Megamind Returns With 'Megamind Rules!' And Surprise Sequel

After 13 years with only a bonus short on home media, both continuations of the franchise are premiering on March 1 on Peacock

Ollo everybody! Megamind is megaback. It’s a day before DreamWorks Animation releases its first straight-to-streaming film, Orion and the Dark on Netflix, Megamind comes in to steal the thunder. Just about 2 years after its follow-up television series to the 2010 film starring Will Ferrell and Brad Pitt, Peacock has set a premiere date for not only it, but a previously unrevealed sequel, Megamind vs. the Doom Syndicate.

Originally announced as Megamind’s Guide To Defending Your City, the eight episode first season will be released alongside Megamind vs. the Doom Syndicate on March 1. Running 83 minutes, it might come off as a feature-length pilot to Rules! The synopsis reads “Megamind’s former villain team, The Doom Syndicate, has returned. Our newly crowned blue hero must now keep up evil appearances until he can assemble his friends (Roxanne, Ol’ Chum and Keiko) to stop his former evil teammates from launching Metro City to the Moon.” What makes it a likely pilot is not only a fuller 12 episode season that vs. the Doom Syndicate and Rules! have the same voice cast.

Nobody’s back. No Will Ferrell, Tina Fey or David Cross. Instead, we have Keith Ferguson of Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends and DuckTales blue again as Megamind, fellow DuckTales recurrer Josh Brener as Ol’ Chum (fka Minion?), Laura Post as Roxanne Ritchi, Maya Aoki Tuttle as Keiko Morita, Emily Tunon as Lady Doppler, Talon Warburton (son of Patrick) as Lord Nighty-Knight, Big Hero 6 and 30 Rock‘s Scott Adsit as Pierre Pressure, This Is Us actor and noted Taserface Chris Sullivan as Behemoth, recent Emmy winner Tony Hale of The Mysterious Benedict Society as Mel/Mr. Donut, Jeanine Mason as Christino Christo and singer Adam Lambert as Machiavillain.

The retitling of the series didn’t do anything but make it less of a mouthful to say, as there was no plot overhaul since the announcement, which since it predates my work i haven’t had the opportunity to share, and so the synopsis goes “Megamind goes from being a supervillain and the scourge of Metro City to a superhero who’s learning on the job. He’ll be bringing the audience along for the ride, as Megamind’s trusty brainbots will be recording everything, making him the world’s first superhero influencer.“

Both projects are co-executive produced by JD Ryznar, and executive produced by the original film’s writers, Alan Schoolcraft and Brent Simons, alongside Celebrity Deathmatch creator and Megamind vs. The Doom Syndicate director Eric Fogel. He has a voice role alongside Michael Beattie, Todd Haberkorn, Eric Murphy, Joey Rudman and Roger Craig Smith.

Megamind vs. The Doom Syndicate makes for DreamWorks Animation’s third film in five weeks, with Kung Fu Panda 4 releasing the very next week on March 8 in theaters. The Wild Robot releases in theaters on the other end of the year. These projects leave cult favorite Rise of the Guardians as the only DreamWorks Animation film released in the 2010s to not to have any sort of follow-up or already be part of a franchise. Watch the Megamind vs. The Doom Syndicate trailer below and behold the outsourcing.

Source: Animation Magazine

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