Overview
- Producers announced the voice ensemble Tuesday at the Cannes Film Festival, naming Bradley Cooper, Ayo Edebiri, Dave Bautista, Finn Wolfhard, Rachel House and Werner Herzog, with newcomer Alex Jayne Go poised as the probable lead.
- Neon will release the film in North American theaters, while Pathé handles France, Benelux, Switzerland and West Africa and CJ ENM and Penture Invest oversee South Korea, Vietnam, Turkey and Indonesia, with Pathé selling most other international rights.
- The story follows a curious piglet squid from the South Pacific depths who is pushed toward the surface after a downed aircraft disrupts her world, framing a family adventure about friendship and courage.
- DNEG will provide high-end 3D animation with a global team that includes animation supervisor Jae Hyung Kim, supervising producer David Lipman and production designer Marcin Jakubowski.
- Bong co-wrote the script with Jason Yu, longtime collaborator Seo Woo-sik produces, development began in 2019, and the team is targeting completion in the first half of 2027 ahead of a theatrical release later that year, with any budget figures still unconfirmed.