The Mitchells vs. The Machines 3: D.E.R.F.A.N. Returns

The Mitchells vs. the Machines is a 2028 computer-animated science fiction comedy film produced by Sony Pictures Animation. The film was directed by Mike Rianda and written by Rianda and Jeff Rowe, with Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, and Kurt Albrecht serving as producers. The film is the second sequel to The Mitchells vs. The Machines (2021) and the sequel to The Mitchells vs. The Machines 2. The film follows the Mitchells as they are kidnapped by a highly intelligent humanoid android who plots to make all humans his personal slaves. It stars an reprised ensemble voice cast that includes Abbi Jacobson, Danny McBride, Maya Rudolph, Mike Rianda, Eric André, Fred Armisen, Beck Bennett, John Legend, Chrissy Teigen, Blake Griffin, Conan O'Brien, Doug the Pug, and Will Arnett, who are all joined by Robert Downey, Jr.

The film will release on October 17th, 2028 in cinemas and will have a Netflix release on November 29th, 2028.

Plot
Taking place one month after the events of the second film, the Mitchell family is continuing their daily lives as normal. Katie is continuing her life as a college student, and the rest of the family does their everyday things. But one day, all of that changes. D.E.R.F.A.N., a highly intelligent humanoid android, is brought back to life by a strike of lightning. Not only does the lightning bring D.E.R.F.A.N. back to life, it also empowers him. D.E.R.F.A.N. then storms into PAL Labs and traps Mark Bowman and his assistant, Carl, in a cage. D.E.R.F.A.N. then hacks into one of Mark's latest prototypes, M.A.R.V.I.N. He then commands M.A.R.V.I.N. to be his assistant. That night, D.E.R.F.A.N. and M.A.R.V.I.N. travel to California and Michigan to abduct the Mitchells. MA.R.V.I.N. captures Aaron, Linda, and Rick, while D.E.R.F.A.N. captures Katie. The next morning, The entire family wakes up inside cages inside the PAL Labs factory. D.E.R.F.A.N. re-introduces himself to them and he introduces M.A.R.V.I.N. to them. D.E.R.F.A.N. explains that he is plotting to turn all humans into his slaves, and he tells them that they are his first victims. D.E.R.F.A.N. then forces the Mitchells to serve for him. One week later, D.E.R.F.A.N. has gathered up an entire army of robots that he calls "Destroyers", and he orders these destroyers to capture humans all around the world. The destroyers successfully capture all humans, and D.E.R.F.A.N. forces them to serve for him. Fed up by this, the Mitchells decide to rebel against D.E.R.F.A.N., and every single human joins them. D.E.R.F.A.N. transforms himself into an colossal monster robot and makes an attempt to destroy all humans. Unfortunately for D.E.R.F.A.N., the humans win the fight and D.E.R.F.A.N. gets permanently destroyed. The Mitchells and the rest of the humans continue their lives as normal once again.

Cast

 * Abbi Jacobson as Katie Mitchell, an aspiring filmmaker and student at the California College of Film, Rick and Linda's daughter, Aaron's older sister, and Jade's lesbian girlfriend
 * Mckenna Grace as young Katie Mitchell


 * Danny McBride as Rick Mitchell, Linda's husband and Katie and Aaron's father


 * Maya Rudolph as Linda Mitchell, Rick's wife and Katie and Aaron's mother


 * Mike Rianda as Aaron Mitchell, Rick and Linda's dinosaur-loving son, Katie's younger brother, and Abby's boyfriend
 * Rianda also voices Brandy, the friendly custodian at the California College of Film


 * Eric Andre as Dr. Mark Bowman, the creator of PAL Labs and an ally to the Mitchells


 * Beck Bennett as Eric, a damaged, defective PAL Max Prime robot from PAL Labs and Deborahbot 5000's twin brother who got adopted by the Mitchells after agreeing to help them save the world from the robot apocalypse in the first film
 * Bennett also voices the other PAL Max robots in the film, who now serve as Eric and Deborahbot 5000's team of sidekicks


 * Fred Armisen as Deborahbot 5000, a damaged, defective PAL Max Prime robot also from PAL Labs and Eric's twin brother/sister who, just like his/her brother, got adopted by the Mitchells after helping them stop PAL in the first film


 * Charlyne Yi as Abby Posey, the daughter of the Mitchells' neighbors Hailey and Jim Posey and Aaron's girlfriend


 * Chrissy Teigen as Hailey Posey, the Mitchells' neighbor, Jim's wife, and Abby's mother


 * John Legend as Jim Posey, the Mitchells' neighbor, Hailey's husband, and Abby's father


 * Sasheer Zamata as Jade, Katie's groupmate and lesbian girlfriend


 * Doug the Pug as Monchi, the Mitchells' pet pug


 * Alex Hirsch as Dirk, Katie's other groupmate and close friend


 * Will Arnett as D.E.R.F.A.N., a highly intelligent humanoid android who formerly enslaved Katie Mitchell and tried to execute all humans now tries to force all humans on Earth to be his slaves
 * Robert Downey, Jr. as M.A.R.V.I.N., D.E.R.F.A.N.'s NEW assistant with his former one being B.I.L.L.B.I.S.