Dusk and Dawn: A Zodiacal Night

Dusk And Dawn 3 A Zodiacal Night is a 2018 American 3D computer animated fantasy comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation SKG and distributed by Universal Pictures. 3 installment in Dusk And Dawn Series and sequel to Belt Of Venus, film was directed by Simon J Smith and co directed by Alessandro Carloni and written by Eyal Podell and Jonathon E Stewart. Josh Peck, Zooey Deschanel, Anthony Hopkins, Christine Baranski, Dan Aykroyd, Isla Fisher, Nicole Kidman, with Jeff Garlin, and Bill Nighy reprise their roles from previous films, with newcomers Jake Johnson, Bobby Cannavale, Kate Mckinnon, with Matt Frewer, and James Corden joining ensemble cast. In film, Dusk and Dawn accidentally switch colors of their appearances when several optical phenomena including zodiacal light occur in their homes pair must work together to stop zodiacal light so they can return to their normal forms before it is too late.

Film premiere at 68 Berlin International Film Festival on February 16, 2018, and was released in US on March 2, 2018. It mark 1 DreamWorks Animation SKG film to be distributed by Universal Pictures, who parent company NBCUniversal acquired DWA in 2016, rather than 20 Century Fox, with which studio previously had a distribution deal. It grossed over $602 million worldwide and received positive reviews, with many critics considering it an improvement over it predecessor and praising animation, humor, characters, screenplay, and vocal performances of Peck and Deschanel, although some criticism was on film being derivative to 1 2 films as well as plot. Film was nominated for Best Animated Feature at 91 Academy Awards, but lost to Spider Man Into Spider Verse which also stars Jake Johnson.

Plot
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Cast

 * See also: List Of Dusk And Dawn Characters


 * Josh Peck as Dusk
 * Zooey Deschanel as Dawn
 * Anthony Hopkins as Twilight
 * Christine Baranski as Sun
 * Dan Aykroyd as Light
 * Isla Fisher as Blue
 * Nicole Kidman as Golden
 * Jeff Garlin as Morning
 * Bill Nighy as Evening
 * Jake Johnson as Zodiac
 * Bobby Cannavale as Airglow
 * Kate Mckinnon as Halo
 * Matt Frewer as Glory
 * James Corden as Dust
 * Eric Darnell as Keeper
 * Christopher Knights as Elder Jo
 * Erika Thomas as Elder Ji
 * Gary Anthony Williams as Elder Ja
 * Conrad Vernon as Mark
 * Chris Miller as Sparkle

ADR Group

 * Newell Alexander
 * Rosemary Alexander
 * Steve Alterman
 * Stephen Apostolina
 * Kirk Baily
 * Ryan Bartley
 * Mitch Carter
 * Brook Chalmers
 * Vic Chao
 * June Christopher
 * David Cowgill
 * Robin Atkin Downes
 * Peter Falls
 * Carter Hastings
 * Jackie Gonneau
 * Logan Kishi
 * Bridget Hoffman
 * Sherry Hursey
 * Rif Hutton
 * Joyce Kurtz
 * Richard Mcgregor
 * Edie Mirman
 * Juan Pope
 * Michelle Ruff
 * Michael Sorich
 * Warren Sroka
 * Kelly Stables
 * Marcelo Tubert
 * Matthew Wolf
 * Lynnanne Zager

Production
In 2010, DreamWorks Animation SKG CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg said that he has kept possibility for 3 film open, stating of course, you have a lot of stories to tell, so we start to prepare for it. In 2012, Eric Darnell, who co directed 1 film, said he would do 3 film if he could create a good story for it. DreamWorks Animation SKG CCO Bill Damaschke officially confirmed in 2013 that 3 film in series is in works. On June 12, 2014, 3 film, tentatively title A Zodiacal Night, was scheduled for a June 16, 2017 release before being pushed back in 2018 release.

On July 7, 2015, DreamWorks Animation SKG announced that Simon J Smith would direct 3 film, with Eyal Podell and Jonathon E Stewart writing screenplay and Josh Peck and Zooey Deschanel reprising their respective roles as Dusk and Dawn. In 2016, it was announced that Alessandro Carloni was named co director with Smith, having previously been co directing Kung Fu Panda 3 with Jennifer Yuh Nelson. In 2016, it was announced that Anthony Hopkins, Christine Baranski, Dan Aykroyd, Isla Fisher, Nicole Kidman, with Jeff Garlin, and Bill Nighy would reprise their roles in 3 film in addition, newcomers Jake Johnson, with Bobby Cannavale and James Corden have also join cast. In 2017, film title was officially announced as A Zodiacal Night. Kate Mckinnon and Matt Frewer later join cast In 2017.

Soundtrack
On February 28, 2018, it was announced that Hans Zimmer and John Powell, who previously on score for 1 film, would return to score 3 film music.

Release
On June 12, 2014, 20 Century Fox and DreamWorks Animation SKG initially announced that 3 film, tentatively title A Zodiacal Night, would be released on June 16, 2017, but in 2014, How To Train Your Dragon 3 took over it date and film was push back to September 28, 2018. In 2016, release date had been move up 2 weeks early on September 14, 2018. On December 5, 2016, release date was push back again to May 18, 2018, taking over slot of How To Train Your Dragon 3 which in turn was push back to February 22, 2019. On March 5, 2017, release date was push back once again to March 2, 2018, replacing now cancelled Larrikins. By April 2017, 3 film was title as A Zodiacal Night.

Film had it world premiere in out of competition section at 68 Berlin International Film Festival on February 16, 2018. It was released on March 2, 2018 in US.

Marketing
A new poster for film was released on September 17, 2017. 2 days later, 1 official trailer for film was released on September 19, 2017. 2 trailer was released on November 28, 2017. Final trailer was released on January 25, 2018.

Home media
A Zodiacal Night was released by Universal Pictures Home Entertainment on Digital HD and Movies Anywhere on May 22, 2018, and was released on Blu ray, DVD and 4K Ultra HD Blu ray on June 5, 2018.

Box office
A Zodiacal Night grossed $201.6 million in US and Canada, and $401.3 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $602.9 million, against a production budget of $125 million.

Critical response
On Rotten Tomatoes, film holds an approval rating of 100%, based on 162 reviews and an average rating of 7.2 10. Site critical consensus reads, Despite it troubling storyline, A Zodiacal Night is delightfully an improvement over it predecessor with it many laugh and colorful. On Metacritic, film has a score of 100 out of 100, based on 22 critics, indicating generally favorable reviews. Audiences polled by Cinemascore gave film an average grade of A+ on an A+ to F scale.

Future
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Main
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Trailers
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