Netflix expands its December lineup with the return of two main animated titles. As a part of the month’s new additions, Netflix will stream Anne Hathaway’s hit animated movie and its sequel. The titles be part of a packed slate of upcoming releases spanning a number of genres for the vacation season.
Rio and Rio 2 will stream on Netflix in December
In accordance with What’s on Netflix, the 2011 animated musical comedy Rio and its 2014 sequel Rio 2 will arrive on Netflix in the US on December 1, 2025, as a part of the platform’s new month-to-month lineup.
The announcement seems within the publication’s early preview of December releases, which additionally contains Imply Ladies (2024), Emily in Paris Season 5, and Wake Up Useless Man: A Knives Out Thriller. The addition marks the primary time each Rio movies will stream on Netflix in a number of years following their earlier runs on Disney+.
Directed by Carlos Saldanha and produced by Blue Sky Studios, Rio follows Blu, a domesticated Spix’s macaw voiced by Jesse Eisenberg, who travels to Brazil to fulfill Jewel, voiced by Anne Hathaway.
The movie grossed $483.9 million worldwide and earned a 72% Rotten Tomatoes rating, with critics praising its “colourful visible palette, catchy music, and humorous vocal performances.” It was additionally nominated for an Academy Award for Finest Authentic Music, “Actual in Rio.” The movie’s success led to the discharge of Rio 2 in April 2014.
Rio 2 continues Blu and Jewel’s story as they enterprise into the Amazon rainforest with their kids. Returning solid members embrace Hathaway, Eisenberg, and George Lopez, joined by Bruno Mars and Kristin Chenoweth.
The sequel grossed $498.7 million globally and obtained a 50% score on Rotten Tomatoes, with critics noting its “shiny, noisy, overstuffed sequel” strategy whereas audiences awarded it an A grade on CinemaScore. Each movies stay amongst Blue Sky Studios’ most commercially profitable titles previous to its closure in 2021.
Rio and Rio 2 start streaming December 1, 2025, on Netflix US.