{"id":495534,"date":"2026-03-26T01:36:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T01:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/495534\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T01:36:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T01:36:13","slug":"dreamworks-latest-is-a-philippines-adventure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/495534\/","title":{"rendered":"DreamWorks Latest is a Philippines Adventure"},"content":{"rendered":"

DreamWorks has released the first trailer for \u201cForgotten Island<\/a>,\u201d the latest original animated film from the studio<\/a> behind \u201cShrek\u201d and \u201cHow to Train Your Dragon.\u201d<\/p>\n

Set in the Philippines during the \u201990s, \u201cForgotten Island\u201d stars H.E.R and Liza Soberano as Jo and Raissa, two polar opposites who become best friends in early childhood. Tight-knit for their entire lives, the two come to a crossroads upon graduating high school: while the gregarious and artistic Jo plans to stay in the Philippines, the responsible and neurotic Raissa is going to move to the United States to attend college. <\/p>\n

On their last night together before Raissa leaves, the two stumble upon a strange portal that transports them to the island of Nakali, which is filled with mythological creatures pulled from Filipino folklore and mythology. There, they also discover that being on the island causes them to slowly lose their memories of their outside lives, including their memories of their friendship together. With a trusty sidekick weredog named Raww (Dave Franco), the two must confront the fearsome Dreaded Manananggal (\u201cMulan\u201d voice actor Lea Salonga) to escape the island before they forget everything. <\/p>\n

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\u201cForgotten Island\u201d is directed and written by Joel Crawford<\/a> and Januel Mercado, longtime animators at DreamWorks who got their start with \u201cKung Fu Panda 2.\u201d The two previously worked together on 2022\u2019s acclaimed \u201cPuss in Boots: The Last Wish\u201d \u2014 Crawford as a director, Mercado as co-director \u2014which received an Oscar nomination for Best Animated Feature.<\/p>\n

Along with H.E.R, Soberano, Franco, and Salonga, the \u201cForgotten Island\u201d voice cast also includes Jenny Slate, Manny Jacinto, BAFTA nominee Dolly de Leon, Jo Koy, and Ronny Chieng. The film<\/a> is produced by Mark Swift, who also produced \u201cPuss in Boots: The Last Wish.\u201d Universal Pictures distributes the film. <\/p>\n

Currently, \u201cForgotten Island\u201d is the only original DreamWorks animated film officially announced. In 2027, the studio will release \u201cCocomelon: The Movie,\u201d a film based on the preschool entertainment channel, as well as the sequel to the live-action \u201cHow to Train Your Dragon\u201d and \u201cShrek 5,\u201d the long-awaited sequel to the studio\u2019s most popular franchise.<\/p>\n

\u201cForgotten Island\u201d hits theaters on Friday, September 25. Watch the full trailer below.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DreamWorks has released the first trailer for \u201cForgotten Island,\u201d the latest original animated film from the studio behind…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":495535,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[10388,13840,96,2332,174465,2839,7021,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-495534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-animation","tag-dreamworks-animation","tag-entertainment","tag-film","tag-forgotten-island","tag-movies","tag-trailers","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=495534"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495534\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/495535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=495534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=495534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=495534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}