Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land (2025 movie)

Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land (also known as Kirby's Dream Land 2: Nightmare in Dream Land in the UK.) was a 2025 animated comedy action movie based on the game by its own name and a sequel to Kirby's Dream Land. This movie was made by DreamWorks Animation and Nintendo Studios and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. The sequel was released on July 4th, 2025.

Plot and Summary
Nightmare was born, and now it's up to Kirby to stop it. To do this, he needs to copy and fight bosses. With help from Tiff and Tuff, Kirby will do anything.

Cast
Makiko Ohmoto as Kirby

Dwayne Johnson as King Dedede

Keanu Reeves as Meta Knight

Will Smith as Nightmare

Amanda Leighton as Tiff

Ben Schwartz as Tuff

Walt Dohrn as Whispy Woods

Jason Sudeikis as Kracko

Vin Diesel as Paint Roller

Paul Walker and Tom Kenny as Mr. Shine and Mr. Bright

Jojo Swia as Waddle Dee

Danny McBride as Bronto Burt

Reviews and Ratings
Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land got good reviews like the last movie. IMDb gave this a 7.9/10 and Rotten Tomatoes gave this a 85% on the Tomatometer. Johnny Oleksinski said on the Rotten Tomatoes page of it, "This movie could be easily called, "Kirby: Sequel in Dream Land."" FOX 8 News said, "This year's Angry Birds movie."

Production
On March 25, 2022, DreamWorks confirmed that a sequel to Kirby's Dream Land was in development with Universal Pictures dropping out of the project and Warner Bros. Pictures taking the distribution rights. Production began on October 22, 2023, and finished on January 3, 2025,

Release
Kirby: Nightmare in Dream was released on July 4, 2025, by Warner Bros. Pictures and Nintendo Studios. It was previously scheduled for June 21, 2024, and May 10, 2024. Prior to that, Universal scheduled the film for January 13, 2023, and December 15, 2023.

Marketing
The first teaser was released on March 6, 2025. A second trailer was released on June 21, 2025.

Sequel
On June 21, 2027, the prequel was confirmed and so is a spin-off called Metaknightmare: A Kirby Movie, would be released by Sony Pictures Releasing via Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation on June 28, 2030.