{"id":449041,"date":"2026-05-14T20:13:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T20:13:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/449041\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T20:13:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T20:13:15","slug":"cocomelon-animated-movie-unveils-first-look-image-voice-cast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/449041\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018CoComelon\u2019 Animated Movie Unveils First Look Image, Voice Cast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe children\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/animation\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">animation<\/a>\u00a0phenomenon\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/cocomelon\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CoComelon<\/a>\u00a0has unveiled a first look image and the voice cast for CoComelon: The Movie, an upcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/universal-pictures\/\" id=\"auto-tag_universal-pictures_1\" data-tag=\"universal-pictures\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Universal Pictures<\/a> movie set for a Feb. 19, 2027 theatrical release.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe big screen CG animated treatment based on the popular kids show will follow JJ, his friends, and a new cast of characters will be voiced by SZA, Ike Barinholtz, Nicholas Hoult and Sarah Sherman. Also set to voice new characters is Ego Nwodim, Josh Johnson, Matt Friend, Rhys Darby and Cristo Fern\u00e1ndez. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tIn addition, Connor Esterson\u00a0will voice JJ,\u00a0Camden Brooks\u00a0will voice Cody,\u00a0Olivia London Leyva\u00a0will voice Nina and\u00a0Aerina DeBoer\u00a0will voice CeCe on CoComelon: The Movie.\u00a0Moonbug Entertainment, the company behind the hit preschool show,\u00a0and Flywheel Media are behind the animated\u00a0CoComelon\u00a0feature film based on the original\u00a0CoComelon\u00a0channel on YouTube that became a sensation in the last 2010s.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tAlso producing is Prime Focus Studios, DreamWorks Animation, and with animation completed by the DNEG Group. Kat Good\u00a0(Kung Fu Panda) will direct the feature and Grammy-nominated songwriter and producer Justin Tranter is the executive music producer for a film based on the popular preschool series known for its vivid animation and a focus on earworm sing-along songs. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tCoComelon\u00a0includes spin-offs like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/netflix\/\" id=\"auto-tag_netflix_1\" data-tag=\"netflix\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Netflix<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0CoComelon Lane \u2014\u00a0the streamer\u2019s first foray into original programming with Moonbug Entertainment\u00a0\u2014 Cody Time, Nina\u2019s Familia\u00a0and\u00a0JJ\u2019s Animal Time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tMoonbug is part of Candle Media, which is run by co-chairmen and co-CEOs Kevin Mayer and Tom Staggs, with backing from investment funds managed by Blackstone\u2019s private equity business. Flywheel Media was launched by Don McGregor and is at work on\u00a0The Angry Birds Movie 3,\u00a0set for a release by Paramount Pictures in 2027.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The children\u2019s\u00a0animation\u00a0phenomenon\u00a0CoComelon\u00a0has unveiled a first look image and the voice cast for CoComelon: The Movie, an upcoming Universal&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":449042,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[195218,93,61,60,270,1868,17988],"class_list":["post-449041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-cocomelon","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-movies","tag-netflix","tag-universal-pictures"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=449041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449041\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/449042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=449041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=449041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=449041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}