Ted 2

John Bennett has been divorced from Lori for six months. Meanwhile, his best friend Ted the teddy bear marries his girlfriend, Tami-Lynn. Following a heated argument after being married a year, they decide to have a child. As Ted doesn't have sperm, John agrees to help find a donor. They ask Sam J. Jones but he declines due to a sperm count of one. Then they unsuccessfully try to break into Tom Brady's house and steal his sperm. Ultimately, John offers to donate his sperm.

Despite Ted and John's efforts, Tami-Lynn's historical drug use has rendered her infertile (despite having been clean for an extended period of time) and they decide to adopt. The background checks put Ted's legal status as a person into question. The state authorities of Massachusetts declare Ted property rather than a person, resulting in the loss of his job, his credit card and bank accounts are frozen and his marriage to Tami-Lynn is forcibly annulled.

John suggests that they take the state to court. They ask the best lawyer they can find, but he offers to assign their case pro bono to his niece Samantha, a novice lawyer. They are initially reluctant, but bond over their love of marijuana as they prepare to present the case.

Meanwhile, Donny, Ted's life-long stalker, is a janitor at the headquarters of toy company Hasbro, in New York City. He convinces the company CEO to hire an expert attorney to ensure that Ted maintains his status as property, leaving him open to seizure by the firm to create more living teddy bears.

Despite Samantha's best efforts, the court rules against Ted. Disheartened and desperate, the trio contact Patrick Meighan, a highly respected civil rights attorney, to help overturn the court's decision. Driving to Manhattan, the trio meet Meighan, who is sympathetic to Ted's plight but refuses the case, as he believes Ted has not significantly contributed to humanity due to his lifestyle.

Ted, angry at the injustice and jealous of Samantha and John's relationship, stomps off. Donny follows him as he wanders into the New York Comic-Con. Once inside, Donny, disguised as Raphael attempts to kidnap Ted, who flees and contacts John for help. John and Samantha arrive and find Ted, just as Donny is about to cut him open. As they make their escape, Donny severs the cables holding up a model of the USS Enterprise with a knife and it swings towards Ted. John pushes Ted out of the way, takes the hit, and is knocked unconscious. Ted identifies Donny from a group of Ninja Turtle cosplayers through his need to dance to "I Think We're Alone Now" and he is arrested.

At the hospital, Samantha, Ted and Tami-Lynn rejoice when John recovers. Patrick Meighan decides to take the case, inspired by John's selflessness and Ted's emotions over his nearly fallen friend. Meighan gets the ruling overturned by demonstrating that Ted is self-aware, that he feels complex emotions, and is capable of empathy. Outside the courthouse, Ted re-proposes to Tami-Lynn. After they are remarried, Ted and Tami-Lynn, adopting the surname of "Clubber-Lang", adopt a baby boy, who they name Apollo Creed, while John and Samantha happily pursue their own relationship.

In a post-credits scene, the customer who had previously purchased a box of Trix wanders back into the supermarket, visibly injured. He leaves the Trix behind and exits with a look of betrayal.

• Mark Wahlberg as John Bennett
• Seth MacFarlane as Ted Clubber-Lang (voice and motion capture)
• Amanda Seyfried as Samantha Jackson
• Jessica Barth as Tami-Lynn McCafferty
• Giovanni Ribisi as Donny[6]
• Morgan Freeman as Patrick Meighan (special appearance)
• John Slattery as Shep Wild[7]
• Patrick Warburton as Guy[8]
• Michael Dorn as Rick[9]
• Bill Smitrovich as Frank
• Cocoa Brown as Joy
• John Carroll Lynch as Tom Jessup
• Ron Canada as Judge Matheson
• Jessica Szohr as Allison
• Jay Patterson as Karl Jackson
• Tara Strong as Ted's "I Love You" function
• Sam J. Jones as himself[10]
• Sebastian Arcelus as Dr. Ed Danzer
• Maggie Geha as Female Nurse
• Tom Brady as himself[11]
• Dennis Haysbert as Fertility doctor[12]
• Taran Killam as himself
• Jimmy Fallon as himself
• Jimmy Kimmel as himself
• Jay Leno as himself
• Bill Maher as himself
• Kate McKinnon as herself
• Bobby Moynihan as himself
• David Hasselhoff as himself
• Liam Neeson as Trix Customer[13]
• Lenny Clarke as Cop
• Patrick Stewart as Narrator
• Curtis Stigers as Wedding singer[10]
• Nana Visitor as Adoption agent[14]
• Ralph Garman as Stormtrooper
• Jack Knight as Todd Kidder

During the 2012 American Dad! Comic-Con panel, MacFarlane stated that he would be open to a sequel to Ted.[15] In September 2012, chief executive Steve Burke said that the studio would be looking to make a sequel to Ted "as soon as possible".[16] In January 2013, on Anderson Live, Wahlberg confirmed that a sequel was in the works and that it would be the first sequel in his career, while also revealing that he and Ted (as voiced by MacFarlane) would appear at the 85th Academy Awards.[17] On October 2, 2013, it was announced Ted 2 would be released on June 26, 2015.[18]

Initially the storyline for the film was quite different and involved John and Ted's attempt to smuggle pot across the country,[19] but, due to concerns that the concept was too similar to then recently released We're the Millers, the concept was scrapped and the storyline was overhauled to one inspired by John Jakes' North and South series as well as the life of Dred Scott.[19] During the period when the film was about drug smuggling, Mila Kunis' character was still in the sequel; however, when the storyline was changed, it required a lawyer to be the female lead and there wasn't room for Kunis's character.[19]

On February 14, 2014, Amanda Seyfried was cast as the female lead.[20] On June 17, 2014, Jessica Barth was confirmed to reprise her role as Tami-Lynn.[21] In August and September 2014, it was announced that Patrick Warburton would return as John's co-worker Guy,[8] and that Morgan Freeman,[22] Nana Visitor,[14] Michael Dorn,[9] Dennis Haysbert,[12] Liam Neeson[13] and John Slattery had joined the cast.[7]

Principal photography began on July 28, 2014, and ended on November 13, 2014.[23][24][25]

The film's soundtrack was released by Republic Records on June 26, 2015.[26] It features the score by Walter Murphy and songs co-written by Seth MacFarlane and Murphy, including "Mean Ol’ Moon", which is performed by Amanda Seyfried and Norah Jones separately. The soundtrack also includes "Mess Around" by Ray Charles, "One Foot in Front of the Other" by Bone Symphony and "New York" by Alfred Newman.

Track listing

All tracks by Walter Murphy except where indicated.

On January 27, 2015, the film's teaser poster was released.[27] This was followed two days later by its trailer.[28] The film premiered on June 24, 2015, in New York City, with its general release two days later.[29]

In June 2015, Collider asked if the studio was already planning a third film, MacFarlane replied: "It’s all based on appetite. If Ted 2 does as well as the first one, it means people want to see more of these characters. If that happens, then there would likely be a Ted 3. The franchise, to me, is one that’s more character-based than premise-based. If you look at it like episodes in television, if you have characters that people like and they want to see them, again and again, you can tell any number of different stories. If there’s a desire for it, then yeah, we would do a Ted 3."[56]

On October 27, 2015, during an interview on Today, MacFarlane, again, didn't rule out the possibility of Ted 3 stating: "We don't know, I like to kind of have some space between Ted [films], so it's possible there will be another one but there are no immediate plans."[57] As of 2021, there have been no updates on a sequel.

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