The hilarious comedy 'Ted' doesn't need much introduction. After all, the film was the 12th highest grossing movie of the year when it was released in 2012. The story of John Bennett (Mark Wahlberg) and his foul-mouthed teddy bear (Seth MacFarlane) completely charmed audiences despite its R-rating.
The film was such a commercial success that a sequel was inevitable.
The raunchy sequel 'Ted 2' already has several redband trailers that were all decidedly NSFW, but Universal decided to release a more family-friendly teaser to reach a wider market.
The synopsis reads as follows:
"[Seth] MacFarlane returns as writer, director and voice star of 'Ted 2,' Universal and Media Rights Capital's follow-up to the highest-grossing original R-rated comedy of all time. Joined once again by star [Mark] Wahlberg and fellow 'Ted' writers Alec Sulkin & Wellesley Wild, MacFarlane produces the live action/CG-animated comedy alongside Bluegrass Films' Scott Stuber, as well as John Jacobs and Jason Clark."
'Ted 2' will mark the return of Giovanni Ribisi, Jessica Barth and Patrick Warburton.
The film also stars Amanda Seyfried as Ted's lawyer, to whom he warns, "I just don't want my lawyer to be singing 'Frozen' songs during the opening argument." Other cast members include Morgan Freeman, Liam Neeson, Curtis Stigers and David Hasselhoff.
MacFarlane has always expressed interest in making a 'Ted' sequel, even to the point of bypassing other animated projects. The director has famously put the 'Flintstones' reboot on hold due to several projects, one of which was 'Ted 2.'
The director did assure fans of the Hanna Barbera series that the project is not dead, but simply put on hold for the meantime. "It's been put on the backburner, so we don't know when it is going to happen," MacFarlane said. "There's no exact schedule."
'Ted 2' will be released on June 26, 2015.