Watch: ‘Sing 2’ sees the return of Buster Moon’s crew and Bono as a retired singer
Garth Jennings’s animated musical also stars Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, Scarlett Johansson and Bobby Cannavale. In cinemas on December 22.

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