A ‘Bluey’ Film Is Coming in 2027

Bluey is headed to the large display! BBC Studios and The Walt Disney Firm introduced the first-ever Bluey animated characteristic movie is being made.

That is all because of a deal that has Disney buying the worldwide theatrical rights for the title. Based on the information launch, the movie will open globally in theaters in 2027 earlier than touchdown on Disney+.

“Since its debut on Disney Jr. and Disney+, Bluey has change into a worldwide phenomenon, uniting households in every single place with its heartfelt tales of play, creativeness, and connection,” Disney Leisure co-chairmen, Alan Bergman and Dana Walden say through the discharge. “We’re so proud to broaden upon our relationship with BBC Studios to convey the magic of Bluey to the large display–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.”

The place We Final Left these Characters

Bluey, the Emmy® and BAFTA Award-winning animated collection is the primary streaming collection in 2024 within the U.S., with over 50.5 billion minutes watched in additional than 140 nations.

We’re undecided but the place the film will happen chronologically in Bluey’s general story, however our newest adventures with the Heelers got here through the ultimate batch of Bluey Minisodes that dropped on Disney+ in early December. The gathering of 20 minisodes in all options one to three-minute shorts of memorable moments with the characters.

The 2 newest full episodes of Bluey that aired earlier in 2024 as a part of season 3 packed a walloping one-two punch of feels (and fan hypothesis). One is titled “The Signal“, the place the Heelers virtually promote their home. The opposite is aptly titled “Shock“, the place we really get a glimpse of Bluey’s future parenthood!

‘Bluey’ Ought to Match Properly on the Massive Display

The characteristic movie announcement ought to journey an already massive wave of momentum for followers. However, it does come amidst another, maybe less-rosy bit of reports from Bluey’s creator, Joe Brumm.

In a letter launched on Bluey’s web site, Brumm introduced that he is taking a break from his involvement within the collection, writing, “I at all times stated I wouldn’t maintain making the present if I believed I couldn’t make any new season pretty much as good because the final. This may have been the case for me with a possible season 4, so I’ve determined to take a break from my involvement within the TV collection. Within the occasion I can’t wrap my head round doing extra seasons myself, ‘The Signal’ will mark my TV finale for Bluey and I wrote it as such.”

He goes on to emphasise that this isn’t an announcement that the present is ending–however simply an acknowledgment that his full focus might be on the movie transferring ahead.

Regardless of what he calls the “trifficult” information, Brumm expressed his pleasure for the upcoming movie through a press release saying, “I actually loved the expertise of working with an extended format on ‘The Signal’ in Collection 3, so going even additional with a characteristic movie seems like a pure extension of that. I’ve at all times thought Bluey deserved a theatrical film. I would like this to be an experiential occasion for the entire household to take pleasure in collectively.”

Tom Fussell, CEO of BBC Studios, talked a couple of feature-length movie being “the pure subsequent step,” including, “We’re happy to work with Disney on Bluey’s eagerly awaited theatrical debut and look ahead to partnering with Dana, Alan, and your complete crew on this momentous journey.”

Based on the press launch, the CG animated movie might be produced by award-winning animation producer Amber Naismith (Completely satisfied Toes, The Lego Film, The Lego Batman Film), co-directed by Richard Jeffery (Bluey Collection 1-3), govt produced by Joe Brumm, with Charlie Aspinwall and Daley Pearson from Ludo Studio, alongside Justine Flynn for BBC Studios. David Greenbaum, president of Disney Reside Motion and twentieth Century Studios, and his crew will oversee manufacturing for Disney.

Vocal expertise will embrace Melanie Zanetti and David McCormack as Bluey’s mum and pa, Chilli and Bandit Heeler, and music created by Bluey composer Joff Bush.