Bluey is heading to the silver display screen.
The smash-hit Disney+ animated collection is getting its personal function movie from The Walt Disney Co. and BBC Studios, to be written and directed by Bluey creator Joe Brumm. The movie will “proceed the adventures of Bluey, a loveable, inexhaustible, blue heeler canine, who lives along with her Mum, Dad and her little sister, Bingo,” per the studios.
The CG-animated movie will hit theaters in 2027 below the Disney banner, and can stream on Disney+ after its debut. The movie will star vocal expertise from the collection together with Melanie Zanetti and David McCormack as Bluey’s mum and pa, Chilli and Bandit Heeler, and music created by Bluey composer Joff Bush.
Bluey has develop into a bona fide hit for Disney+, routinely rating as one of many most-streamed reveals on the service. An extended-form particular known as ‘The Sign’ garnered greater than 10 million viewers worldwide, with a handful of latest episodes trickling out after.
Bluey has additionally helped drive income for BBC Studios, the U.Okay. broadcaster’s for-profit arm, pushed by merchandise gross sales and licensing.
Created by Brumm in his native Australia, the collection shortly gained traction throughout the globe with children and households, charmed by the present’s celebration of creativeness and creativity, in addition to its robust emotional core.
“Since its debut on Disney Jr. and Disney+, Bluey has develop into a worldwide phenomenon, uniting households in every single place with its heartfelt tales of play, creativeness and connection,” mentioned Disney Entertainment co-chairman Dana Walden and Alan Bergman, in a press release. “We are so proud to increase upon our relationship with BBC Studios to convey the magic of Bluey to the large display screen – for actual life! – and we’re deeply grateful to Joe Brumm for making a world that continues to encourage and delight households in every single place.”
“I actually loved the expertise of working with an extended format on ‘The Sign’ in Series 3, so going even additional with a function movie seems like a pure extension of that,” Brumm added. “I’ve at all times thought Bluey deserved a theatrical film. I need this to be an experiential occasion for the entire household to take pleasure in collectively. I’m excited to proceed to accomplice with Cecilia Persson, Tom Fussell and the crew at BBC Studios, and Dana Walden, Alan Bergman and Disney to convey this new Bluey story to the large display screen.”
Disney and BBC Studios will produce the movie with Ludo Studio, with veteran animation producer Amber Naismith (The Lego Movie, Happy Feet) producing. David Greenbaum, who lead’s Disney’s dwell motion and twentieth Century Studios crew, will oversee the manufacturing for Disney.
