Warner Bros.’ live action-animated hybrid film “Animal Friends” has been moved from a planned June 5 release to Jan. 22, 2027, the studio announced Friday. Ryan Reynolds voices Pony while Jason Momoa voices Bear in this tale of two runaway animals.
Peter Atencio directs the adult-targeted road trip adventure, which stars Aubrey Plaza as a DEA agent, Addison Rae, Dan Levy as a Fish and Wildlife ranger, Lil Ray Howery and Ellie Bamber as the voice of a bird.
Pony is described as a small narcissist, while Big Bear is conflict-averse. They set out on an adventure across America to find the farm where they once lived, while being pursued by an equally strange couple of DEA agents and a Fish and Wildlife ranger.
Kevin Burrows and Matt Meader wrote the screenplay for Legendary, Maximum Effort, and Prime Focus Studios.
“Animal Friends” is moving around the schedule like rabbits. First set for August 15, 2025 through Columbia, it moved to Warner Bros. after Legendary’s distribution deal with Sony ended. Warner canceled the hybrid film for October 10, then May 1 and June 5.
The June 5 date left by “Animal Friends” still has several other releases planned, including “Masters of the Universe” from Amazon/MGM, Nick Jonas and Paul Rudd starring in Lionsgate’s “Power Ballad” and “Scary Movie” from Paramount/Miramax.
Reynolds’ action comedy “Mayday” is arriving in September, while Momoa stars in “The Wrecking Crew” in January and “Street Fighter” and “Dune: Part Three” are both set to arrive later in 2026.
