Peppa Pig: World War

Peppa Pig: World War is a 2026 American-British animated post-apocalyptic dark comedy war film based on the animated preschool series Peppa Pig, serving as a sequel to 2024’s The Peppa Pig Movie. The film is directed again by Rhys Frake-Waterfield, produced by Michael Bay, Ian Bryce, Mark Gordon, and Gary Levinsohn, and written by Frake-Waterfield and Bay, from a story by Frake-Waterfield, and stars Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Pine, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Paul Rudd, Chris Evans, Jordan Peele, Kate McKinnon, Tina Fey, TJ Miller, Mindy Kaling, Zoe Saldana, Kristen Wiig, Channing Tatum, Tom Holland, Helen Mirren, Peter Cullen, Julie Andrews, Patrick Stewart, Chris Pratt, Sarah Silverman, Chloë Grace Moretz, Dwayne Johnson, Michael Keaton, Awkwafina, Lucy Liu, Fred Armisen, Angela Bassett, Ron Perlman, Robert Downey Jr., and Vin Diesel, with Taika Waititi as the Narrator. Set two years after the events of the first film, the film follows Peppa, the only survivor of human Rhys’ successful attempt at anthropomorphic animal extinction on Earth, as she, having settled on her own planet to live her own life, encounters Rhys again, joined by his long-lost brother Bay, an encounter which results in the accidental resurrection of Peppa’s family, friends, and all the killed animals, unleashing a war between multiple factions of the animals.

Plans for a sequel began after the first film’s massive box office success. Director Rhys Frake-Waterfield wanted to take the satire from the first film in a bigger direction and expressed interest in a war film with Peppa. The sequel was officially announced at San Diego Comic-Con 2024 in July 2024, with Frake-Waterfield and all of the first film’s all-celebrity cast returning. Michael Bay was attached to the film that August, and the title was unveiled in October. The producers, previously involved in Saving Private Ryan (1998), wanted to balance the outright war genre and style with the dark comedy satire and parody of the franchise from the first film. Inspirations for the film came from Saving Private Ryan, The Dirty Dozen, and Captain America: Civil War. With a runtime of 150 minutes, it is the longest ever animated film produced by a Hollywood studio.

Peppa Pig: World War was theatrically released on May 1, 2026. The film received overwhelmingly negative reviews from critics, with criticism at the animation, plot, style, action, black humor, inconsistent tone, script, direction, runtime, pacing, and characters. Despite this, the film managed to outgross it’s predecessor, grossing $1.71 billion worldwide, becoming the second highest-grossing animated film of all time, the the third highest-grossing film of 2026 (behind Avengers: Secret Wars and Avatar: The Tulkun Rider), and the thirteenth highest-grossing film of all time at the time of its release.

Premise
Two years after the events of the first film, nearly all anthropomorphic animals on Earth have been killed by the human Rhys. Peppa Pig, the only survivor from Rhys’ attack, has settled alone on her own planet, Pepplanet-1. However, when Rhys and his long-lost brother, Bay, arrive on Pepplanet-1 to kill the final animal once and for all, the fight between Peppa and Rhys and Bay results in the accidental resurrection of all the animals, including Peppa’s family and friends. With a lot of groups with different reactions to what happened, the animals split into multiple factions and unleash a massive world war between them. Meanwhile, Rhys and Bay use this world-shattering conflict for their own gain to destroy everyone forever.

Plot
Two years after the extinction of all anthropomorphic animals in the world in the ending of the first film, Peppa Pig, the only survivor of the animal extinction, has lived a lonely and peaceful life on her own planet, which she has named Pepplanet-1. Meanwhile on Earth, Rhys has also been living alone on the planet trying to create a chemical to return humans to the world. He has used the remains and DNA of the dead animals to shape the cure, this by extracting the DNA of every single animal and put them together and then use an antidote to turn the jointed animal DNA into human DNA and expand it. When he finally has every animal DNA, the experiment doesn’t work, and realizes that he has one animal missing: Peppa.

Rhys uses an old, malfunctioning rocket ship to travel to Pepplanet-1, carrying the dead animals along with him. The rocket’s malfunctions cause it to crash-land on the Moon. While trying to repair it, he discovers his long-lost brother, Bay, stranded on the Moon as well. Bay is revealed to have been Rhys’ partner in the experimentation on Poopa Pig, the first anthropomorphic animal, and when the experiment went wrong and nearly all of humanity was mutated by the disease, he ran away in the last second to space and crash-landed to the Moon. Bay explains that when he arrived to the Moon, he discovered a prophecy that involved a world war between all the anthropomorphic animals, one that would devastate the multiverse and destroy all of reality. However, Rhys ignores his brother’s words and, with the repaired ship, the two continue their path to Pepplanet-1.

To be continued!

Voice Cast

 * Anya Taylor-Joy as Peppa Pig
 * Chris Pine as George Pig
 * Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Mommy Pig
 * Paul Rudd as Daddy Pig
 * Chris Evans as Danny Dog
 * Jordan Peele as Pedro Pony
 * Kate McKinnon as Susy Sheep
 * Tina Fey as Rebecca Rabbit
 * TJ Miller as Richard Rabbit
 * Mindy Kaling as Candy Cat
 * Zoe Saldana as Zoe Zebra
 * Kristen Wiig as Emily Elephant
 * Channing Tatum as Edmond Elephant
 * Tom Holland as Freddy Fox
 * Helen Mirren as Madame Gazelle
 * Peter Cullen as Dr. Brown Bear
 * Julie Andrews as Granny Pig
 * Patrick Stewart as Grandpa Pig
 * Chris Pratt as Uncle Pig
 * Sarah Silverman as Auntie Pig
 * Chloë Grace Moretz as Chloe Pig
 * Dwayne Johnson as Mr. Bull
 * Awkwafina as Mrs. Rabbit
 * Michael Keaton as Mr. Potato / Super Potato
 * Lucy Liu as Dr. Hamster
 * Fred Armisen as Policeman Stag
 * Angela Bassett as the Queen
 * Ron Perlman as Father Christmas
 * Robert Downey Jr. as Bay, Rhys’ long-lost brother.
 * Vin Diesel as Rhys, a human who got the entire anthropomorphic animal world with the exception of Peppa extinct in the ending of the first film.
 * Taika Waititi as the Narrator

Production
After The Peppa Pig Movie grossed $1 billion at the box office, Director and co-writer Rhys Frake-Waterfield said in an interview that he would be interested in making a sequel if offered, saying that he would like to “expand the satire and dark comedy and take the craziness to a whole nother level”. He also said he would love to do a. Peppa Pig war film. At San Diego Comic-Con 2024, it was announced that a sequel was in development, with Frake-Waterfield returning as director and writer. In August, Michael Bay was attached to produce and co-write the sequel, with a release date of May 1, 2026. In October, the film’s title was announced to be Peppa Pig: World War, and that the entire all-star voice cast of the first film would return.

In an interview in February 2025, Robert Downey Jr. said that he would voice the film’s “main villain” depicted as “Rhys’ brother”. It was later reported that Downey only joined the film so he could get a $80 million paycheck, which was where the additional $80 million added to the film’s budget from the first film really came from. At CinemaCon 2025 in April, the film’s official logo and plot was unveiled and that the film had started production. Later that day, it was revealed that Ian Bryce, Mark Gordon, and Gary Levinsohn would serve as producers alongside Bay. Frake-Waterfield said that they were hired as producers since they had experience on the greatest war film, Saving Private Ryan, and could bring the right way to “make the plot right” for the film’s war story.