Overview
- New Line Cinema and Warner Bros. Pictures Animation named David Derrick Jr. and John Aoshima as directors Monday for Hello Kitty’s first Hollywood theatrical feature.
- Studios are holding a July 2028 theatrical date for the release, which outlets list as either July 21 or July 28, marking the character’s Hollywood big-screen debut.
- Ramsey Naito will produce alongside Beau Flynn, with FlynnPictureCo.’s Shelby Thomas overseeing the project.
- No plot details have been shared, and Jeff Chan is writing the current script following earlier drafts by multiple writers from a treatment by Robert Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon.
- The film has been in development for years following Sanrio’s 2019 licensing deal with New Line and FlynnPictureCo., and previously attached director Leo Matsuda is no longer listed.