Bluey movie opens in theaters Aug 6, 2027

BBC Studios, Walt Disney Studios and Australia’s Ludo Studio announced on Thursday that the feature film adaptation of the preschool hit Bluey will open in theaters on August 6, 2027. The untitled movie, written and directed by series creator Joe Brumm, marks the long-anticipated big-screen debut of the blue heeler and her family and will premiere in cinemas before streaming on Disney and airing on ABC iView and ABC Kids in Australia.

Studios said Brumm will also serve as an executive producer, with Richard Jeffery set to codirect and Amber Naismith producing. Melanie Zanetti and David McCormack will reprise their roles as Bluey’s parents, Chilli and Bandit Heeler. Other executive producers named include Justine Flynn, Charlie Aspinwall and Daley Pearson, and David Greenbaum, president of 20th Century Studios, will oversee the project for Disney. Series composer Joff Bush is slated to provide the film’s score. Ludo Studio will handle the animation, which studios describe as a theatrical extension of the creative approach used in the series.

Brumm has previously said that expanding to a longer format felt natural after working with a longer episode in season three. In a December...