{"id":25468,"date":"2025-07-26T12:25:07","date_gmt":"2025-07-26T12:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/25468\/"},"modified":"2025-07-26T12:25:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-26T12:25:07","slug":"webtoon-tiger-brother-gets-3d-animated-film-scheduled-for-release-in-2026-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/25468\/","title":{"rendered":"Webtoon Tiger Brother Gets 3D-Animated Film Scheduled for Release in 2026 &#8211; News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Locus Animation Studios animates fantasy action film<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"462\" height=\"600\" alt=\"e2d5b5a90a246605e7aa7d4cb8eb6c4305a71db6\" border=\"1\" src=\"\/thumbnails\/max600x600\/cms\/news.8\/226898\/e2d5b5a90a246605e7aa7d4cb8eb6c4305a71db6.jpg\" class=\"lazyload\"\/>Image via <a href=\"https:\/\/comic.naver.com\/webtoon\/list?titleId=650305&amp;weekday=sat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Naver Webtoon&#8217;s website<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 Naver Webtoon<\/p>\n<p>The fantasy action webtoon series Tiger Brother is being adapted into a 3D-animated feature film, slated for release in the first half of 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The story of the webtoon on Naver Webtoon reads:<\/p>\n<p>A ruthless half-man, half-beast named White Eyebrows seeks to use the child to rule the world.<br \/>\nCaught up in the chaos, a monstrous tiger named Bbareu and an aspiring warrior Ga-woo unexpectedly become the child&#8217;s protectors.<br \/>\nNow, this unlikely duo must join forces to protect the child\u2014and the world\u2014from falling into White Eyebrows&#8217; hands!<\/p>\n<p>Originally launched in 2015 and created by Sang-kyu Lee, Tiger Brother has maintained steady popularity on Naver Webtoon. Locus Animation Studios, known for its work on the adult occult animation <a href=\"https:\/\/locusanimation.com\/project\/toemarok2025\/?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Exorcism Chronicles: The Beginning<\/a>, is producing the upcoming theatrical adaptation. Exorcism Chronicles: The Beginning attracted 500,000 viewers in Korea.<\/p>\n<p>The Tiger Brother film is currently in the final stages of visual production, including key animation, lighting, rendering, and compositing, with completion expected by the end of this year. Post-production and marketing will follow, leading up to the film&#8217;s theatrical debut.<\/p>\n<p>According to Korean trade media outlet Chosun Biz, Locus Animation Studios is collaborating with Naver Webtoon&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=23908\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Studio N<\/a> on this project, and is also developing additional animated content based on popular Naver IPs. The company is also expanding into international co-productions with Japanese studios.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, an English version of the webtoon is not available. <\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/biz.chosun.com\/it-science\/ict\/2025\/07\/21\/HPMPVUQZ4JDEVPC3TJXXMOX75M\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Chosun Biz<\/a> (Kyung-tak Lee)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Locus Animation Studios animates fantasy action film Image via Naver Webtoon&#8217;s website \u00a9 Naver Webtoon The fantasy action&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25469,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[49,48,75,337],"class_list":["post-25468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25468"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25468\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}