Dusk and Dawn 2

Dusk And Dawn 2 Belt Of Venus is an 2009 American 3D computer animated fantasy comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation SKG and distributed by Paramount Pictures. 2 installment in Dusk And Dawn Series and sequel to Dusk And Dawn, it was directed by Tim Johnson and written by William Davies and Michael J Wilson. Film features Josh Peck, Zooey Deschanel, Anthony Hopkins, with Christine Baranski and Dan Aykroyd reprising their roles from previous film, with newcomers James Woods, Isla Fisher, Nicole Kidman, with Jeff Garlin, and Bill Nighy join cast. In film, Dusk and Dawn new life turns upside down when an advanced Venus threatens their home, and they attempt to get rid of Venus but are forced to make peace with him.

Production on sequel to Dusk And Dawn began in 2004 follow box office success of 1 film. New ideas for film were conceived including some unused ideas from 1 film, as well as Dawn being main focus of new story. Hans Zimmer return to compose film score, albeit without co composer John Powell. It was released in US on May 15, 2009. Film was originally intended for release in 2006, and has had several additional release dates since it was 1 announced. Despite receiving mixed reviews, it was box office success, grossing $414 million worldwide against budget of $160 million, making it 4 highest grossing film of 2009.

3 film, title Zodiacal Night, was released in 2018.

Plot
3 years after Twilight and Sun people made peace, they now live together in harmony. Dusk and Dawn have stay best friends, hang out after celebration in Sun palace while Dawn plan on professing her love to Dusk. 1 day, pair receive a message from nearby land Belt Of Venus that they are plotting to overtake both Dusk and Dawn home, unless they want to make peace with them. Dusk and Dawn recruit humanoid Keep and his tribe to learn more about Belt Of Venus. Meeting in tribe home is disrupted when a light from Belt Of Venus hits Dusk and Dawn home, forcing every 1 to evacuate.

Dusk and Dawn enlist their friend Light alongside Twilight, Sun and Keeper to embark on an adventure to find. Venus talk with Twilight fellow periods Blue and Golden that Dusk, Dawn and their tribe evacuated their home. He confesses that Twilight was once his follower but he abandoned him for being disrespectful towards every 1 in Twilight palace. Blue and Golden find Dawn and convince her to visit Belt Of Venus, making her separate from Dusk and rest of group.

By time Dawn eventually arrives at Belt, Venus guides her through rest of Belt and join her for dinner, but she did not accept it. Despite hear this, Venus automatically takes Dawn to dinner. Suddenly, Venus play pets started to have food fight with Dawn at dinner and they tried to help her leave Belt and reunite her friends, but Venus and his guards imprison her. At same time, Dusk and group notice that Dawn has gone miss and they attempt to find her, but no avail, making Dusk depressed.

Next day, Venus lets Dawn free out of her cell and decides to spend more time on Belt, much to delight of others. Dawn later discovers that Venus was only Twilight form follower, but he had also once met Sun ever since Dawn was young. Later, Dusk and group finally find Dawn in Belt Of Venus, but somehow both of them get into an argument when not only Dusk can find Dawn long time but also can decide whenever they can spend time on Belt or not. Dawn refuses to believe what Dusk said and end her friendship with him, causing him and group to turn against her.

After Dusk and Dawn reconcile, Venus traps both of them and reveals that he has actually been plotting to seize both Twilight and Sun homes by wiping every 1 out while pursing them to stay in Belt Of Venus. Refusing to believe that, Venus gets outraged and injures Dusk. This in turn causes Dawn to attack him for hurt her friend. Duo begin to fight Venus, who call his henchmen. Dusk, Dawn, Light, Twilight, Sun, Keep and others team up to defeat Venus minions. Suddenly, Venus grabs Dawn but Sun rescues her own creation and they escape safely, leaving behind furious Venus with Belt destroy, causing him to vanish completely.

Dusk and Dawn, along with rest of their friends, return back home. While every 1 celebrate pair bravery, Twilight and Sun credit them for saving their homes, and Dawn explains to Dusk that some 1 manipulating you is not right thing to do because it what friends are always for, again resuming their relationship.

Cast

 * See also: List Of Dusk And Dawn Characters


 * Josh Peck as Dusk
 * Harrison Fahn as young Dusk
 * Zooey Deschanel as Dawn
 * Olivia Mattingly as young Dawn
 * Anthony Hopkins as Twilight
 * Christine Baranski as Sun
 * Dan Aykroyd as Light
 * James Woods as Venus
 * Isla Fisher as Blue
 * Nicole Kidman as Golden
 * Jeff Garlin as Morning
 * Bill Nighy as Evening
 * Eric Darnell as Keeper
 * Christopher Knights as Elder Jo
 * Erika Thomas as Elder Ji
 * Gary Anthony Williams as Elder Ja
 * Conrad Vernon as Mark, Teacher Ted
 * Chris Miller as Sparkle
 * David P Smith as Alpenglow
 * Steve Blum as Terminator
 * Fred Tatasciore as Noon
 * Ariel Winter as Little Girl
 * Andre Sogliuzzo as Scout
 * Jack Blessing as Sam
 * David Soren as Josh

ADR Group

 * Newell Alexander
 * Rosemary Alexander
 * Steve Alterman
 * Mitch Carter
 * June Christopher
 * Robert Clotworthy
 * David Cowgill
 * Makenna Cowgill
 * Wendy Cutler
 * Holly Dorff
 * Spencer Lacey Ganus
 * Jackie Gonneau
 * Nicholas Guest
 * Bridget Hoffman
 * Matthew Ford Holt
 * Hope Levy
 * Michelle Ruff
 * Georgia Simon
 * Harry Van Gorkum
 * Lisa Wilhoit

Production
Sequel to Dusk And Dawn was announced by DreamWorks Animation SKG CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg in 2004. William Davies and Michael J Wilson were hired to write script for sequel. Eric Darnell, director of 1 film, returns as executive producer only as he was already directing Madagascar and it Sequel. Co director Cody Cameron also revealed in an interview that he was set to write and direct but drop out of project when he left DreamWorks Animation SKG to work at Sony Pictures Animation in 2004, stating it did well, but you could be able to continue it since you were moving to Sony. Follow Cameron departure, Tim Johnson took over as director of sequel while he was still directing Over Hedge for 2006.

In 2005, Geo G that sequel would be more of coming of age movie that focus more on Dawn as well as introducing new characters and locations into universe 1 established in Dusk And Dawn. While he was not in position to offer further details about plot and characters, which remained unknown until months before film release, he expressed hope that it would be more sequel. He also said he wanted to include some unused ideas from 1 film.

Like other DreamWorks Animation SKG films that began production in 2009, Dusk And Dawn 2 was produced in DreamWorks Animation SKG stereoscopic 3D technology of Intru 3D, IMAX, and RealD versions were released.

Soundtrack
Film soundtrack, featuring original score by Hans Zimmer, was released on May 12, 2009 by Sony Classical. However, John Powell, who co composed 1 film with Zimmer, did not return for sequel due to scheduling conflicts.

Release
Belt Of Venus was theatrically released in US on May 15, 2009. It was originally set to be released in 2006, before being delayed to 2007, to avoid Shrek 3, and then to 2008, to avoid Bee Movie. It was delayed to March 27, 2009, with Madagascar 2 Escape Africa taking it slot, and was later push back to May 15, 2009, switch places with Monsters Vs. Aliens.

Home media
Belt Of Venus was released on DVD and Blu ray on December 15, 2009, accompanied with an all new short title Before Dusk.

Box office
Belt Of Venus grossed $102.5 million in North America and $312.2 million in other territories for it worldwide total of $414.7 million.

Critical reception
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, film has an approval rating of 100% based on 162 reviews. Critical consensus say, Dusk And Dawn 2 does shine particularly bright as original, but for older fans and young newcomers, it spectacular visuals and affectionate performances return. On Metacritic, film has weighted average score of 100 out of 100 based on 34 reviews, indicating mixed or average reviews. Audiences polled by Cinemascore gave film an average grade of A+ of an A+ to F scale.

Accolades
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Sequel
Sequel, title Zodiacal Night, was released on March 2, 2018. This film was directed by Simon J Smith and co directed by Alessandro Carloni and written by Eyal Podell and Jonathon E Stewart. Many of voice cast from 1 2 films return for 3 film, join by Jake Johnson, Bobby Cannavale, Kate Mckinnon, with Matt Frewer, and James Corden. In this 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.

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