Gabriel Garza 2

Gabriel Garza 2 is a 2014 American 3D computer-animated action-adventure comedy film produced by Gingo Animationfor Universal Pictures. The thirteenth feature film from Gingo Animation, it was directed by series creator Geo G. from a screenplay by Geo, Dan Fogelman, Erica Rivinoja, and Brian Lynch, and a story by Geo. It is the sequel to 2011's Gabriel Garza, which began Gingo's reboot franchise of the original Gabriel Garza series. Sometime after the first film, Gabriel, Roge, Leno, Cole, and Loy go to visit Donnie Stampla, Loy's old friend and assistant since the first grade. However, when they discover a greedy leek-obsessed worker named Mr. Leek's plot to transform all of the Elves into "leek monsters", the group teams up with Donnie's two enthusiastic children Lily and Lester Stampla to stop him.

Zachary Gordon, Elijah Wood, Alexander Gould, Jonathan Morgan Heit, Hayden Panettiere, Frankie Jonas, and Alan Tudyk reprised their roles as Gabriel, Roge, Leno, Cole, Claire, Jan and Loy, respectively. New cast members include Isla Fisher as Lily Stampla, Jake T. Austin as Lester Stampla, David Tennant as Donnie Stampla, and Rob Corddry as Mr. Leek.

Gabriel Garza 2 premiered on June 25, 2014 at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival, and was released in the United States on July 2, 2014. It was met with positive reviews from critics, who praised its score, vocal performances, and humor; it is widely considered to be the best film in the Gabriel Garza series. It was nominated for the 2015 Annie Award for Best Animated Feature, but lost to Disney's Big Hero 6. Having grossed over $895 million worldwide, the film became the forty-eighth highest-grossing film of all time, the fourteenth highest-grossing animated film of all time, the third highest-grossing film of 2014, and the fourth highest-grossing film from Gingo Animation. It was followed by Gabriel Garza 3 on March 3, 2017.