Academy Award winner Sam Rockwell (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri), Awkwafina (The Farewell and Marvel’s Shang-Chi), Marc Maron (Glow), Craig Robinson (Hot Tub Time Machine), Anthony Ramos (In the Heights), Richard Ayoade (Paddington 2), Zazie Beetz (Joker), Lilly Singh (Bad Moms) and Emmy Award winner Alex Borstein (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) have rounded out the cast of Dreamworks Animation The Bad Guys.

The Bad Guys is a new original film from DreamWorks Animation, based on the New York Times best-selling Scholastic book series by Aaron Blabey. The comedy is an action-packed heist for all ages and follows a crackerjack criminal crew of animal outlaws as they attempt their most challenging con yet—becoming model citizens. The film will be the feature directorial debut for Pierre Perifel (animator, Kung Fu Panda films). Damon Ross (development executive Trolls, The Boss Baby) and Rebecca Huntley (associate producer, The Boss Baby) will produce. Aaron Blabey, Etan Cohen, Patrick Hughes will executive produce.
The film will be released on April 15th, 2022.

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Jerry Beck

Writer, cartoon producer and author of more than 15 books on animation history. A former studio exec with Nickelodeon and Disney; currently on the faculty at both CalArts in Valencia and Woodbury University in Burbank, California.

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