Rio 2 will follow Blu, Jewel and their three kids on their journey to the Amazon where Jewel is re-united with her family. It sees the return of Nigel who is keen on revenge, and also the introduction of Blu’s father-in-law, his greatest adversary yet. Like the first film, Blu faces a place and a situation that is new to him, and growing up as a city bird, it takes him a while to adapt to these new situations.
To get you into the party spirit, 20th Century Fox have released the Official Lyric Video for What is Love by Janelle Monroe, a fast paced, catchy song that will really get you into the mood for the film. Coupled with the original teaser trailer from October last year, the full HD trailer and the short ‘Musician Early’ clip from the film, it’s impossible to not be excited for this film.
Staring all of the original Rio favourites (Anne Hathaway as Jewel, Jesse Eisenberg and Jamie Foxx,) as well as the new additions of Bruno Mars, Andy Garcia, Kristin Chenoweth and Rita Moreno, this film is set to be one of the most fantastic animation features of the year. Its colourful, it’s fun, and it’s got singing animals. Who doesn’t love singing animals?!
Rio received quite positive reviews from critics the first time around, so we can hope that the sequel will follow in its footsteps and be another success for 20th Century Fox. Plus, as it’s the first film from Blue Sky Studios to have a sequal outside of the Ice Age franchise, there are high expectations that hopefully this film was worth the money put in for a sequel, as it is quite a well known pattern that a sequel never usually sells better than the first film.
It’s time to celebrate, Rio style!