The Bad Guys: Second Comeback

The Bad Guys: Second Comeback is a 2026 animated heist comedy-drama film loosely based around the book with the same name by Aaron Blebey, produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed with Columbia Pictures. The third installment in the Bad Guys Franchise, the film was directed by Pierre Perifel with the screenplay written by Etan Cohen, and produced by Steven Soderbergh. The film stars returning voices from the first film, Sam Rockwell, Marc Maron, Awkwafina, Craig Robinson, Anthony Ramos, Zazie Beetz, and Alex Borstein. New voices include Bill Nighy, Mickey Rourke, George Clooney, Johnny Depp, Jim Cummings, John DiMaggio, Nicole Sullivan, Adam Sandler, and Selena Gomez.

The film concentrates on the Bad Guys doing good deeds after 1 year in prison for good behavior. Later on, the Italian and Russian mafias force Diana Foxington out of office after discovering her Crimson Paw persona. They, with new opposing allies, get revenge by robbing their casino, which had encryption since the one year they spent in prison. They later find out their true enemy, who is not any of the two mafias.

The Bad Guys: Second Comeback premiered on August 1st and was released theatrically on August 3rd. It received generally positive reviews from critics, who enjoyed the story, the heist scenes, and the characters. It became a box office success, scoring $1.1 billion, passing Shrek 2 as the highest-grossing movie made by DreamWorks Animation.

Plot
After the Bad Guys were released, they converted to doing good for the city with Diane Foxington, who decided to join the team against crime. Their actions against thieves and teams of robbers caught the attention of the Los Angeles Crime Family and the Russian Mafia, whose leaders Luck (Russian brown bear leader of the Russian Mafia) and Father Armani (leader of the Los Angeles Crime Family) teamed up against them. One night, Diane dressed as the Crimson Paw and decided to steal a few smuggled drugs and take to the police. While breaking in was successful, some soldiers entered the warehouse and spotted Diane stealing some drugs. She gets away, but left behind her cufflink with the governor's insignia.

The next morning, Diane Foxington was in her office when she got a call from Father Armani. He pressured her to step down as governor or he would use her missing cufflink as a link between her and the Crimson Paw. The Bad Guys watched TV when they stumbled upon Diane announcing she was resigning after a conspiracy between her and the Los Angeles Crime Family. In her absence, a horseshoe crab, Riley Scorpio, announced he was the new governor of California, and promised to eradicate all crime from the state. Enraged by what they heard, Ms. Tarantula visualizes robbing the Fortuna's Wheel casino, owned by the two mafias.

When reviewing, they realized they could not do this operation alone. Mr. Wolf got in contact with one team of robbers they stopped, the Outback Outlaws, to help out. Mr. Dingo calls out the Bad Guys for stopping their warehouse operation, but Mr. Wolf helps the Outback Outlaws get ready for the operation. Webbs and Mr. Scorpion found the Fortuna's Wheel to have high security, such as dye packets in the vault, the code entrusted to the manager, and the slot machines and other electronics to be encrypted against hackers.

The Bad Guys

 * Sam Rockwell as Mr. Wolf, pickpocketer, getaway driver, and leader of "The Bad Guys"
 * Marc Maron as Mr. Snake, safecracker, Mr. Wolf's best friend and second-in-command
 * Awkwafina as Ms. Tarantula (a.k.a Webbs)