Daniel Pemberton (Spider-Man: Into/Across the Spider-Verse, Steve Jobs, King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, Enola Holmes, The Trial of the Chicago 7, Ocean’s 8,The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Being the Ricardos) is set to score the upcoming animated sequel The Bad Guys 2. The film is directed by Pierre Perifel (who previously helmed the original film) and features the voices of Sam Rockwell, Marc Maron, Craig Robinson, Awkwafina, Zazie Beetz, Richard Ayoade, Alex Borstein and Lilly Singh. The DreamWorks Animation production follows the crackerjack criminal crew of animal outlaws as they are pulled out of retirement and forced to do “one last job” by an all-female squad of criminals. Damon Ross is returning to produce the project. Pemberton has previously scored 2022’s original The Bad Guys movie. The Bad Guys 2 is set to be released in theaters nationwide on August 1, 2025 by Universal Pictures.
Pemberton also has Sony Pictures Animation’s Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse, as well as the fourth season of Apple TV+’s Slow Horses (co-scored with Toydrum) coming up.
