Trolls Band Together is a 2023 American animated jukebox musical comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Universal Pictures, based on the Good Luck Trolls dolls from Thomas Dam. It serves as the sequel to Trolls World Tour (2020), and the third installment in the Trolls franchise. The film was directed by Walt Dohrn and co-directed by Tim Heitz (in his feature directorial debut), from a screenplay written by Elizabeth Tippet. Anna Kendrick, Justin Timberlake, Zooey Deschanel, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Icona Pop, Anderson .Paak, Ron Funches, Kenan Thompson, Kunal Nayyar and Dohrn reprise their voice roles from previous films, with newcomers Eric André, Kid Cudi, Daveed Diggs, Troye Sivan, Camila Cabello, Amy Schumer, Andrew Rannells, RuPaul and Zosia Mamet joining the ensemble voice cast. In the film, Poppy (Kendrick) and Branch (Timberlake), who are officially a couple, attempt to rescue Floyd (Sivan) while reuniting Branch’s brothers after the boyband phenomenon, BroZone, was disbanded.
Ideas for a third Trolls film began prior to the release of Trolls World Tour in April 2020, when Timberlake expressed interest in participating during his Apple Music takeover. DreamWorks Animation officially confirmed the third film’s development in November 2021. New characters for the film were announced in March 2023, along with new cast members and the title. Despite being predominantly CGI animation, the film includes some 2D animation sequences with animation styles inspired by Yellow Submarine (1968) and Fantasia (1940). Theodore Shapiro, who previously composed the score for Trolls World Tour, returned to compose the score for this film.
Trolls Band Together was theatrically released in Denmark on October 12, 2023, and was released in the United States on November 17. The film has grossed $160 million worldwide and received mixed to postive reviews from critics.
Plot
In a flashback, an infant Branch and his four older brothers John Dory, Spruce, Clay and Floyd perform as a boyband called BroZone. When their clashing egos prevent them from reaching the “Perfect Family Harmony”, a powerful ability that Trolls can achieve when they are in complete sync, the brothers argue and break up the band. Branch is left alone to be raised by his grandmother Rosiepuff.
In the present, Branch and Poppy attend Bridget and Gristle’s wedding in Bergen Town, but they are interrupted by John Dory, who reveals that Branch’s closest brother Floyd has been captured by Velvet and Veneer, two Mount Rageon teenagers who wish to be pop stars. The siblings have trapped Floyd in a diamond perfume bottle, which they use to extract his essence and improve their singing. As the Perfect Family Harmony is the only thing that can destroy diamond, and thus the bottle, Branch reluctantly agrees to help John Dory find their brothers and rescue Floyd. Along with Poppy and Tiny Diamond, they set out in John Dory’s armadillo-like portable van named Rhonda.
They find Spruce at Vacay Island, where he has changed his name to Bruce and started a family. Spruce is reluctant to help, until his wife and kids convince him to do so. The group later finds Clay at an abandoned Bergen miniature golf course, inhabited by a group of Pop Trolls who have been hiding there since the last Trollstice and do not know that the Bergens are no longer their enemies.[a] They also meet their leader Viva, who is soon revealed to be Poppy’s long-lost sister, as she and her Trolls were separated from the others when they escaped Bergen Town years ago. At first, Poppy is delighted, but the visit turns sour when Viva refuses to believe the Bergens have changed and tries to stop the others from leaving the golf course. They manage to escape, and Poppy and Viva separate with broken hearts.
Meanwhile, Velvet and Veneer continue to strip Floyd of his essence. Veneer notes that Floyd appears to be drained of life the more they strip his essence, at which Velvet reveals that she forged Floyd’s handwriting and sent a note to John Dory, in order to bait Floyd’s brothers to come and rescue him. From these, she will extract the other brothers’s talents to better her own. Furthermore, Velvet and Veneer’s assistant Crimp is tricked into inventing shoulder-pad suits that enhance the extraction with the click of a button, which the siblings place Floyd into, and plan to use when they capture all of BroZone.
The Trolls make it to Mount Rageous, but once again, their clashing egos stop them from reaching the Perfect Family Harmony. When his brothers decide to split up again after saving Floyd, Branch scolds them for still treating him like a baby, reminding them that he lived his whole life alone after their grandmother got eaten. Branch, Poppy and Tiny locate Floyd on their own, but Velvet and Veneer capture John Dory, Clay, and Spruce, placing them in their shoulder-pad suits, making a rescue even more difficult.
Branch and Poppy confront Velvet and Veneer when they start mingling with a crowd of fans, prompting them to drive away in their limo. In the ensuing chase, Velvet and Veneer begin using the shoulder-pads to extract the essence out of Branch’s brothers in order to put on a show. Branch and Poppy are soon helped by Viva, who has joined forces with Bridget and Gristle after they stumbled onto the golf course during their honeymoon. Seeing that Floyd is just about out of essence, Branch realizes that they all simply need to put aside their egos and work as a team. They perform the Perfect Family Harmony and break free of their prisons just as Floyd loses the last of his essence, but he is quickly revived. Veneer, who had been second-guessing Velvet’s machinations, publicly confesses everything, and they are sent to prison.
The Trolls return to Vacay Island and witness BroZone’s comeback concert, joined by Kismet, another band Branch was once part of.
Voice Cast
- Justin Timberlake as Branch, a survivalist Pop Troll and Poppy’s boyfriend
- Iris Dohrn voices Baby Branch.
- Anna Kendrick as Poppy, queen of the Pop Trolls and Branch’s girlfriend
- Kenan Thompson as Tiny Diamond, a baby glittery Hip-Hop Troll and Guy Diamond’s son
- Walt Dohrn as:
- King Peppy, the former king of the Pop Trolls and Poppy and Viva’s father
- Cloud Guy, an anthropomorphic cloud
- Interdimensional Hustle Traveler
- Anderson .Paak as Darnell, one of the princes of the Funk Trolls and Cooper’s younger twin brother
- Ron Funches as Cooper, one of the princes of the Funk Trolls
- Kunal Nayyar as Guy Diamond, a glittery Pop Troll and Tiny Diamond’s single father
- David Fynn as Biggie, a large, friendly British Pop Troll and the owner of Mr. Dinkles. Fynn reprises his role as Biggie from Trolls: The Beat Goes On! and Trolls: TrollsTopia, replacing James Corden, who voiced Biggie in the first two films.
- Kevin Michael Richardson as Mr. Dinkles, Biggie’s pet worm
- Eric André as John Dory, the oldest of Branch’s brothers and the former leader of BroZone
- Daveed Diggs as Spruce, the second oldest of Branch’s brothers and a former member of BroZone
- Kid Cudi as Clay, the third oldest of Branch’s brothers and a former member of BroZone
- Troye Sivan as Floyd, the fourth oldest of Branch’s brothers and a former member of BroZone
- Camila Cabello as Viva, Poppy’s long-lost older sister and the leader of the Putt-Putt Trolls
- Zosia Mamet as Crimp, an assistant to Velvet and Veneer
- Amy Schumer as Velvet, a Mount Rageon and Veneer’s older twin sister who is a pop star wannabe
- Brianna Mazzola as Velvet’s singing voice
- Andrew Rannells as Veneer, a Mount Rageon and Velvet’s younger twin brother who is a pop star wannabe
- Christopher Mintz-Plasse as Gristle, the king of the Bergens and Bridget’s fiancé
- Zooey Deschanel as Bridget, a former scullery maid
- Aino Jawo as Satin and Caroline Hjelt as Chenille, twin Pop Trolls that are conjoined by their hair
- RuPaul Charles as Miss Maxine, the wedding officiant for the wedding between King Gristle Jr. and Bridget
- Dillon Francis as Kid Ritz, a Mount Rageon DJ from Mount Rageous
- GloZell Green as Grandma Rosiepuff, the grandmother of Branch and his brothers who appears in flashbacks. GloZell reprises her role from the first film.
- Patti Harrison as Brandy, Spruce’s wife on Vacay Island
- Lance Bass as Boom, a member of the band Kismet
- JC Chasez as Hype, a member of the band Kismet
- Joey Fatone as Ablaze, a member of the band Kismet
- Chris Kirkpatrick as Trickee, a member of the band Kismet
Additional
- Nina Bakshi as BroZone fangirl
- Melissa Mabie as Aunt Smeed
- James Ryan as a Mount Rageon stage manager
- Tim Heitz as Lone Pooper
- Ryan Naylor as radio announcer
- Nick Fletcher as a concert announcer
- Secunda Wood as:
- BroZone stagehand
- Mount Rageon fangirl
- Roger Craig Smith as:
- A rock climbing instructor
- Lenny
- Mount Rageon fan
- Fred Tatasciore as a Vacaytioner with nachos
- Nick Kishiyama as:
- Cove
- Freddy
- Jakari Fraser as Windy
- Kayla Melikian as LaBreezey
- Titus Blake as Rainy
- Nicole Lynn Evans as a Putt-Putt Troll
Release
Trolls Band Together began releasing in international markets, starting with Denmark on October 12, 2023, and was later released in the United States on November 17. After Trolls World Tour (2020) was simultaneously released on video on demand in addition to a limited number of theaters due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this film returned to being released exclusively in theaters.
Home media
As part of Universal’s deal with Netflix, the film will stream on Peacock for the first four months of the pay-TV window, then will move to Netflix for the next ten, and then will return to Peacock for the remaining four.
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