Bluey animated film announced by Disney+ and BBC Studios

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

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

BBC Studios, the BBC’s business arm, is teaming up with Disney for the undertaking.

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, mentioned: “I’ve at all times thought Bluey deserved a theatrical film. I would like 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 obtainable in additional than 140 international locations, and is the highest present on CBeebies and Disney+ within the UK. It is also this 12 months’s most-watched collection globally on Disney+, based on Nielsen Media Analysis.

The collection has additionally received quite a few awards together with Tv Critics Affiliation Awards in 2023 and 2024 and this 12 months’s Peabody Award.

The collection has been streamed for greater than 20 billion minutes on Disney+ within the US during the last 12 months, 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 dad and mom, Chilli and Bandit Heeler, and music created by its composer Joff Bush.