A new trailer for
Ralph Breaks the Internet, the sequel to Walt Disney Animation Studios' 2012 hit animated adventure
Wreck-It Ralph, was released today and it's filled with all sorts of silliness and wild adventure.
Once again, the trailer highlights plenty of references to the weird internet culture that exists today; but, it also provides some insight into the deeper, more heartwarming message of the movie - one that director Rich Moore
briefly touched on yesterday when revealing the film’s end credits song, “Zero," by Imagine Dragons.
“It’s a bold choice for an end-credit song because it’s about someone who feels like a zero, someone who hasn’t always felt worthy, someone who’s allowed his entire sense of self to rely on a single friendship. When that friendship is threatened, there’s a lot of insecurity.”
Accompanied by Rick Astley’s iconic track “Never Gonna Give You Up,” today’s trailer offers glimpses of Ralph’s insecurity and sense of self-worth as he struggles with his evolving relationship with Vanellope, especially as she seemingly starts to embrace an exciting new life in the internet. “There’s no law that says we have to have the same dreams,” says Gal Gadot’s character, Shank, as Ralph overhears. While Disney’s Rick Roll may be another popular reference to the internet, it seems there’s a deeper meaning behind the song choice.
Of course, the new trailer features plenty of hilarious references to the internet as well, including spam pop-ups, cats, and more. We also get a glimpse of the darknet along with Shank's wicked dangerous video game world,
Slaughter Race. Check out the new trailer below.
“Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2” leaves Litwak’s video arcade behind, venturing into the uncharted, expansive and thrilling world of the internet—which may or may not survive Ralph’s wrecking. Video game bad guy Ralph (voice of John C. Reilly) and fellow misfit Vanellope von Schweetz (voice of Sarah Silverman) must risk it all by traveling to the world wide web in search of a replacement part to save Vanellope’s video game, Sugar Rush. In way over their heads, Ralph and Vanellope rely on the citizens of the internet—the netizens—to help navigate their way, including a webite entrepreneur named Yesss (voice of Taraji P. Henson), who is the head algorithm and the heart and soul of trend-making site “BuzzzTube.”
A new poster for the film was also released today. It features the iconic symbol for wifi filled with tons of characters from the movie.
Ralph Breaks the Internet hits theaters November 21, 2018.