Guardians of Light: Forces Together

Guardians of Light: Forces Together (known as Guardians of Light 2: Forces Together in other territories) is an animated action-adventure fantasy film. It is the sequel to Olympic Mascots: Guardians of Light. The film is produced by Josh0108 Films, Alibaba Pictures, Warner Bros. Animation and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. This is based on Kaylamagical2453 (DeviantArt)/Jordka001 (Fandom) fanfiction of the same name.

Synopsis
Flamuna has returned, but she is not alone, so the Olympic and Paralympic mascots are sent on another mission. Through the MascotVerse, they encounter the FIFA World Cup mascots, who had been sent from their MascotVerse to team up with the Olympic and Paralympic mascots. The two find themselves on Beach City, and soon find out they have to team up with the Crystal Gems to once again save the universe.

Plot
A voice called out to the defeated Flamuna, It was Infinmenti and Nithya, her cousins, and Adara, her sister. Flamuna awakens and has amnesia, but after Infinmenti helps her remember what happened, She swore revenge on the Guardians, with her family and a new gem named Red Spinel, they form an alliance to defeat the guardians and take over the universe.

Meanwhile, The Guardians were still traveling in the portal, until another portal opens beside, them the FIFA World Cup Mascots appear. The mascots are started by their appearance. They explain that they had found a portal in their MascotVerse, but overheard that the Aurora Rings had recruited them to support the Olympic and Paralympic mascots. Vinicius realized that the Olympic and Paralympic mascots must have their own MascotVerse, which explains how the FIFA World Cup mascots ended up in their portal. Eventually, the portal leads them to Beach City, where the Crystal Gems live. The mascots were surprised that they were teaming up with the Crystal Gems. They went and introduced themselves. The next day, as The Guardians and The Crystal Gems were getting to know each other better, Aliz and Pearl partook in a sword fight, Adelene, Colin and others sang songs and Tom and Amethyst had a bike race. Vinicius and Steven were flying through Beach City and Vinicius showed off a few flying tricks. Steven noticed that the Beach City Funland was on fire. Vinicius looked at the fire and noticed a familiar figure standing in the blaze. It was Flamuna! Vinicius was angry at Flamuna because she survived the events of the previous film. Flamuna introduces Steven and Vinicius to the other goddesses. Vinicius and Steven fought the goddesses, when out of nowhere, Infinmenti shot an arrow at one of Vinicius's legs. Steven then heals Vinicius, and they decided to head back to the beach to warn the others.

Vinicius and Steven told the others that Flamuana had returned, and everyone but the Crystal Gems and FIFA World Cup mascots were in shock. Vinicius told the others who Flamuna was. A blast of fire happened and the goddesses appeared. Everyone apart from Garnet, Wenlock, Vinicius, and Tom ran into the temple.

Main Cast

 * Jeremy Shada as Vinicius
 * Zach Callison as Tom
 * Daniel DiVenere as Steven Universe
 * CCH Pounder as Flamuna Tenenra
 * Nika Futterman as Infinmenti Tenenra
 * Lauren Lapkus as Red Spinel
 * Grey Griffin as Adara Tenenra
 * E.G. Daily as Nithya Tenenra
 * Molly Quinn as Angel Stella
 * Zooey Deschanel as Adelene
 * Jonah Hill as Colin
 * Jake Cherry as Heinrichite
 * Thomas Middleditch as Wenlock
 * ??? as La'eeb
 * ??? as the Olympic Phryge
 * ??? as the Paralympic Phryge

Additional Voices

 * Estelle as Garnet
 * Deedee Magno-Hall as Pearl
 * Michaela Dietz as Amethyst
 * Alison Brie as Crystal Sun
 * Rachel Weisz as Aliz
 * Channing Tatum as Alex
 * Mackenyu as Miraitowa
 * Kimiko Glenn as Someity
 * Joey D'Auria as Izzy
 * John Lavelle as Misha
 * Tom Kenny as Nanjinglele
 * Tara Strong as Merly
 * James Arnold Taylor as Sam The Olympic Eagle
 * Ryan Gosling as Quatchi
 * Jordan Gavaris as Sumi
 * Wang Leehom as HuanHuan
 * John Kim as Soohorang
 * Isaac Andrews as Zabivaka

Production
Production started in February 2021, and is scheduled to wrap up in May 2024.

Release
The film will be released on July 19, 2024 in 2D, 3D, RealD 3D, Dolby Cinema, IMAX and 4DX formats, a week before the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.

It was originally going to be released on November 4, 2022, but it was pushed back to February 3, 2023 because of Black Adam taking over its release window. It was pushed back again to February 24, 2023 to put the release date closer to March to keep the earmark after Wonka and Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom swapped release dates.

In July 2022, the film was pushed back again to July 19, 2024, to make several changes to the story, mainly to shy away from having Russian mascots (namely Zabivaka) having larger roles, in light of the 2022 Russo-Ukrainian War. Because the animation was almost complete and editing was recently started, the producers were having to go back to square one.

Marketing
The marketing budget is expected to be around 3/5 than what was spent for Olympic Mascots: Guardians of Light.

Partners
Warner Bros. will partner with more than 15 licensing and promotional partners to market the film, including:

Global

 * McDonald's (Happy Meal promotion; 12 toys)
 * Moose Toys (toys)
 * Funko Pop (vinyl figures)

North America

 * Ferarra (promotional packaging)
 * Punchbowl (promotional greeting cards and digital invitations)

Box Office
In the United States, Guardians of Light: Forces Together will be released alongside Twisters in over 4,000 theaters, and is projected to gross around $40-80 million in its opening weekend.