Just Shapes & Beats: The Movie 2

"New Shapes, New Beats, Old Corruption"

- Slogan

Just Shapes & Beats: The Movie 2 is a 2029 computer-animated adventure fantasy musical film produced by Netflix Animation, Reel FX Animation and Sony Pictures Imageworks and a sequel to the 2027 Just Shapes & Beats: The Movie as well as based off based on the same action rhythm video game of the same name by the Canadian indie game studio, Berzerk Studio. Unlike the first movie however, Pearl Studios did not provide the animation services, and  The voice cast of Just Shapes & Beats: The Movie 2 includes Michael Cera, Vincent Tong, Joseph Motiki, Julie Lemieux, Lee Tockar and Shannon Chan-Kent reprising their roles respectively with more voice actors voicing the new characters introduced in the film. The sequel now follows Cyan, Cube and their friends, as they now have to protect Paradise again when the corruption returns, with help of new shapes from the other lands of Paradise, while defeating the corruption itself, and making new allies along the way.

The film did not get a theatrical release, however, unlike the first Just Shapes & Beats: The Movie and rather debuted on Netflix on August 10, 2029 while it was released in home media by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment on December 5th, 2029. The movie received generally positive reviews and reception from critics and audiences, though there was a mixed response from fans, with praise given to the animation, the new characters, and voice performances but criticism for its story, music, and the lack of faith in the games.

The movie also features characters from Pink Corruption, a fan series created by an animator named Brittany Robinson who goes by the name, Lucas The Dubber and the comic version that was created by QuadragonX, however unlike the said media, a lot of the characters from Pink Corruption that appeared in the movie have much more different roles with Orange, Tsavorite and Gold being replaced by whole new characters. It also features a lot fanmade bosses from Kofikumble, and in this film, their were sended to fight as well as kill Cyan and Cube, while forbidding them to enter some parts of Paradise as a result of the corruption itself.

DVD and Blue Ray Description
After Cyan, Cube and his friends defeated the deadly corruption from corrupting the beautiful and peaceful land of Paradise and reforming, as well as relieved their old enemy, Blixer, they learned the corruption itself had returned, more powerful and deadlier than before. With no other choice, Cyan and Cube must travel across Paradise to get help from other shapes, while defeating much of the corruption deadly along the way with the power of beats and making new friends along the way.

Netflix Description
Even after defeating the deadly corruption that corrupted their world of beats and shapes, Cyan, Cube, and his friends learn that the corruption is back, this time more deadly than ever. With no other choice, Cyan and Cube must travel across Paradise to get help from other shapes while defeating the dangerous corruption with the power of beats.

Cast

 * Michael Cera as Cyan, a rather energetic and active small cyan cube created from the tree of life, he is a little selfish, reckless and a bit stubborn at times, but still has good intentions as well as very determined.
 * Vincent Tong as Cube, a big blue well cube. He is more shy, quieter and less talkative than Cyan, but mostly friendly, caring ,and simply protective ovfCyan.
 * Joseph Motiki as Blixer, a seemingly redeemed friendly and loyal former enemy of Cyan and Cube as well as accompanies on their journey. However he later revealed that he was simply faking it, all to restore the corruption again and was the true corruptor all along while making it look like King Square was the corruptor and was actually the one that created the Corrupted 19 with the corrupted triangle. But after Cyan and Cube saved their friends as well as powered up, they later defeated Blixer permanently for good.
 * Paul Sun-Hyung Lee as King Square, an evil, selfish and mean cube-like king, who is seemingly the dangerous corruptor of the returning corruption. He often uses his whistle for orders, such as killing Cyan and Cube. During the fight between him and Cyan, King Square got corrupted more, but Wicked later defeated him. While Blixer shows his true colours, it was revealed that King Block was just some normal shape that ended up corrupted and hypnotised by Blixer into thinking that he was the corruptor. After getting resurrected as well as cured by Wicked himself, King Block became nicer, but still rather smug. In the end of the film, he reveals to Cube that he is his long lost uncle and is currently dating Wicked.
 * Mark McKinney as Wicked, a corrupt magician that Cyan and Cube first encountered during their journey whom he fights with magic. After being cured, he helps accompany them. He can be a little sarcastic and smug at times, but overall well-meaning and protective over them. When they enter King Block castle, he ends up getting corrupted again, but crushed by his own hammer and cured. Wicked also defeated King Block for Cyan and Cube, he also realised that King Block is his boyfriend and later cured him as well as resurrected him.
 * Loretta Yu as Yellowly, a very playful, confident, energetic, competitive and optimistic small yellow triangle. She is rather rowdy, wild and loud, perhaps a little more than Cyan, but she is very cheerful and often optimistic. Though there are times where she can be naive or a bit dumb, as she sometimes is a bit curious around her strandings. She is based off the triangle player in party mode.
 * Kim Roberts as Orange, a really shy, quiet and somewhat timid orange circle. She is not really talkative, brave and gets scared easily, however she is a gentle, kind and helpful friend to the others, but does get annoyed by Yellowly rowdy tendencies from time to time. Despite her cowardly and shy personality, she can be adventurous, determined as well as resourceful. She is based off the circle player in party mode.
 * Carlos Díaz as Greenly, a tough-loving, stern, grumpy, bold and serious green pentagon, acting like some sort of sergeant to the others, especially to Cyan and Cube. He is somewhat hostile and aggressive, willing to be violent or independent whenever he needs to be, sometimes can be a little overprotective to the other shapes or plants. Although aggressive, he is very undyingly, loyal and honest. He is based off the pentagon player in party mode.
 * The Corrupted 19 is a group of creations made by the corruption itself. They were sended to fight as well as kill Cyan and Cube, while forbidding them to enter some parts of Paradise. In the ending of the movie, they are later resurrected by Cyan and Cube, and thanks to the blue triangle, they redeem themselves for the better. Their are all based off the fanmade bosses made by Kofikumble.
 * Ellen Wong as Hype
 * Ellora Patnaik and Al Mukadam as Dance and Incognizant
 * Ty Olsson as Houston
 * David Kaye as Sevcon
 * Ian James Corlett as Artie
 * Richard Newman as Clash
 * Matt Hill as Milky
 * Osric Chau as Sky
 * Michael Daingerfield as Granite
 * Ron Rubin as Ov Deception
 * Tajja Isen as Usurper
 * Jennifer Spence as Tile
 * Clé Bennett as Commando Steve
 * Barbara Mamabolo as Katana
 * Dan Chameroy as Termination
 * Hiro Kanagawa as “Ninja”
 * Robert Tinkler as Chronos
 * David Berni as Cool Friend
 * Patrick McKenna as Gatekeeper
 * Lee Tockar as Captain, a very loyal, fearless, honest and brave boat-shape friend of Cyan and Cube that accompanies them on their journey to help them sail across the now deadly corrupted ocean of Paradise.
 * Lee Tockar also voices Lycanthropy, a former corrupted plant enemy of Cyan and Cube. Unlike Blixer, who just faked his redemption, Lycanthropy is fully redeemed and is very friendly to most of the shapes as well as plants. Unlike the first film, he has a much more minor role.
 * Shannon Chan-Kent as Heli, a helpful, warm-hearted, optimistic, and loving helicopter-like friend that  accompanies them on their journey, she helps them to fly across the more corrupted lands and parts of the Paradise.
 * Julie Lemieux as The Sun, a floating brightly coloured yellow star protector of the tree of life. She is very caring, kind, gentle and friendly to Cyan, his friends and most of the plants in Paradise, acting like a mother figure to them as well as very protective of the tree, but just like the first film, she got killed thanks to the corruption taking the tree of life, but she later got resurrected in the end, thanks to after the tree was saved and taken back to its original place as well as making Paradise back to its original beautiful state as it was before.

Production
In November 2027, Berzerk Studio posted their expression of interest in a possible sequel to the movie itself following the film's massive success, hoping to continue more of Cyan and Cube's new adventures on the land of Paradise itself with the power of beats and shapes. On September 24th, 2028, Netflix announced through Deadline Hollywood that a sequel was scheduled for release on February 23, 2029 with Netflix Animation, Reel FX Animation, and Sony Pictures Imageworks returning for the production. On October 2, 2028, it was reported that the cast would reprise their respective roles, with new voice actors voicing new characters for the film. In January 16, 2029, it was announced that the sequel would be released on Netflix internationally on August 10, 2029, due to Pearl Studio not providing the animation services. In June 30th, 2029, a teaser of the film was uploaded to Netflix official channel.

Release
A teaser of the film was uploaded to Netflix's official YouTube channel. Unlike the original movie that is a sequel, Just Shapes and Beats: The Movie 2 didn’t get a theatrical release and was instead internationally streamed as well as debuted on Netflix, distributed completely by Netflix themselves on August 10, 2029. When it was first announced, it was scheduled to be released on February 29, 2029, but due to Pearl Studio not wanting to provide the animation services, Netflix had to push the date forward to August 10, 2029.

Home Media
The film was released on 4K Ultra-HD Blu-ray, Blu-ray, and DVD in Canada and the US on September 8th, 2029, with distribution done by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, before being released worldwide on September 25th, 2029. The movie, along with the first Just Shapes and Beats movie, is also available in Tubi Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico and Panama counterparts as of October 1st, 2029.