Bluey animated movie introduced by Disney+ and BBC

Bluey, the pet and star of the Bafta-winning youngsters’s TV present, is hitting the large display in her first characteristic movie.

It’ll arrive in cinemas in 2027 and can then stream on Disney+, ABC iView and ABC Youngsters in Australia.

BBC Studios, the BBC’s industrial arm, is teaming up with Disney for the mission.

Bluey is a blue heeler canine, who lives together with her mum, dad and little sister, Bingo. She turns on a regular basis occasions in her life into adventures.

The present’s creator, Joe Brumm, stated: “I’ve at all times thought Bluey deserved a theatrical film. I need this to be an experiential occasion for the entire household to take pleasure in collectively.”

The TV collection was co-commissioned by ABC and BBC Studios in 2017 and is made by Australian manufacturing firm Ludo (a blue heeler is an Australian canine breed).

It is accessible in additional than 140 international locations, and is the highest present on CBeebies and Disney+ within the UK. It is also this yr’s most-watched collection globally on Disney+, in keeping with Nielsen Media Analysis.

The collection has additionally received quite a few awards together with Tv Critics Affiliation Awards in 2023 and 2024 and this yr’s Peabody Award.

The collection has been streamed for greater than 20 billion minutes on Disney+ within the US over the past yr, placing it within the nation’s high 10 streaming programmes for minutes seen.

The movie will characteristic the vocal actors from the TV present, together with Melanie Zanetti and David McCormack as Bluey’s mother and father, Chilli and Bandit Heeler, and music created by its composer Joff Bush.