Introduction
Inside Out 2, the 2024 animated picture is a Pixar and Disney production under Kelsey Mann’s direction. Along with new cast members Tony Hale, Liza Lapira, Maya Hawke, Ayo Edebiri, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Paul Walter Hauser, and Kensington Tallman, it stars returning voices Amy Poehler, Phyllis Smith, Lewis Black, Diane Lane, and Kyle MacLachlan. The narrative tracks Riley’s feelings as they take on fresh opponents. It was revealed during the 2022 D23 Expo, made its theatrical debut on June 10, 2024, and received favorable reviews when it opened on June 14, 2024, in U.S. theaters.
Plot
Inside Out 2 follows Riley, 13, as she attends hockey camp and begins high school. To control her basic nature, her emotions—Joy, Sadness, Fear, Anger, and Disgust—create a Sense of Self. Disruptions arise when new feelings like envy, ennui, embarrassment, and anxiety show up. Anxiety seizes the initiative, discards the sense of self, and imprisons the past feelings. The ancient emotions are freed, the Sense of Self is recovered, and Anxiety is persuaded to cease changing Riley with the aid of a shadowy person. Riley makes amends with her pals, and all feelings come to terms with one another while defending Riley’s developing sense of self.
Voice cast
Amy Poehler as Joy, a yellow happy emotion
Phyllis Smith as Sadness, a blue sad emotion
Lewis Black as Anger, a red angry emotion
Tony Hale as Fear, a purple scared emotion (replacing Bill Hader)
Liza Lapira as Disgust, a green disgusted emotion (replacing Mindy Kaling)
Maya Hawke as Anxiety, a new orange anxious emotion
Ayo Edebiri as Envy, a new cyan envious emotion
Adèle Exarchopoulos as Ennui, a new indigo bored emotion
Paul Walter Hauser as Embarrassment, a new pink embarrassed emotion
Kensington Tallman as Riley Andersen, a 13-year-old girl (replacing Kaitlyn Dias)
Diane Lane as Mrs. Andersen, Riley’s mother
Kyle MacLachlan as Mr. Andersen, Riley’s father
Lilimar as Valentina “Val” Ortiz, a popular hockey player at Riley’s high school
Sumayyah Nuriddin-Green as Bree, Riley’s friend
Grace Lu as Grace, Riley’s friend
Yong Yea as Lance Slashblade, a heroic video game character
Ron Funches as Bloofy, a character from Riley’s favorite childhood TV show
James Austin Johnson as Pouchy
Steve Purcell as Deep Dark Secret
Dave Goelz as Mind Cop Frank
Kirk Thatcher as Foreman
Frank Oz as Mind Cop Dave
Paula Pell as Mom’s Anger
June Squibb as Nostalgia, a new beige nostalgic emotion
Pete Docter as Dad’s Anger
Paula Poundstone as Forgetter Paula
John Ratzenberger as Fritz
Sarayu Blue as Margie
Flea as Jack
Bobby Moynihan as Forgetter Bobby
Kendall Coyne Schofield as Hockey Announcer
Production
Development and writing
Following the success of Inside Out in 2015, a sequel was widely expected. In 2016, director Pete Docter started organizing. In September 2022, Inside Out 2—which has Meg LeFauve as writer, Mark Nielsen as producer, and Kelsey Mann as director—was revealed. Mann whittled down the list of new feelings to concentrate on important ones like anxiety and envy. In order to authentically portray contemporary adolescence, Pixar conferred with teenagers from “Riley’s Crew,” which resulted in the incorporation of the sentiment Nostalgia.
Casting
Poehler, Smith, and Black play Joy, Sadness, and Anger, respectively, in Inside Out 2. Hale and Lapira as Fear and Disgust took Hader and Kaling’s place after they declined due to financial disputes. Following a tearful audition, Hawke signs on as Anxiety. Later on, Squibb joins as Nostalgia. Riley’s parents, Lane and MacLachlan, return, and Edebiri, Exarchopoulos, Hauser, and Tallman join as new feelings. In supporting roles are Brown, Nuriddin-Green, Lu, and Lilimar.
Music
The second trailer and poster for the movie were released on March 7, 2024, and it was revealed that Andrea Datzman, Michael Giacchino’s successor, had written the score.
Release
On June 10, 2024, Inside Out 2 made its theatrical debut at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles. On June 14, 2024, it opens in US cinemas and is shown in Dolby Cinema, IMAX, and RealD 3D. On the same day, it will also be shown at the 2024 Annecy International Animation Film Festival.
Marketing
Introducing new feelings including embarrassment, ennui, and envy, the teaser trailer and poster for the movie were released on November 9, 2023. By topping Frozen II in views in a single day, the teaser set a new record for Disney. Super Bowl LVIII featured a clip. First unveiled on March 7, 2024, the second trailer bore the 2023 Walt Disney Pictures logo. At CinemaCon on April 11, 2024, the first thirty-five minutes were shown. Furthermore, a rental house based on the movie’s “headquarters” was made available on June 12, 2024 through an Airbnb arrangement.
