Trolls World Tour

Trolls World Tour is an upcoming American 3D computer-animated musical comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation. The sequel to the 2016 film Trolls, it is directed by Walt Dohrn with co-direction by David P. Smith, produced by Gina Shay, and will feature an ensemble voice cast including Anna Kendrick, Justin Timberlake, Ester Dean, Aino Jawo, Caroline Hjelt, Kunal Nayyar, Kenan Thompson, Ron Funches, James Corden, Anthony Ramos, Gustavo Dudamel, Ozzy Osbourne, Karan Soni, Rachel Bloom, Jamie Dornan, Kelly Clarkson, Sam Rockwell, Flula Borg, George Clinton, Mary J. Blige, Anderson .Paak, J Balvin, and Chance the Rapper.

The film is set for release on April 17, 2020, by Universal Pictures.

Synopsis
Poppy and Branch discover that they are but one of six different Troll tribes scattered over six different lands devoted to six different kinds of music: Funk, Country, Techno, Classical, Pop and Rock. Their world is about to get a lot bigger and a whole lot louder. A member of hard-rock royalty, Queen Barb, aided by her father King Thrash, wants to destroy all other kinds of music to let rock reign supreme. With the fate of the world at stake, Poppy and Branch, along with their friends — Biggie, Chenille, Satin, Cooper and Guy Diamond — set out to visit all the other lands to unify the Trolls in harmony against Barb, who’s looking to upstage them all.

Cast
Additionally, podcasters Justin, Travis and Griffin McElroy make cameo appearances.
 * Anna Kendrick as Queen Poppy
 * Justin Timberlake as Branch
 * Ester Dean as Legsly
 * Aino Jawo and Caroline Hjelt as Satin and Chenille
 * Kunal Nayyar as Guy Diamond
 * Kenan Thompson as Tiny Diamond
 * Ron Funches as Cooper
 * James Corden as Biggie
 * Anthony Ramos as King Trollex
 * Gustavo Dudamel as Trollzart
 * Ozzy Osbourne as Thrash
 * Karan Soni as Riff
 * Rachel Bloom as Barb
 * Jamie Dornan as Chaz
 * Kelly Clarkson as Delta Dawn
 * Sam Rockwell as Hickory
 * Flula Borg as Dickory
 * George Clinton as King Quincy
 * Mary J. Blige as Queen Essence
 * Anderson .Paak as Prince D
 * J Balvin as Tresillo
 * Chance the Rapper as TBA

Production
On February 28, 2017, Universal Pictures and DreamWorks Animation announced a sequel to the 2016 film Trolls, with Anna Kendrick and Justin Timberlake reprising their roles as Poppy and Branch. The film will also feature popular podcast personalities, the McElroy brothers. In May 2017, the McElroy brothers began campaigning for roles in the film via a podcast titled "The McElroy Brothers Will Be in Trolls 2". Following the campaign's success, DreamWorks confirmed in September 2018 that the McElroy brothers would make cameo appearances in World Tour.

The film will see the additions of Sam Rockwell, Chance the Rapper, Anthony Ramos, Jamie Dornan, Karan Soni and Flula Borg to the cast in May 2018. Corden, Icona Pop, Funches, and Nayyar will also reprise their roles. On June 12, 2018, the film was retitled as Trolls World Tour. In October 2018, it was confirmed that Kelly Clarkson had joined the cast, and will perform an original song. In June 2019, along with promotional posters, several new cast members have been announced, which include: J Balvin, Mary J. Blige, Rachel Bloom, George Clinton, Ester Dean and Gustavo Dudamel.

Release
Trolls World Tour is scheduled to be released on April 17, 2020 by Universal Pictures. It was previously set for an April 10, 2020 release, but was pushed back to February 14, 2020 before being moved back to its current date.

Marketing
On June 19, 2019, DreamWorks released 21 character posters for the film, along with promotional film stills.