Academy Award-winning animated smash hit, “Happy Feet Two” returns audiences to the magnificent landscape of Antarctica in superb 3D.
Mumble, The Master of Tap, has a problem because his tiny son, Erik, is choreo-phobic. Reluctant to dance, Erik runs away and encounters The Mighty Sven — a penguin who can fly! Mumble has no hope of competing with this charismatic new role model. But things get worse when the world is shaken by powerful forces.
Erik learns of his father’s “guts and grit” as Mumble brings together the penguin nations and all manner of fabulous creatures — from tiny Krill to giant Elephant Seals — to put things right.
Well, I kinda enjoyed the first one for what it was: a cute animated film for children (I still can’t believe it won the Oscar for best Animated feature, then again, Pixar released Cars…). I don’t know if it warrants a sequel but hey, penguins are cute, and cuteness sells.. So here it is.
Happy Feet Two will be unleashed on November 17, 2011 for North America and December 16, 2011 for Australia in Digital 3D and IMAX 3D.