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A number of latest Netflix Original animated function movies will are available 2023 and past. Below, we’ve compiled an inventory of each animated film we all know that’s in growth up to now that we’ll maintain up to date over time.
Netflix Animation had a turbulent 2021, to say the least. Although they launched among the best-animated titles in Netflix historical past, the group additionally noticed important cutbacks and reorganizations with key management roles modified.
Those within the United States can be handled to all of the Netflix Original animated function movies listed beneath and your complete output of DreamWorks, Illumination, and Sony Pictures Animation.
List of Animated Movies Confirmed for Release in 2023
The Magician’s Elephant
Director: Wendy Rogers
Studio: Julia Pistor Productions, Animal Logic
Coming to Netflix: March seventeenth, 2023
Picture: Netflix
In manufacturing all through 2021, The Magician’s Elephant comes from the studio that Netflix acquired in 2022, Animal Logic.
Based on the youngsters’s ebook by Kate DiCamillo, this film is about what occurs when a fortune teller tells an orphan boy that an elephant will lead him to his long-lost sister.
Pixies Davies, Noah Jupe, and Benedict Wong are set to lend their voices to the function.
Nimona
Studio: Annapurna Pictures
Director: Nick Bruno and Troy Quane
Coming to Netflix in Summer 2023
Picture: Netflix
Based on the ND Stevenson novel, this animated mission was beforehand at twentieth Century Fox earlier than Disney acquired it and subsequently canceled.
Here’s what you possibly can count on:
Nimona, an exciteable, trouble-making younger shapeshifter is “the sidekick to supervillain Lord Ballister Blackheart. Together, the duo work to stop Sir Ambrosius Goldenloin and the Institution of Law Enforcement and Heroics.”
The film’s voice actors embody Chloë Grace Moretz, Riz Ahmed, and Eugene Lee Yang.
Leo
Director: Robert Smigel, Robert Marianetti, David Wachtenheim
Cast: Adam Sandler, Bill Burr, Cecily Strong, Jason Alexander, Rob Schneider, Sadie Sandler, Sunny Sandler, Jackie Sandler
Coming to Netflix: November twenty second, 2023
Picture: Netflix
Previously arrange at STX Entertainment, Adam Sandler leads the voice solid for this new animated function movie a few 74-year-old lizard Leo who has been caught in the identical Florida classroom for many years together with his terrarium-mate turtle.
Chicken Run 2: Dawn of the Nugget
Director: Sam Fell
Studio: Aardman Animation
Picture: Aardman Animation
If you possibly can imagine it, it’ll have been 23 years since DreamWorks launched the unique Chicken Run by the point this sequel comes out.
Now, an all-star solid comes collectively for a brand new entry. Among the voice solid for the brand new entry contains Bella Ramsey (Game of Thrones), Zachary Levi (Chuck), and Thandiwe Newton (Westworld).
Here’s what you possibly can count on from the brand new entry:
“When Ginger and Rocky hatch a little girl called Molly, Ginger’s happy ending seems complete. But back on the mainland the whole of chicken-kind faces a new and terrible threat. For Ginger and her team – even if it means putting their own hard-won freedom at risk – this time, they’re breaking in!”
Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie
Director: Liza Johnson
Cast: Carolyn Lawrence, Tom Kenny, Bill Fagerbakke, Rodger Bumpass, Doug Lawrence, Clancy Brown, Mary Jo Catlett, Jill Talley, Craig Robinson, Grey Griffin, Johnny Knoxville, Loretta Devine, Wanda Sykes
Picture: Netflix
Rumored to be in growth for years, a Sandy Spongebob film spin-off is headed to Netflix in 2023.
Per Netflix, right here’s what you possibly can count on from the live-action and animated hybrid film:
“Bikini Bottom has been stolen! Sandy Cheeks and SpongeBob watch in disbelief as everyone’s favorite town is scooped out of the ocean by a sinister, mysterious company. Now, Sandy and SpongeBob must go on an epic quest to Sandy’s home state of Texas and enlist her family to help save Patrick, Squidward, Mr. Krabs and the rest of the gang before time runs out.”
The Monkey King
Director: Anthony Stacchi
Studio: Netflix Animation, Pearl Studio
Picture: Netflix
The director of The Boxtrolls can be behind this new journey animated film with scripts penned by Steve Bencich and Ron J. Friedman.
Here’s the official description of the synopsis:
“After the Dragon King steals his staff, the Monkey King sets off on a mission to get it back. But his greatest enemy proves to be his own pride.”
The confirmed voice solid contains BD Wong, Stephanie Hsu, Jimmy O. Yang, Hoon Lee, and Ron Yuan.
List of Upcoming Animated Feature Films Coming Soon to Netflix
Please observe: any titles listed beneath are topic to alter.
Escape from Hat
Director: Mark Osborne
Studio: Netflix Animation
Based on the ebook by Adama Kline and Brian Taylor, Escape From Hat brings gentle to the traditional mysteries of magic. In a fairy story the place black cats are unhealthy and magic rabbits are good, steadiness is threatened when one such rabbit is solid right into a mysterious realm of hazard and shadow.
There, our determined hero rallies an surprising band of allies and undertakes an unattainable quest to flee from inside a magician’s hat – and return to the human boy he dearly loves.
Academy Award-nominated director Mark Osborne (Kung Fu Panda, The Little Prince) is behind the film.
High within the Clouds
Director: Timothy Reckart
Studio: Gaumont Animation, Netflix Animation
Adapting the Paul McCartney ebook, this household function is a few squirrel embarking on a journey to search out an animal sanctuary. The film is about to function brand-new music from The Beatles member.
Timothy Reckart direct who has beforehand directed the 2012 brief Head Over Heels and 2017’s The Star. Production on the film reportedly befell between August 2018 and May 2022.
According to our sources, the film is about to launch in the summertime of 2023 with a July third, 2023 launch date at the moment eyed.
I, Chihuahua
Studio: Netflix Animation
Director: Jorge R. Gutiérrez
Picture: Netflix
Announced in March 2022 is the brand new animated function movie from the director of Netflix’s glorious mini-series Maya and the Three. It’ll function Gabriel Iglesias and is a few younger Chacho who wears a wrestling masks to grow to be a legendary fighter.
Ok-Pop: Demon Hunters
Studio: Sony Animation
Picture: Sony Pictures Animation
Originally set for a theatrical launch, we discovered in 2022 that Ok-Pop: Demon Hunters is certain for Netflix. That has seemingly been confirmed by Sony’s film chief, who says the film can be direct-to-streaming.
Here’s what we all know concerning the upcoming film:
“The story of a world-renowned K-Pop girl group, as they balance their lives in the spotlight with their secret identities as bad-ass demon hunters, set against a colorful backdrop of fashion, food, style, and the most popular music movement of this generation.”
Onyeka And The Academy Of The Sun
Studios: Westbrook Studios
Picture: Tolá Okogwu
First introduced in February 2022, this new film comes from the manufacturing firm helmed by Will Smith with David Oyelowo to additionally produce.
The story is about a young person who discovers that she has superpowers after which travels to Nigeria to be taught extra about her origins. There, she discovered a menace to her newfound magical group.
Pashmina
Director: Gurinder Chadha
Studios: Bend It Films, Hyde Park Entertainment
This animated musical film tells the story of an Indian-American woman who rediscovers her heritage through a magical pashmina.
The film was introduced again in early 2019.
Alongside the announcement, Ashok Amritraj stated: “Pashmina is a wonderful coming-of-age story that will resonate with anyone who has ever felt like an outsider, and one that I believe Netflix families around the world will enjoy experiencing together.”
Steps
Director: Alyce Tzue
Studio: Netflix Animation
First introduced in March 2021, this new musical animated function movie will come from Amy Poehler’s manufacturing firm, Paper Kite Productions.
In a spin on the traditional Cinderella story, two stepsisters are missed for marriage by the Prince and embark on an epic journey, realizing that their very own excellent fairytales may be completely different from what they initially thought.
Sulwe
Director: Unknown
Studio: Unknown
Based on Lupita Nyong’o’s youngsters’s ebook, this animated comedy was first introduced in February 2021.
Sulwe has the darkest pores and skin in her household and in her faculty. She needs for her pores and skin to be lighter, however by way of a supernatural expertise, she comes to like her darkish pores and skin coloration.
That Christmas
Studio: Locksmith Animation
Country of Origin: United Kingdom
This new animated function movie set round Christmas relies on the youngsters’s books by Richard Curtis.
Here’s what you possibly can count on from the story:
“That Christmas follows a series of entwined tales about love and loneliness, family and friends, and Santa Claus making a big mistake, not to mention an enormous number of turkeys!”
The Family Treehorn
Director: Ron Howard
Studio: Animal Logic
Also generally known as The Shrinking Of Treehorn, this film primarily based on the ebook by Florence Parry Heide was acquired away from Paramount Animation and produced by Netflix’s inside studio, Animal Logic.
The film is Ron Howard’s first animated function movie and is a few younger man who begins shrinking in dimension after enjoying a wierd board sport, which works largely unnoticed by his dad and mom.
The Goon
Director: Patrick Osborne
Studio: Blur Studio, Dark Horse Entertainment
One approach or one other, this animated function movie primarily based on the comedian has been in growth for over a decade beginning its life as a Kickstarter mission.
In the summer season of 2022, it was introduced that Netflix would choose up the title and distribute the film, with the studio behind Love, Death and Robots engaged on the function movie.
The Sea Beast 2
Studio: Netflix Animation
Director: Chris Williams
Picture: Netflix
Following the discharge of The Sea Beast in 2022, the film grew to become considered one of Netflix’s greatest animated hits and can be returning for a sequel.
The Witch Boy
Studio: Vertigo Entertainment
Director: Minkyu Lee (though reportedly now not)
Based on the graphic novels by Molly Know Ostertag, this animated film is being produced by Vertigo Entertainment (The Lego Movie), with HAIM concerned within the soundtrack.
In a secret, a magical group the place women are born to be witches and boys develop into shapeshifters, Aster is shocked to find his rising and extraordinary witch powers. When a mysterious hazard threatens his world, Aster should embark on a journey to uncover the reality behind himself, his powers, and the whole lot magical.
Thelma the Unicorn
This film relies on the novel by award-winning Australian youngsters’s writer Aaron Blabey. Netflix first picked it up in 2019.
When a uncommon pink and glitter-filled second of destiny makes Thelma the Pony’s want of being a unicorn come true, she rises to instantaneous worldwide pop-superstar stardom, however at an surprising price. Thelma the Unicorn is a joyful story about studying to like who you might be… even should you don’t have sparkles.
Ultraman
Director: Shannon Tindle and John Aoshima
Studio: Industrial Light & Magic, Netflix Animation and Tsuburaya Productions
Verging extra into the anime territory is a brand new animated film on the beloved Japanese superhero.
The creator of Netflix’s Lost Ollie is behind this new function movie which is a few celebrity baseball participant returning to Japan to hold on the legacy of being Ultraman.
Untitled Steve Box Animated Film
Director: Steve Box
Studio: SUPERPROD Animation
Country of Origin: France
Picture: Netflix
Steve Box is behind the beloved Wallace & Gromit function movie Wallace & Gromit: The Curse Of The Were Rabbit and can be bringing a brand new yet-to-be-titled function movie to Netflix.
Here’s the premise of the brand new movie:
“Struggling to feed themselves with the proceeds of their ever-inventive, but low-yield heists, Tibbles and his rag-tag gang of stray cats are forced to go undercover to pull of the biggest heist of their lives, posing as the thing they most despise – the pampered pets of suburbia.”
Wallace & Gromit
Directors: Nick Park and Merlin Crossingham.
Studio: Aardman Animation
The duo of Wallace & Gromit first graced British screens in 1989 and has seen quite a few spin-offs, collection, and have movies since, however now they’re headed again to the massive display screen.
The BBC will distribute the film within the United Kingdom and Netflix in every single place else.
The movie “sees Gromit becoming concerned that Wallace is a little too dependent on his inventions. When Wallace’s “Smart Gnome” develops a thoughts of its personal, it falls to Gromit to battle sinister forces and save his grasp…or Wallace could by no means have the ability to invent once more!”
This title has been confirmed to return to Netflix in 2024 though we’re anticipating some updates publicly in 2023.
A number of notes to spherical out this text. First let’s run by way of a number of titles which are anticipated to return to Netflix however have restricted data:
- Ronnie Del Carmen is engaged on a yet-to-be-titled Netflix animated function movie, though we do realize it’s primarily based on lore and mythology from the Philippines.
- The Red Wall books by Brian Jacques are being tailored into a number of titles, together with films with Patrick McHale’s writing.
- Tunga – Animated musical from Zimbabwe-Born Godwin Jabangwe.
- The Witcher is about to get one other animated film.
And lastly, a number of animated function movies now not in growth at Netflix:
- Animal Farm is reportedly now not at Netflix.
- Cattywumpus, an animated function movie by Gore Verbinski, was beforehand headed to Netflix however is now not creating.
- Previously introduced for Netflix, it’s unclear whether or not Andy Serkis’s Animal Farm can be headed to the service anymore.
- Bubbles, the animated film about Michael Jackson from Taika Watiti, is now not at Netflix.
- Ember was scrapped in December 2022, which was going to be the following animated function from the director of Klaus.
What new animated function movie are you most trying ahead to on Netflix? Let us know within the feedback down beneath.