In what has turned within the final years because the most-watched Wednesday Annecy showcase, Netflix as we speak revealed new particulars of its upcoming animation slate for 2026 and past, recent off the Annecy Bonlieu theater stage the place a wave of friends enchanted animation followers from all around the world.
Headlining this presentation, two-time Academy Award winner Brad Bird took the stage for an in-depth dialog with fellow Academy Award profitable director, Aardman co-founder and not too long ago Knighted Peter Lord, revealing new photographs and never-before-seen clips from his upcoming characteristic ‘Ray Gunn,’ set for a Dec. 18 launch later this 12 months.
Venus Nova (Scarlett Johansson) and Raymond Gunn (Sam Rockwell) in Brad Fowl’s ‘Ray Gunn.’ Credit Skydance Animation 2026
As he defined in earlier bulletins, “Ray Gunn” has been percolating within the director’s thoughts for greater than 30 years. Sitting in a Hollywood vault for a number of a long time, Fowl lastly received maintain of the undertaking once more just a few years again. “Despite the many transformations in animation technology and the film industry at large, the fundamental concept still was dear to me,” defined Fowl. A city, futuristic sci-fi noir journey impressed by style items and Fowl’s love for “Chinatown,” which he dubbed ‘the greatest detective movie of all time,’ Fowl dove deeper into crafting the movie, sharing laughs and his love for the animated medium with each Lord and Annecy’s captivated viewers.
Past unique tales lengthy within the making, Netflix additionally shared a primary teaser of its flagship anime undertaking, “The One Piece,” set for world launch in February 2027. Produced by WIT Studio, this model new anime adaptation goes again to the very starting of the unique manga’s East Blue saga, separating itself from the TV anime collection that has charged full pace forward over the course of greater than 25 years. “The One Piece” as an alternative faucets into the expressive potential of contemporary expertise to supply a well-known but recent tackle the early adventures of Luffy, with “Attack on Titan” director Masashi Koizuka helming the present at WIT Studio.
Netflix used Annecy to announce that Mayumi Tanaka would be the Japanese voice solid for collection hero Luffy.
“As we first sat down with the project, we knew that the story was emotional and inspiring. But we wanted to go into it as a naval action-adventure story. It’s a story of a boy wanting to be King of the Pirates, so we figured that was the most appropriate place to start,” Masashi Koizuka, director of ‘The One Piece,’ has commented. “That means the ocean waters need to be awe-inspiring. The oceans as Luffy sees them are literally uncharted waters full of surprises and excitement. We wanted to bring that awe and scale to life,” he added.
One other legacy and beloved IP makes its option to the Netflix animation 2027 slate with “Ghostbusters: Night Shift” Sony Pictures Animation groups taking the stage to disclose first look and idea arts of their upcoming younger grownup animation collection set between the unique movies and the Afterlife sequels. Set 5 years after the Ghostbusters took the Statue of Liberty for a stroll, younger, scrappy New Yorkers face a brand new wave of supernatural terror hitting the Large Apple. Untrained, underappreciated and kinda sorta accountable for the issue, it’s time for them to placed on proton packs, face their fears, and bust some ghosts.
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Jason Reitman and Gil Kenan took the stage as government producers, introducing showrunners’ duo Ben Hibbon and Elliott Kalan. Amie Karp and Dan Aykroyd are also becoming a member of the undertaking as government producers. Unsurprisingly, given Sony Photos Animation’s report to this point, Annecy’s crowds went wild for the primary footage, in depth behind-the-scenes look introduced by Hibbon and Kalan as we speak. From brand-new, closely stylized characters to a brand new tackle legacy objects from the beloved franchise, the present will certainly possess the following era of Ghostbusters fan with its signature fashion.
Forward of Thursday’s masterclass at Annecy, Netflix Ricky Gervais shared new photographs of his upcoming grownup comedy collection “Alley Cats,” set for a August 7 launch.
(L to R) Jo Hartley as Kitten, Diane Morgan as Olive, Ricky Gervais as Gus, David Earl as Puke, Andrew Brooke as Fang, Tom Basden as Ponce, in ‘Alley Cats.’ Courtesy of Netflix
Again to the characteristic facet, Netflix unveiled footaage from its upcoming “Charlie vs the Chocolate Factory” movie, that includes Taika Waititi as Wonka and directed by Jared Stern (“The Lego Batman Movie”) and Elaine Bogan (“Trollhunter”). Bringing new teenage characters into the Manufacturing unit, with Equipment Connor already introduced as lead voice solid, the movie seems to be a fast-paced, thrilling and colourful journey for younger audiences, and received enthusiastic suggestions from Annecy’s crowds.
New photographs for “Steps,” slated for a Nov. 20 world launch, have been additionally introduced by John Ripa and Alyce Tzue in the wake of their delightful work-in-progress session, following a give attention to Cannes’ Netflix picked-up title “In Waves,” which can launch globally on Netflix (excluding France) on Dec. 11.
Lilith (Ali Wong) in ‘Steps.’ Credit Netflix Animation
Netflix has change into a go-to vacation spot for animation in all its types, with greater than 130 million members world wide watching a wide range of animated titles each month. Anime fandom continues to develop at Netflix as effectively, the place anime programming topped greater than 1.5 billion views in 2025. Earlier this week, Netflix unveiled its anime slate in a separate exclusive showcase.
Right this moment’s bulletins observe an unprecedented 12 months for Netflix Animation, with the triumphant “KPop Demon Hunters” taking residence a historic two Academy Awards whereas changing into Netflix’s hottest movie of all time, spending over a 12 months in Netflix’s World Prime 10. Topping this achievement, Netflix productions gathered 13 Annie Award wins together with three for “Love, Death + Robots,” with “Ultraman: Rising” nabbing the Kids and Household Emmy for excellent animated particular and sound mixing & sound modifying for an animated program.
