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An all-encompassing look at the making of The Bad Guys 2 , the sequel to DreamWorks Animation’s original blockbuster In the next action-packed chapter by DreamWorks Animation, based on Aaron Blabey’s New York Times bestselling book series, The Bad Guys 2 follows the crackerjack crew as they are hijacked into a globe-trotting heist masterminded by a new team of criminals they never saw coming: the Bad Girls! With never-before-seen production art, insider perspectives, and script-to-screen details, The Art of DreamWorks The Bad Guys 2 includes: * A preface by acclaimed actor Anthony Ramos, who voices Mr. Pirhana in the film *A foreword by the esteemed director of The Bad Guys and The Bad Guys 2 , Pierre Perifel *Exclusive interviews from the writers, artists, and filmmakers *Hundreds of character designs, concept art, sketches, storyboards, and color keys from the making of the movie * An exclusive 64-page insert featuring the original beat boards created by director Pierre Perifel and production designer Luc Desmarchelier
About the author
Iain R. Morris, creative director of entertainment & licensing at Abrams, has designed numerous movie art-of books for Blizzard Entertainment, Charles Schulz Creative Studios, Disney, DreamWorks Animation, Lucasfilm, Sony Pictures Animation, and Warner Bros., among many others. He is also the author of DreamWorks Animation’s
A Field Guide to The Croods: A New Age;
The Art of DreamWorks Animation’s Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kraken; and
The Art of DreamWorks Animation’s The Bad Guys. He lives and works in Northern California.
Anthony Ramos, who has won a Grammy and been nominated for multiple Golden Globe and Emmy Awards, starred in
Twisters,
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts,
Dumb Money,
In the Heights,
A Star Is Born,
Monsters and Men,
Trolls World Tour,
The Bad Guys, and the Broadway musical and feature film,
Hamilton, among many others.
Pierre Perifel, a graduate of the Gobelins, L’Ecole de L’Image in Paris, made his directorial debut with DreamWorks Animation’s critically acclaimed
The Bad Guys and directed the follow-up,
The Bad Guys 2. The Annie Award winner was also an animator on
Kung Fu Panda, Monsters vs. Aliens, Shrek Forever After, Kung Fu Panda, and
Rise of the Guardians. 
