Dusk and Dawn: A Zodiacal Night

Dusk and Dawn: A Zodical Night is a 2022 American computer-animated comedy fantasy film, produced by MGM Animation Studios. The third installment in the Dusk and Dawn franchise, and a sequel to Dusk and Dawn 2 (2008), the film was directed by Rob Connor and co-directed by Rachel Rooker, from a screenplay by Connor, Susanna Fogel, Eyal Podell and Jonathon E. Stewart. Gregory Smith, Zooey Deschanel, Anthony Hopkins, Christine Baranski, Dan Aykroyd, Isla Fisher, Nicole Kidman, Jeff Garlin, and Bill Nighy reprise their roles from the previous films, with newcomers Jonathan Groff, Bobby Cannavale, Kate McKinnon, Matt Frewer, James Corden, Gary Anthony Williams (replacing Keith David), and Alex Borstein (replacing Jennifer Darling) joining the ensemble cast.

The film was theatrically released in the United States on March 25, 2022, by United Artists Releasing.

Plot
Years ago, Zodiac co-exists with Twilight and Sun alongside other several optical phenomena. As time passes from day to night, he then becomes suspicious of the two tribes' colors so he attempts to switch them by using other phenomena, but his poor actions led to him being separated from the main group. Years pass as Zodiac becomes obsessed with switching colors, but constantly fails until he encounters Dusk and Dawn, leading to him making up a plan to switch the pair's colors.

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Cast

 * Gregory Smith as Dusk
 * Zooey Deschanel as Dawn
 * Anthony Hopkins as Twilight
 * Christine Baranski as Sun
 * Dan Aykroyd as Light
 * Isla Fisher as Blue
 * Nicole Kidman as Golden
 * Jeff Garlin as Morning
 * Bill Nighy as Evening
 * Jonathan Groff as Zodiac
 * Bobby Cannavale as Airglow
 * Kate McKinnon as Halo
 * Matt Frewer as Glory
 * James Corden as Dust
 * Billy West as Keeper
 * Chris Parnell as Elder Jo
 * Jennifer Hale as Elder Ji
 * Gary Anthony Williams as Elder Ja
 * Craig Ferguson as Tio
 * Tom Kenny as Mark
 * Jim Cummings as Sparkle
 * Alex Borstein as Miss Night
 * Rob Connor as Wade

Loop Group

 * Steve Alterman
 * Thomas Bromhead
 * Mitch Carter
 * Sawyer Cole
 * Antonio Raul Corbo
 * David Cowgill
 * Vicki Davis
 * Julie Falls
 * Peter Falls
 * Nick A. Fisher
 * Jackie Gonneau
 * Bridget Hoffman
 * Sunia Jae
 * Joyce Kurtz
 * Joanna Leeds
 * David Michie
 * Gracen Newton
 * Capri Oliver
 * Lily Oliver
 * Juan Pope
 * Michelle Ruff
 * Ethan Simono
 * Warren Sroka
 * Kelly Stables
 * Benjamin Valic
 * Lily Villegas
 * Shelby Young
 * Lynnanne Zager

Production
After the success of Dusk and Dawn 2, Melissa Hester stated that the third Dusk and Dawn is in development. Kate Mallory stated that production has been on hold because they are still busy working on the Dusk and Dawn TV series. The third film has been in development hell for many years with Arc Productions abruptly closed down on August 1, 2016. On September 5, 2018, a third film is finally moving forward with Gregory Smith and Zooey Deschanel reprising their roles and Rob Connor directing the third film. In March 2019, Rachel Rooker was named co-director with Connor. In October 2019, it was announced that Anthony Hopkins, Christine Baranski, Dan Aykroyd, Isla Fisher, Nicole Kidman, Jeff Garlin, and Bill Nighy would reprise their roles in the third film; in addition, newcomers Jonathan Groff, Bobby Cannavale and James Corden have also joined the cast. In December 2020, the film's title was officially announced as Dusk and Dawn: A Zodiacal Night, with Susanna Fogel joining to co-write the screenplay. Kate McKinnon and Matt Frewer later joined the cast the same month.

Unlike the first two installments (which were provided by Arc Productions), its animation was provided by Mikros Image.

Music
In January 2021, it was announced that Kris Bowers will be scoring the third film's music. The soundtrack album was released on March 25, 2022, via Epic Records.

Release
Dusk and Dawn: A Zodiacal Night is set to be released in theaters on March 25, 2022. The film was originally set to be released on February 11, 2022, before having its release date moved to its current date. On February 28, 2022, MGM announced that they have cancelled the Russian release of Dusk and Dawn: A Zodiacal Night in response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Marketing
A teaser poster for the film was released on September 11, 2021. Two days later, the first official trailer for the film was released on September 13, 2021. A second trailer was released on November 21, 2021.

Box office
In the United States and Canada, Dusk and Dawn: A Zodiacal Night was released alongside The Lost City, and is projected to gross $40 million from 4,215 theaters in its opening weekend. The film grossed $17.2 million on its first day, including $2.3 million from Thursday preview screenings. It went on to debut to $40.4 million in its opening weekend, topping the box office by displacing The Batman. Its debut was the second-largest for MGM during the COVID-19 pandemic, behind No Time to Die. The film was then displaced to the second place by Morbius, grossing $17.2 million in its second weekend for a drop of 57%. The film grossed $11.1 million in its third weekend for a drop of 35%, remaining in second place behind newcomer Sonic the Hedgehog 2.

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Critical response
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Main
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Trailers
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