MYCUN Forever

MYCUN Forever is an upcoming 2016 American 3D computer-animated film and the sequel to the 2012 film MYCUN and the Mystery to New York. It is the fourth installment in the MYCUN franchise. The film is directed by C. Elbourn and David Feiss from a screenplay by David Silverman. Produced by MYCUN Studios and CGI Entertainment, Elijah Wood and Toby Kebbell reprise their roles as Gabriel Garcia and Koba, with Andy Serkis, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Nancy Cartwright, Selena Gomez, Steve Carell, Ryan Potter, Pierre Coffin, Sachi Matsumoto, Dakota Goyo, and Dakota Fanning reprising their roles from the previous film, with Simon Pegg and Jennifer Saunders joining the film's principal cast, replacing Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter. The film is scheduled for a May 30, 2016 release, by 20th Century Fox.

Cast

 * Elijah Wood as Gabriel Garcia and Dark Gabriel
 * Toby Kebbell as Koba
 * Andy Serkis as Caesar
 * Kodi Smit-McPhee as Norman Babcock
 * Nancy Cartwright as Bart Simpson
 * Selena Gomez as Red Garcia
 * Steve Carell as Gru
 * Ryan Potter as Hiro Hamada
 * Pierre Coffin as the Minions
 * Sachi Matsumoto as Toon Link
 * Dakota Goyo as Ico
 * Dakota Fanning as Coraline Jones
 * Simon Pegg as Victor Van Dort
 * Jennifer Saunders as Emily the Corpse Bride

Production
After the release of MYCUN and the Mystery to New York in 2012, Toby Kebbell, the voice of Koba, said the possibility of the fourth installment of the MYCUN franchise: "Everyone's waiting for another one, but they haven't started working on it, but maybe one day if they did." In August 2012, Jim Gianopulos, the 20th Century Fox CEO, officially confirmed that a fourth MYCUN film is in development. On March 12, 2013, Fox revealed that the film was set to be released on May 22, 2015 to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the MYCUN series.

In June 2013, Taylor Grodin confirmed that he will not be directing the fourth film, as he is busy working on What Do Illustrators Do?. On August 12, 2013, C. Elbourn was confirmed as director of the fourth installment. It will be produced by Gabriel Garcia, written by David Silverman with Grodin, Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver as executive producers. In November 2013, Elijah Wood was hoped to reprise his role as Gabriel in the film. The following month, David Feiss joined Elbourn to co-direct the film. In February 2014, Wood was confirmed to reprise his role as Gabriel in the third film. It was also announced that Toby Kebbell "would be happy to return" as Koba.

On April 24, 2014, Fox announced that the film would be pushed back to a May 30, 2016 release. Dannie 3: Breakout was moved to the May 22, 2015 slot to allow more time for production of the film. In August 2014, it was reported that Andy Serkis, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Nancy Cartwright, Selena Gomez, Steve Carell, Ryan Potter, Pierre Coffin, Sachi Matsumoto, Dakota Goyo, and Dakota Fanning were reprising their roles as Caesar, Norman, Bart, Red, Gru, Hiro, the Minions, Toon Link, Ico, and Coraline. On October 23, 2014, Fox confirmed that the film would be titled MYCUN Forever. In December 2014, Simon Pegg and Jennifer Saunders joined the film's cast. In March 2015, Elbourn confirmed that the production "has already begun now."

Release
20th Century Fox scheduled the film to be released on May 30, 2016.

Sequels
In May 2015, Taylor Grodin said that it is possible that the series could see six more sequels after MYCUN Forever, bringing it to a ten-film series.