Chris Pratt's New Sequel To $257M Adventure Movie Hits Vital Milestone

Faye's Vision/Cover Images Published Nov 15, 2026, 3:15 PM EST Sign in to your ScreenRant account Chris Pratt is one of Hollywood's most bankable actors, and another franchise of his is getting ready for its next entry. Pratt rose to fame as Andy Dwyer on Parks & Recreation, but he catapulted to stardom with James Gunn's Guardians of the Galaxy in 2014, which led to a string of appearances throughout the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The actor then played a major role in Jurassic World, as well as its sequels Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom and Jurassic World Dominion. In animation, his most notable role is as Mario in The Super Mario Bros. Movie and The Super Mario Galaxy Movie. Another commercially successful animated film for Pratt was 2024's The Garfield Movie, though his casting was a source of controversy. Directed by Mark Dindal, the movie also featured the voices of Samuel L. Jackson, Hannah Waddingham, Ving Rhames, Nicholas Hoult, Harvey Guillen, Cecily Strong, Bowen Yang, and Snoop Dogg, among others. The Garfield Movie was a critical flop, earning a 36% critic score on Rotten Tomatoes. Despite this, the movie did well in theaters, grossing $257 million against a $60 million budget. As a result, a sequel was greenlit in 2025, with Pratt and Dindal returning. Recently, Screen Rant got the scoop on how far along the sequel is in development. Chris Pratt's The Garfield Movie Gets Major Writing Update In an interview with ScreenRant's Tatiana Hullender on the Blade Runner 2099 red carpet, producers Broderick Johnson and Andrew Kosove revealed that The Garfield Movie's script is well under way: ScreenRant: How's Garfield 2 coming along? Broderick Johnson: Oh, you know what? I can share a good update for you. We are making very good progress on Garfield 2. We know the story. We've got an initial script. We're making some progress. Andrew Kosove: We have a really funny draft for the sequel. We're very excited about it. And we love animation! We love to do animation. The producers' update on the sequel's script emphasized its humor, a key element of the Garfield franchise. Speaking with Screen Rant in 2024, Pratt previously mused about the meaning behind Garfield's satire."Garfield is like this ubiquitous tile in the Mosaic of every childhood of every person from 1978," Pratt said. "It's the most widely circulated comic strip in the world. And yeah, there are these themes [...] as you get older you start to really understand [...] the real appeal. He's a rebel, kind of an iconoclast." In addition to Pratt, Guillen will also reprise his role as Odie. Otherwise, no further story or casting details have been shared. Chris Pratt's The Garfield Movie 2 is listed for a February 8, 2027, release on IMDb, but this is unconfirmed and unlikely due to the timeline indicated by Johnson and Kosove's update. The Garfield Movie is currently streaming on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+.