--- title: Pitch Perfect 2 Trailer: Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson Star in Sequel description: The Bellas are back, and this time they're going for world domination canonical: https://time.com/3597368/pitch-perfect-2-trailer/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-11-20T16:01:01.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:48:18.096Z og:title: Watch the Aca-Awesome 'Pitch Perfect 2' Trailer og:description: The Bellas are back, and this time they're going for world domination og:url: https://time.com/3597368/pitch-perfect-2-trailer/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt53fcbb7db98a63d6/698769e506f2c161bf3325ae/screen-shot-2014-11-20-at-10-06-37-am.png?branch=production&width=1017&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1017 og:image:height: 572 og:image:alt: Screen Shot 2014-11-20 at 10.06.37 AM og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch the Aca-Awesome 'Pitch Perfect 2' Trailer twitter:description: The Bellas are back, and this time they're going for world domination twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt53fcbb7db98a63d6/698769e506f2c161bf3325ae/screen-shot-2014-11-20-at-10-06-37-am.png?branch=production&width=1017&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch the Totally Aca-Awesome _Pitch Perfect 2_ Trailer > Sponsored content. 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Luckily, though, we now have a full-length trailer to tide us over. The Barden Bellas are back, and this time they’re heading to an international a cappella competition. No U.S. team has ever won, because, as Elizabeth Banks’ character explains, the “whole word hates us.” But of course, that won’t stop the Bellas from trying. Fun things in this trailer include: a new a cappella arrangement of Anna Kendrick’s hit song “Cups,” Anna Kendrick making fart noises, gleeful pillow fights, Rebel Wilson being Rebel Wilson and more. So much more. ### Celebrities You Didn’t Know Were Voice Actors  John Oliver had a brief cameo on The Simpsons as Booth Wilkes-John, the Simpsons' British neighbor. Fox; Jamie McCarthy—Getty Images  Even though Benedict Cumberbatch can't pronounce the word penguin, he joins the cast of The Penguins of Madagascar as the voice of Agent Classified. Dreamworks; Jim Spellman—WireImage/Getty Images  30 Rock Star Scott Adsit lends his voice to the lovable robot Baymax in Disney's Big Hero 6 Disney; Alberto E. Rodriguez—Getty Images  Freddie Prinze Jr., the 90s heartthrob and movie star, is back to voice Kanan, a Jedi in Disney’s latest animated series, Star Wars Rebels. Lucasfilm/Disney XD; Frazer Harrison—Getty Images  Mark Hamill has had an impressive second act following Star Wars as a prolific and celebrated voice actor giving life to characters such as the Joker in Batman: The Animated Series and Fire Lord Ozai in Avatar: The Last Airbender. Fox; Tommaso Boddi—WireImage/Getty Images  Vin Diesel’s voice acting career consists of more than three words. In 1999, he was the voice of The Iron Giant in its eponymous movie. 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Paramount; Jeffrey Mayer—WireImage/Getty Images _Read next:_ [_Anna Kendrick May Be a Princess, But She’s No Damsel in Distress_](http://time.com/3592456/anna-kendrick-may-be-a-princess-but-shes-no-damsel-in-distress/?xid=time%5Freadnext) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3597368/pitch-perfect-2-trailer/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3597368/pitch-perfect-2-trailer/"},"headline":"Watch the Totally Aca-Awesome Pitch Perfect 2 Trailer","datePublished":"2014-11-20T16:01:01.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:48:18.096Z","description":"The Bellas are back, and this time they're going for world domination","url":"https://time.com/3597368/pitch-perfect-2-trailer/","keywords":["Newsfeed","movies","Anna Kendrick","Pitch Perfect 2"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt53fcbb7db98a63d6/698769e506f2c161bf3325ae/screen-shot-2014-11-20-at-10-06-37-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt53fcbb7db98a63d6/698769e506f2c161bf3325ae/screen-shot-2014-11-20-at-10-06-37-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Screen Shot 2014-11-20 at 10.06.37 AM","caption":"","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3597368/pitch-perfect-2-trailer/","name":"Watch the Totally Aca-Awesome Pitch Perfect 2 Trailer"}}]}] ```