{"id":509352,"date":"2026-04-02T18:11:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T18:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/509352\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T18:11:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T18:11:09","slug":"bong-joon-hos-animated-feature-ally-reveals-first-look","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/509352\/","title":{"rendered":"Bong Joon Ho’s Animated Feature ‘Ally’ Reveals First Look"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tBong Joon Ho<\/a> has unveiled the first look at \u201cAlly<\/a>,\u201d his debut animated feature, a project the filmmaker has been developing since 2019 and one that represents a significant new creative direction after a career built on live-action genre cinema.<\/p>\n

\n\tBong co-wrote the script with Jason Yu (\u201cSleep\u201d), with Barunson C&C handling production. CJ ENM, Penture Invest and Path\u00e9 are co-financing and distributing. Seo Woo-sik is producing in his third collaboration with Bong following \u201cMother\u201d and \u201cOkja.\u201d The film is expected to wrap in the first half of 2027, with a worldwide theatrical release planned for that same year.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe story centers on a piglet squid named Ally who inhabits the little-explored depths of the South Pacific Ocean, harboring ambitions of reaching the surface and one day featuring in a wildlife documentary. Her world is upended when an aircraft goes down into the sea, setting her on an unlikely journey upward alongside a mismatched group of companions. Drawing on real marine biology for its creature design, the film takes on themes of bravery and connection, with the encounters between its deep-sea characters and the human world driving the narrative. The picture is conceived as a family adventure, combining large-scale underwater action with humor and emotional storytelling.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe production draws on talent from across 12 countries. Animation supervisor Jae Hyung Kim has previously worked on \u201cToy Story 4\u201d and \u201cInside Out,\u201d while supervising producer David Lipman comes from the \u201cShrek\u201d franchise and production designer Marcin Jakubowski worked on \u201cKlaus.\u201d VFX and animation company DNEG, whose feature credits include \u201cInception\u201d and \u201cDune,\u201d is contributing 3D animation work.<\/p>\n

\n\tBong is best known internationally for \u201cParasite\u201d (2019), which made history as the first film ever to claim both best picture and international feature film at the Academy Awards, and also won Bong trophies for best director and original screenplay. It was the first South Korean film to win an Oscar. His wider filmography includes \u201cSnowpiercer,\u201d \u201cMemories of Murder,\u201d \u201cMother\u201d and most recently \u201cMickey 17.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tPath\u00e9 will release \u201cAlly\u201d theatrically in France, Benelux, Switzerland and West Africa, and will handle international sales outside Japan, China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. CJ ENM and Penture Invest will manage distribution in South Korea, Vietnam, Turkey and Indonesia, and will oversee sales in the excluded Asian territories.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bong Joon Ho has unveiled the first look at \u201cAlly,\u201d his debut animated feature, a project the filmmaker…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":509353,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[178384,117604,96,2839,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-509352","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-ally","9":"tag-bong-joon-ho","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-movies","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509352","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=509352"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509352\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/509353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=509352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=509352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=509352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}