Rio 2

Rio 2 is a 2014 American animated musical comedy film directed by Carlos Saldanha and written by Don Rhymer, Carlos Kotkin, Jenny Bicks, and Yoni Brenner. The sequel to Rio (2011), it was produced by Blue Sky Studios. The film features Anne Hathaway, Jesse Eisenberg, Jemaine Clement, Leslie Mann, George Lopez, Jamie Foxx, will.i.am, Tracy Morgan, and Rodrigo Santoro reprising their roles from the first film, with Kristin Chenoweth, Bruno Mars, Rita Moreno, Andy Garcia, and Miguel Ferrer joining the cast. Set three years after the events of the first film, it follows Blu, Jewel, and their children leaving Rio for the Amazon rainforest to find other blue macaws, while Nigel the cockatoo pursues them to exact revenge.

Rio 2 was released internationally on March 20, 2014, and on April 11 the United States, by 20th Century Fox. The film received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $499 million against a budget of $103–130 million. A third film is in development.