Pingu 2 (2009)

Pingu 2 is a 2009 American-computer animated comedy adventure film directed by Jill Culton, produced by Julia Pistor, Nicholas Herbert, David Lipman and Aron Warner and written by Josh Klausner, Ross Hastings and Darren Lemke, based on a screenplay by Klausner, Hastings, Tim Story and Chris Miller. It is the sequel of Pingu (2006).

Based on the Pingu series by HiT Entertainment and The Pygos Group, the film stars David Sant, Marcello Magni, Craig Robinson, Pietro Ubaldi, Jeffrey Combs, Timothy Spall, Hugh Grant, Kevin Costner and Will Poulter. The events of the first film, when Pingu and his friends gone from New York, after going to Las Vegas, because the grey-furred wolf-like humanoid called Zed (Costner), as Pingu was goes back to the city and defeat Zed, as well.

The film, an international co-production between the United States, the United Kingdom and Switzerland, was produced by DreamWorks Animation SKG, HiT Movies, Nickelodeon Movies and Pacific Data Images, with PDI/DreamWorks providing animation services.

Premiering in United Kingdom on May 5, 2009, Pingu 2 was theatrically released in Switzerland and the United States by Paramount Pictures on May 15 and 18, 2009. The film was received universal acclaim upon release, with critics praising its animation, effects, voice casts, musical score by Rupert Gregson-Williams, plot, storyline, humor, songs and faithfulness to the source material. It was a box-office success, grossing $289.9 million worldwide on its budget of $88-50 million.