Who would have thought we would ever see a sequel to The Shoe of Manitu? More than two decades have passed since the mega-success of Michael Herbig’s western satire. At the beginning of the year, the filmmaker surprised everyone by announcing that the story of Abahachi, Ranger and Co. would continue.
The Manitu 2 shoe arrives and is officially titled The Manitu Canoe. We don’t yet know what exactly awaits us in the sequel. Thanks to the release of the trailer, the first moving images from the film are now available. The good-humored adventure comedy is scheduled to open in German cinemas in 2025.
Trailer for The Canoe of Manitu: Michael “Bully” Herbig, Christian Tramitz and Rick Kavanian are back
The Manitu Canoe – Trailer (German) HD
The Manitu’s canoe brings them three most important people from the original back: In addition to Michael “Bully” Herbig, this includes Christian Tramitz and Rick Kavanian, who are active both in front of and behind the camera. The trio wrote the script for part 2 of the Manitu saga together. Herbig also took over the direction.
The official plot statement is as follows:
Abahachi, the Apache chief (Michael Bully Herbig), and his white blood brother Ranger (Christian Tramitz) fight tirelessly for peace and justice – but a new, up-and-coming gang is making their lives particularly difficult! They lure Abahachi and Ranger into a trap in order to get to the legendary Manitu canoe.
It goes on to say:
Only at the last second can they be saved by their loyal companion, the lovable Greek Dimitri (Rick Kavanian), and his new specialist Mary (Jasmin Schwiers). But as it turns out, it was all part of a grand plan and just the beginning. With combined forces (and all sorts of disagreements and misunderstandings), the heroes plunge into their greatest adventure – and find surprising answers to life’s most important questions!
At first glance that sounds surprisingly bleak. As soon as the lovable chaos troupe Abahachi, Ranger and Dimitri are reunited, a lot of humor should be guaranteed again. And who knows what unexpected guest appearances we can look forward to from the Bully cosmos.
When does The Canoe of Manitou start in the cinema?
We’ll have to wait a few more months until The Canoe of Manitu aka The Shoe of Manitu 2 conquers the big screen. Only on August 14, 2025 the sequel starts in German cinemas. This means that the biggest German film of next year has already been decided.