Following the box office and home video success of its live-action comedy, Kangaroo Jack, which starred a large CG marsupial, Warner Bros. is releasing a full-length animated sequel in time for the holidays. Kangaroo Jack: G’Day U.S.A.! will be distributed by Warner Home Video on Nov. 16.
Kangaroo Jack G’Day U.S.A.! was written by Andrew and Adam Scheinman, the duo that penned the original theatrical release. The toon sequel promises to take viewers on a crazy caper Down Under as Louis, Charlie and Jessie head to Australia in search of a new shampoo recipe and end up reunited with their old friend, Kangaroo Jack. When Jack is kidnapped by poachers, his human pals follow the trail to Las Vegas, where they find themselves embroiled in an Aboriginal jewel heist.
More than 50 minutes of DVD extras will include a National Geographic 10-minute documentary on kangaroos and the Australian Outback, an interactive challenge, a Kangaroo rap sequence and a tutorial on how to draw a kangaroo hosted by one of the animators. The feature will retail for $24.98 on DVD and $14.94 on VHS.
Released in 2003, Kangaroo Jack stars Jerry O’Connell (TV’s Sliders, Stand By Me) Anthony Anderson (My Baby’s Daddy, Barbershop) and Estella Warren (The Cooler, Tim Burton’s Planet of the Apes) as friends who have to chase a kangaroo across the Australian Outback when it makes off with $50,000 in mob money they were supposed to deliver. The film grossed $66.7 million at the box office and went on to sell nearly 4 million copies on home video.
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