Taglines: The future ain’t what it used to be.
The Croods: A New Age Movie Storyline. The Croods have survived their fair share of dangers and disasters, from fanged prehistoric beasts to surviving the end of the world, but now they will face their biggest challenge of all: another family.
The Croods need a new place to live. So, the first prehistoric family sets off into the world in search of a safer place to call home. When they discover an idyllic walled-in paradise that meets all their needs, they think their problems are solved … except for one thing. Another family already lives there: the Bettermans.
The Bettermans (emphasis on the “better”)—with their elaborate tree house, amazing inventions and irrigated acres of fresh produce—are a couple of steps above the Croods on the evolutionary ladder. When they take the Croods in as the world’s first houseguests, it isn’t long before tensions escalate between the cave family and the modern family.
Just when all seems lost, a new threat will propel both families on an epic adventure outside the safety of the wall, one that will force them to embrace their differences, draw strength from each other and forge a future together.
The Croods: A New Age is a 2020 American computer-animated adventure comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Universal Pictures. The sequel to The Croods (2013), the film is directed by Joel Crawford (in his feature directorial debut) with a screenplay by Dan Hageman, Kevin Hageman, Paul Fisher, and Bob Logan from a story by the original directors Kirk DeMicco and Chris Sanders.
Starring with Nicolas Cage, Emma Stone, Ryan Reynolds, Catherine Keener, Clark Duke, and Cloris Leachman reprise their roles from the first film alongside new additions to the cast including Peter Dinklage, Leslie Mann, and Kelly Marie Tran.
A sequel to The Croods was first announced in 2013, with directors DiMicco and Sanders returning to helm the film. Its development continued through 2014 and 2015 until it was cancelled in November 2016 due to doubts in response to Universal’s acquisition of DreamWorks. However, the project was revived in 2017 with Crawford replacing Sanders and DiMicco as director. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, much of the final animations had to be done from the crew’s homes.
The Croods: A New Age was theatrically released in the United States on November 25, 2020. It grossed over $212 million worldwide against its $65 million budget and received generally positive reviews, with critics calling it “a decent-enough follow-up” and praising the cast. The film was also nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film.
The Croods: A New Age (2020)
Directed by: Joel Crawford
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Emma Stone, Ryan Reynolds, Catherine Keener, Clark Duke, Cloris Leachman, Peter Dinklage, Leslie Mann, Kelly Marie Tran, Chris Sanders, Melissa Disney
Screenplay by: Dan Hageman, Kevin Hageman, Paul Fisher, Bob Logan
Production Design by: Nate Wragg
Film Editing by: James Ryan
Art Direction by: Richard Daskas, Peter Zaslav
Music by: Mark Mothersbaugh
MPAA Rating: PG for peril, action and rude humor.
Distributed by: Universal Pictures
Release Date: November 25, 2020
