‘Trolls World Tour’ Trailer: The Animated Musical Acid Trip Continues With An ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ Twist

After being unable to stop the feeling of rhythm in the animated movieTrollsback in 2016,Trolls World Tourfinds Poppy (Anna Kendrick) and Branch (Justin Timberlake) learn that there are even more tribes of trolls out in the world, each with their own unique musical tastes. Unfortunately, Queen Barb (Rachel Bloom), aided by her father King Thrash (Ozzy Osbourne), is trying to collect all six of theInfinity Stonesstrings of music to destroy every kind of music except rock. Watch theTrolls: World Tourtrailer to see how that all plays out.

Trolls World Tour Trailer

It’s up to Poppy and Branch to unite the troll tribes of Funk, Country, Techno, Classical, and Pop to stop the Rock tribe from destroying everyone else. Honestly, I’m not sure how I feel about Rock being the tribe that tries to destroy all other music. If any kind of music is responsible for the downfall of the art of music as we know it, the villains should be Country.

Introducing all these new tribes allows for a whole slate of new characters representing each musical tribe. The land of Funk hasMary J. Blige, George ClintonandAnderson .Paak; Country is led byKelly Clarksonas Delta Dawn withSam RockwellandFlula Blorgas Hickory and Dickory;Anthony Ramosthumps for the Techno tribe;Jamie Dornanhypnotizes with smooth jazz; international sensationGustavo Dudamelplays Trollzart in the Classical tribe withCharlyne Yias Pennywhistle; andKenan Thompsonbrings fresh beats to the scene as newborn hip-hop troll Tiny Diamond.

Some of those don’t tie in to the overall six tribes of Funk, Country, Techno, Classical, and Pop, so it’ll be interesting to see how those trolls come into play with the overall story. Many of them are contributing new music to the soundtrack in collaborations with Justin Timberlake, who was nominated for an Oscar for one of the original songs from the first movie.

Trolls World Touris directed byWalt DohrnwithDavid P. Smithworking as co-director.

A member of hard-rock royalty, Queen Barb (Rachel Bloom), aided by her father King Thrash (Ozzy Osbourne), wants to destroy all other kinds of music to let rock reign supreme. With the fate of the world at stake, Poppy and Branch, along with their friends — Biggie (James Corden), Chenille (Caroline Hjelt), Satin (Aino Jawo), Cooper (Ron Funches) and Guy Diamond (Kunal Nayyar) — set out to visit all the other lands to unify the Trolls in harmony against Barb, who’s looking to upstage them all.

Trolls World Tourstarts rocking theaters onApril 17, 2020.