List of animated feature films of 2026

This is a list of animated feature films scheduled for release in 2026 .

List

Title	Country	Director	Studio	Animation technique	Notes	Release date
The Angry Birds Movie 3	Finland United States United Kingdom Hong Kong Japan	John Rice	Paramount Pictures Rovio Animation Sega Sammy Group One Cool Group Limited DNEG Animation Flywheel Media Rabbits Black Dentsu	Computer	[1] [2] [3] [4]	December 23, 2026
Animal Crackers 2	United States Spain	Scott Christian Sava Dean Lorey	BlueDream Studios Melies Producciones Plano Sujetivo B Water Studios	Computer	[5]	TBA
Animal Friends	United States	Peter Atencio	Warner Bros. Pictures Legendary Pictures Maximum Effort Prime Focus	Computer Live-action	[6] [7]	June 5, 2026
Arnie & Barney	Belgium Germany	Sean Heuston	Studio 100	Computer	[8]	TBA
Asterix, the Kingdom of Nubia	France	Alexandre Heboyan	SND M6 Studio	Computer	[9]	TBA
Batman: Knightfall	United States	Jeff Wamester	Warner Bros. Animation DC Entertainment	Traditional	[10]	TBA
The Cat in the Hat	United States	Erica Rivinoja Alessandro Carloni	Warner Bros. Pictures Warner Bros. Pictures Animation Dr. Seuss Enterprises DNEG Animation	Computer	[11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16]	November 6, 2026
Charlie the Wonderdog	Canada	Shea Wageman	ICON Creative Studio	Computer	[17]	January 16, 2026
Cheburashka 2	Russia	Dmitry Dyachenko	Yellow, Black and White START Studio Soyuzmultfilm Russia-1 CTC Media Cinema Fund	Computer Live-action	[18]	January 1, 2026
Conni – Mystery of the Crane	Germany	Dirk Hampel	Youngfilms Senator Film Produktion	Computer	[19]	Q2 2026
Coyote vs. Acme	United States	Dave Green	Ketchup Entertainment Warner Bros. Pictures Animation	Computer Live-action	[20] [21]	August 28, 2026
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Getaway	United States Canada	TBA	Walt Disney Pictures Bardel Entertainment 20th Century Animation	Computer	[22]	TBA
Doraemon: New Nobita and the Castle of the Undersea Devil	Japan	Tetsuo Yajima	Shin-Ei Animation	Traditional	[23]	February 27, 2026
Dougie Dolittle	Germany	Regina Welker	Studio 100 Caligari Film	Computer	[24]	Q4 2026
Ella Arcangel: Awit ng Pangil at Kuko	Philippines	Mervin Malonzo	GMA Pictures Twenty Manila Haliya Publishing Rocketsheep Studio	Traditional	[25]	TBA
Flamingo Flamenco	Spain Germany Ireland	Rob Sprackling Raúl Garcia	Studio 100 3 Doubles Producciones	Computer	[26]	Q4 2026
Forgotten Island	United States	Joel Crawford Januel Mercado	Universal Pictures DreamWorks Animation	Computer Traditional	[27]	September 25, 2026
Girls und Panzer: Motto Love Love Sakusen Desu!	Japan	Masami Shimoda Takahiko Usui	P.A. Works Actas	Traditional	[28] [29] [30]	TBA
Goat	United States	Tyree Dillihay	Columbia Pictures Sony Pictures Animation Unanimous Media Modern Magic	Computer	[31]	February 13, 2026
Grotesqqque	Japan	Atsushi Nishigori	CloverWorks	Traditional	[32] [33]	TBA
The Growcodile	Belgium France Luxembourg Netherlands	Joost Van Den Bosch Erik Verkerk	Freaks Factory Cool Beans Film Constellation Ka-Ching Cartoons	Computer	[34] [35]	TBA
Hexed	United States	Josie Trinidad Jason Hand	Walt Disney Animation Studios	Computer Traditional	[36] [37]	November 25, 2026
Hoppers	United States	Daniel Chong	Disney Pixar Animation Studios	Computer	[38] [39] [40] [41]	March 6, 2026
Jasmine & Jambo	Spain	Silvia Cortés	Teidees Audiovisual	Flash animation	[42]	TBA
Kiri and Lou Rarararara!	New Zealand	TBA	Vendetta Films Ltd. CAKE	Computer	[43]	TBA
Kittened	France	Albert Pereira-Lazaro	SND Mac Guff Jungler	Computer	[44] [45]	TBA
LarryBoy	United States	Claire Morissey	Universal Pictures Big Idea Entertainment Kingstone Studios DreamWorks Classics	Computer	[46] [47] [48]	TBA
The Last Whale Singer	Germany Czech Republic Canada	Reza Memari	Telescope Animation PFX La Boîte à Fanny	Computer	[49] [50]	September 28, 2025 (Schlingel) February 12, 2026 (Germany)
The Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender	United States	Lauren Montgomery	Paramount+ Paramount Pictures Nickelodeon Movies Avatar Studios	Traditional	[51] [52] [53] [54]	TBA
Meikyū no Shiori	Japan	Shōji Kawamori	Sanzigen	Computer	[55]	January 1, 2026
Minibots	United States	Tony Bancroft	Toonz Media Group Evolutionary Films Mojo Global Arts	Computer	[56]	TBA
Minions 3	United States	TBA	Universal Pictures Illumination	Computer	[57] [58]	July 1, 2026
A New Dawn	Japan France	Yoshitoshi Shinomiya	Asmik Ace Miyu Productions	Traditional	[59]	TBA
On the Edge	United States	Octavio Rodriguez	Studio 100 Film Studio 100 International Viva Pictures On The Edge Animation A.I.E. Able & Baker Monkeys & Dinos Telegael	Computer	[60]	Q4 2026
Paris ni Saku Étoile	Japan	Gorō Taniguchi	Arvo Animation	Traditional	[61]	March 13, 2026
Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie	United States Canada	Cal Brunker	Paramount Pictures Nickelodeon Movies Spin Master Entertainment	Computer	[62] [63] [64]	August 14, 2026
Ray Gunn	United States	Brad Bird	Netflix Skydance Animation	Computer	[65] [66] [67] [68] [69]	TBA
Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom	United Kingdom France	Steve Cox Matthew Walker	Aardman Animations Sky Cinema StudioCanal	Stop-motion	[70]	TBA
Steps	United States	Alyce Tzue John Ripa	Netflix Animation Studios	Computer	[71]	TBA
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie	United States Japan	Aaron Horvath Michael Jelenic	Universal Pictures Illumination Nintendo	Computer	[72] [73] [74]	April 3, 2026
Swapped	United States	Nathan Greno	Netflix Skydance Animation	Computer	[75] [76] [77]	TBA
Tad, The Lost Explorer 4	Spain	TBA	Ikiru Films	Computer	[78]	August 26, 2026
Toy Story 5	United States	Andrew Stanton	Disney Pixar Animation Studios	Computer	[38] [79] [80] [81] [82]	June 19, 2026
Wildwood	United States	Travis Knight	Laika	Stop-motion	[83] [84] [85] [45] [86]	TBA
Wings of Freedom	Europe	Laurent Zeitoun	StudioCanal Good Hero	Computer	[87]	TBA

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External links

• Animated films of the year, listed in the IMDb