Ralph Breaks the Internet
2018 animated film directed by Rich Moore and Phil Johnston
Ralph Breaks the Internet is a 2018 American animated comedy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. The film was directed by Rich Moore and Phil Johnston and written by Johnston and Pamela Ribon. John C. Reilly, Sarah Silverman, Jack McBrayer, Jane Lynch, and Ed O'Neill reprise their character roles from the first film, with Gal Gadot, Taraji P. Henson, and Alfred Molina joining the cast. Alan Tudyk also returns, voicing a different character. The sequel to Wreck-It Ralph (2012), the film follows Ralph and Vanellope von Schweetz as they travel to the internet to get a replacement for the Sugar Rush cabinet's broken steering wheel and prevent Mr. Litwak from disposing of the game.
Discussions about a sequel to Wreck-It Ralph began in September 2012, and the new installment went through three different scripts before the filmmakers settled on the final plot. When it was officially announced in June 2016, most of the original cast confirmed they had signed on, with new cast members added in 2018. The film's title of Ralph Breaks the Internet was announced in March 2017.
Ralph Breaks the Internet premiered in Hollywood, Los Angeles, on November 5, 2018, and was released in the United States on November 21.
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