A team of coworkers — all working from home with kids, pets, parents, and chaos — is surprised by a Group FaceTime from their boss first thing Monday morning. The big project they thought was dead is BACK, but with different specs, not much time, and no one in the office.

Every day brings new victories and challenges: a scramble to get themselves organized as their calendars fill up with meetings and milestones; brainstorming sessions that go nowhere and everywhere; camaraderie that’s still there but plays out across iMessage, Group FaceTimes, and shared documents instead.

Just when they think they’re making progress, the budget’s cut in half. A burst of creativity, collaboration, and an all-nighter later, they’re back in business. They race to the finish, collaborating in real time on their big presentation. Finally, they’re ready, the client’s on the call and — well, let’s just hope everyone’s wearing pants.

Making a sequel to the Underdogs had been on everyone’s minds since the release of the original, however the lockdown provided the catalyst to further explore these characters and their new realities WFH. the director developed the script with Apple mining backstories of characters he knows so well, while peppering in bits of their real lives. With the film, he wanted to capture a moment in time of how we’re living and working remotely.

Prepped in 3 weeks and shot over 6 days, the production team devised and executed a unique approach of shooting remotely with five virtual sets around the country, while some of the scenes were filmed with a skeleton crew adhering to covid guidelines. The obstacles the team overcame producing the film echoed the logistical challenges faced by the characters in the story, resulting in a short film that feels dynamic, inventive and uniquely of the moment.