Director jorge gutierrez and animation house reelfx confirmed in 2017 the book of life 2 was in development. The annecy international animation film festival is the ideal place for animators and filmmakers to show their latest projects in the field of animation. The festival sees a wide catalogue of short films, feature films, films for television, and various announcements. Book of life sequel announced by reel fx animation studios. The film features the voices of diego luna, zoe saldana. The book of life is a 2014 american 3d computeranimated musical fantasy adventure comedy film coproduced by reel fx creative studios and 20th century fox animation, and distributed by 20th century fox. Sadly, little has been heard about the followup since this announcement, though gutierrez has been busy working on an animated netflix series called maya and the three, which is set to drop in summer 2021.
The book of life 2 is an upcoming 2019 3d cgi computeranimated sequel to the book of life 2014, guillermo del toro returns to be producer and also. Gutierrez announced that a sequel of the book of life was finally in development. In june 2017, gutierrez and reel fx animation announced that the development on the sequel. A sequel to the animated feature the book of life has been officially announced. Gutierrez announced on thursday that studio reel fx is on board and moving forward with plans for the book of life 2. Animated sequel the book of life 2 being developed bloody. No release date for the book of life 2 was provided following the initial conformation, and gutierrez clarified the sequel would have to wait. Is there a difference between the book of life and the. Those whose names are written in the book of life are those who belong to god, those who have attained eternal life. Life screenwriters share sequel details and offer deadpool 2 update. The stereoscopic 3d sequel is currently in the early stages of development, and gutierrez says it will be a continuation of the story with. A book of life sequel is in the works movies empire. Gutierrez is working on a sequel to 2014s the book of life. According to screenrant, the annecy international animation film.
Continuing with the story from the book of life, this film will focus in joaquin, who ventures into the land of the unknown to find his father. The book of life 2 is an upcoming 2020 3d cgi computeranimated sequel to the book of life 2014, guillermo del toro returns to be producer and also. Gutierrez announced that a sequel of the book of life was finally in. A sequel is finally arriving from the animated feature the book of life. Guillermo del toros book of life is getting a sequel digital spy. Guillermo del toros the book of life is getting a sequel but will channing tatum return. Rhett reese and paul wernick also look back at their venom script and react to a. Seven of the references appear in the book of revelation. Gutierrez will be back for the book of life sequel, which will be made in stereoscopic 3d. The sequel started coming to me the march before the publication of there there in june, orange said. Dallasbased reel fx animation studios and original director jorge r. Gutierrez announced that the book of life 2 is actually happening. When the first images and then the trailer came out for pixars second film of 2017, coco, there were a lot of comparisons to 2014 day of the deadcentric the book of life. The sequel would be more darker than its predecessor.