The Croods
Created by	Kirk DeMicco Chris Sanders John Cleese
Owners	DreamWorks Animation (Universal Pictures)
Years	2013–present
Films and television
Film(s)	The Croods (2013) The Croods: A New Age (2020)
Animated series	Dawn of the Croods (2015–2017) The Croods: Family Tree (2021–2023)
Games
Video game(s)	The Croods: Prehistoric Party! (2013) The Croods (2013)
Audio
Soundtrack(s)	The Croods The Croods: A New Age

The Croods is an Americanmedia franchise byDreamWorks Animation. The franchise began with the 2013 filmThe Croods, and has since grown to include a sequel,The Croods: A New Age; two television series,Dawn of the Croods andThe Croods: Family Tree; and two video games. Set in the fictional prehistoric "Croodaceous" time period which is roamed by a series of bizarrehybrid animals, the franchise follows the eponymouscavepeople family as they travel through the dangerous but exotic lands in search of a new home after their previous home was destroyed.

The Croods is a 2013 American animatedadventure comedy film produced byDreamWorks Animation and distributed by20th Century Fox, set in a fictional prehistoricPliocene era known as "The Croodaceous" (a prehistoric period which contains fictional prehistoric creatures) when acaveman's position as a "Leader of the Hunt" is threatened by the arrival of a prehistoric genius who comes up with revolutionary new inventions as they trek through a dangerous but exotic land in search of a new home.^[1] The film was originally announced in May 2005, under the working titleCrood Awakening,^[2] originally a stop motion film being made byAardman Animations.^[3]

Chris Sanders took over development of the film in March 2007;^[4] however, development ofHow to Train Your Dragon postponing its original schedule for a year to a then planned March 2012.^[5] The film's final title,The Croods, was revealed in May 2009, along with new co-director, Kirk DeMicco.^[6][5] The film features the voices ofNicolas Cage,Emma Stone,Ryan Reynolds,Catherine Keener,Clark Duke,Cloris Leachman, andRandy Thom.

The Croods: A New Age is a 2020 American sequel to the 2013 filmThe Croods, again produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed byUniversal Pictures, following the Croods after leaving their cave in the first film as they encounter their biggest threat since leaving the cave: another family called the Bettermans.^[7]

Originally scheduled for a November 3, 2017 release by 20th Century Fox, but was moved to December 22, 2017.^[8][9] On August 9, 2016, nearingComcast andNBCUniversal's impending acquisition of DreamWorks Animation, Fox removed the film from the release schedule, withBlue Sky'sFerdiand taking over its release date. The film would instead be released by Universal, sometime in 2018.^[10] On November 11, 2016, DreamWorks announced that production for the sequel was cancelled.,^[11] however in September 2017, Universal and DreamWorks announced the film was back in production with a scheduled September 2020 release,^[12] but the release date was moved to November 25, 2020 due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.^[13] Along with the returning cast of the first film, the film features the voices ofPeter Dinklage,Leslie Mann, andKelly Marie Tran, Tran replacingKat Dennings.^[14]

A 2D-animated web television series serving as aprequel to the film, titledDawn of the Croods, aired onNetflix between December 24, 2015^[15] and July 7, 2017. A total of 88^[16] episodes each consisting of 2 11-minute segments were released. The cast featured new voice actors for the characters of Grug (Dan Milano), Ugga (Cree Summer), Eep (Stephanie Lemelin), Thunk (A.J. LoCascio), Sandy (Grey Griffin), Gran (Laraine Newman), and Guy (Dominic Catrambone).^[17] The first three episodes were animated inToon Boom Harmony by Vancouver'sBardel Entertainment.^[18][19] DreamWorks soon found that Harmony was not the best fit for animating scenes that contained multiple characters at once.^[19] The rest of the episodes were traditionally hand-drawn by South Korean studios:EMation, NE4U, andDong Woo Animation.^[19] On July 9, 2017, executive producer Hay confirmed that the then recently released fourth season ofDawn of the Croods had been its last.^[20]

On August 31, DreamWorks announced a CGI animated series titledThe Croods: Family Tree, based on The Croods: A New Age and will be streaming September 23 on Hulu and Peacock.^[21][22][23] Tran reprises her role as Dawn, while A.J. LoCascio reprises his role as Thunk fromDawn of the Croods. The new voice cast features,Amy Landecker as Ugga,Kiff VandenHeuvel as Grug, Ally Dixon as Eep,Artemis Pebdani as Gran,Darin Brooks as Guy, Matthew Waterson as Phil, and Amy Rosoff as Hope.^[24] Mark Banker (fromGo, Dog, Go!) and Todd Grimes (fromThe Epic Tales of Captain Underpants) serve as executive producers and showrunners for the series.^[25][26]

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A video game based on the series, titledThe Croods: Prehistoric Party!, was released on March 19, 2013. Developed byTorus Games, and published byD3 Publisher, it was adapted forWii U,Wii,Nintendo 3DS, andNintendo DS. The game enables players to take the members of the Croods family on an adventure through 30 party style mini games.^[34] It received mainly negative reviews.^{[35][36][37][38]}

A mobile game, titledThe Croods, which is a village-building game, was developed and published byRovio, the creator ofAngry Birds. It was released on March 14, 2013, to theiOS andAndroid platforms.^[39] It received negative reviews from critics, withMetacritic giving it a 40 out of 100.^[40]

Chronological order ofThe Croods' franchise history:

1. Dawn of the Croods (2015–2017)
2. The Croods (2013)
3. Dawn of the Croodsseries finale (2017)
4. The Croods: A New Age (2020)
5. The Croods: Family Tree (2021-2023)

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