{"id":509952,"date":"2026-04-03T01:42:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T01:42:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/509952\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T01:42:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T01:42:21","slug":"bong-joon-ho-shows-first-look-for-animated-film-about-deep-sea-piglet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/509952\/","title":{"rendered":"Bong Joon Ho Shows First Look For Animated Film About Deep-Sea Piglet"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tOscar-winning Korean writer-director Bong Joon Ho<\/a> has revealed that his hotly-awaited debut animated feature film will be titled Ally<\/a> at the same time as unveiling a first image for its titular protagonist.<\/p>\n

\n\tCreated from a screenplay co-written by Bong with Jason Yu (Sleep), the film revolves around Ally, a curious piglet squid living in the depths of the South Pacific Ocean with dreams of one day seeing the sun and becoming the star of a wildlife documentary.<\/p>\n

\n\tWhen a mysterious aircraft sinks into the ocean, Ally\u2019s peaceful world is thrown into danger. She is thrust into an extraordinary journey that will take her all the way to the surface, accompanied by her colorful, loyal and unlikely companions. Check out a first look at the \u201ccurious and endearing\u201d Ally below. <\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tFirst Look at Bong Joon Ho\u2019s Ally<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u00a92026 V8 Pistons Pictures.<\/p>\n

\n\tInspired by real-life marine creatures, the film explores themes of friendship and courage, as encounters between humans and the creatures of the deep reshape both worlds.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn other news related to the project, the involvement of French studio Path\u00e9 as a financier, distributor and sales agent has been revealed.<\/p>\n

\n\tFinancing and distribution are handled by CJ ENM<\/a>, Penture Invest, and Path\u00e9, with Barunson C&C overseeing production. \u00a0Barunson Entertainment CEO Seo Woo-sik produces the film marking his third collaboration with Director Bong, following Mother and Okja.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe film will be completed in the first half of 2027, with a worldwide theatrical release in the same year.<\/p>\n

\n\tPath\u00e9 will handle distribution in France, Benelux, Switzerland and West Africa while CJ and Penture will distribute in South Korea<\/a>, Vietnam, Turkey and Indonesia. Path\u00e9 represents international sales excluding Japan, China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, for which CJ and Penture will handle sales.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn development since 2019, the film is seen a major career milestone in Director Bong\u2019s career as his first foray into animation<\/a> after live action hits including Oscar-winner Parasite as well as Okja and Snowpiercer.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe film brings together leading creative talents from 12 countries, including South Korea, with key contributors such as animation supervisor Jae Hyung Kim (Toy Story 4, Inside Out), supervising producer David Lipman (Shrek franchise) and production designer Marcin Jakubowski (Klaus). DNEG, the world-renowned studio behind Inception and Dune, is also onboard contributing expertise in high-end 3D animation.<\/p>\n

\n\tTalking to Deadline at the Marrakech Film Festival in Morocco last year,<\/a> while serving as jury president, Bong described the making of the animation as a \u201cvery wild and tough job\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Oscar-winning Korean writer-director Bong Joon Ho has revealed that his hotly-awaited debut animated feature film will be titled…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":509953,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[178384,10388,117604,88833,96,8629,2839,178501,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-509952","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-ally","9":"tag-animation","10":"tag-bong-joon-ho","11":"tag-cj-enm","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-korea","14":"tag-movies","15":"tag-pathe","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom","18":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509952","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=509952"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509952\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/509953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=509952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=509952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=509952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}