The Bad Guys – Picture: DreamWorks Pictures
The Bad Guys is having another exclusive rodeo on Netflix. Thanks to new book listings, we know that a new animated special expected to be titled The Bad Guys: Halloween Heist will be heading our way in Fall 2024.
As first spotted by TVLaint, listings for a new book about The Bad Guys have sprung up in recent weeks. Some of the descriptions contain insights into a new animated special coming to Netflix.
The description for the book, taken from Scholastic and multiple other online retailers, has the following description:
“This time, Mr. Wolf and the team are taking on the spookiest day of the year… Halloween! Heists, candy, and maybe a few hilarious costumes. Join the Bad Guys in this novelization based on the new Netflix Halloween special, coming your way in Fall 2024.”
Kate Howard writes the companion book.
Sadly, we haven’t been able to find many more details about the upcoming Halloween special, but we’ll update you on this post the second we do.
However, the special will be largely in line with The Bad Guys: A Very Bad Holiday, which landed on Netflix in all regions on December 1st, 2023. Directed by Bret Haaland, the 25-minute special saw Mr. Wolf and his crew of animal outlaws having to restore the whole city’s Christmas spirit.
The special notably had a change-up in its voice cast. Sam Rockwell, Marc Maron, Awkwafina, Craig Robinson, and Anthony Ramos did not reprise their roles from the main movie; instead, they were replaced by Chris Diamantopoulos, Ezekiel Ajeigbe, Mallory Low, Michael Godere, and Raul Ceballos.
The Bad Guys: A Very Bad Holiday – Picture: DreamWorks Television
We did reach out to a representative for NBCUniversal but have yet to hear a response.
The first The Bad Guys movie no longer streams on Netflix in the US (it only came as part of a 10-month stint in the first window), although it is currently cycling onto Netflix in international regions. According to Unogs, the movie is available on Netflix in Canada and the United Kingdom at the time of publishing.
The second main movie, The Bad Guys 2, is due out in cinemas in August 2025. It is also set to come to Netflix as part of the shared Pay-One window Netflix has with Universal and its animation divisions – DreamWorks and Illumination.
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