Overview
- Bong Joon Ho released a first image Thursday and confirmed his debut animation, Ally, is now in production.
- The film follows a piglet squid in the South Pacific whose life changes after a downed aircraft sends her on a journey to the surface.
- CJ ENM, Penture Invest and Pathé are co-financing and distributing, with Barunson C&C producing under Seo Woo-sik.
- Pathé will release in France, Benelux, Switzerland and West Africa, while CJ ENM and Penture handle South Korea, Vietnam, Turkey and Indonesia and oversee sales in Japan, China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
- The production draws talent from 12 countries with animation lead Jae Hyung Kim, producer David Lipman and designer Marcin Jakubowski, and DNEG on 3D work, and it targets completion in early 2027 with a worldwide theatrical release later that year; voice casting remains largely unannounced, with only reports linking Werner Herzog.