In November 2012, executive producer Guillermo del Toro said that they already did a couple of script drafts for a sequel, and that the director Chris Miller wants to take Puss on an adventure to exotic places. In April 2014, Antonio Banderas, the voice of Puss, said that the work on the sequel had just begun. In June 2014, it was announced that a sequel titled, Puss in Boots 2: Nine Lives & 40 Thieves would be released on October 25, 2019. Two months later, it was moved back to October 25, 2019.