Draft:Anubis (film)

Anubis
Anubis
Directed by	Chris Wedge
Screenplay by	Robert L. Baird; Lloyd Taylor;
Based on	The Anubis Tapestry by Bruce Zick
Produced by	Karen Ryan; Julie Zackary; Lori Forte;
Starring	Brenton Thwaites; Guillermo del Toro; James Franco;
Music by	Christophe Beck
Production; company	Annapurna Animation
Distributed by	Netflix
Release date	June 25, 2027;
Country	United States
Language	English

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Anubis is a upcoming American computer-animated comedy adventure film based on the Bruce Zick's novel The Anubis Tapestry. It is directed by Chris Wedge, and screenplay by Robert L. Baird and Lloyd Taylor. The film stars Brenton Thwaites, Guillermo del Toro and James Franco.

Premise

Chance Henry's (Brenton Thwaites) archaeologist father, George Henry (James Franco), accidentally awakens an evil mummy who steals his soul. Chance risks becoming a mummy himself to rescue his father from the Egyptian Underworld.

Voice cast

Brenton Thwaites as Chance Henry
Guillermo del Toro as Anubis
James Franco as George Henry

Production

In 2008, Blue Sky Studios had acquired the copyright rights to adapt it.^[1]

Cancelled

In 2021, before Disney confirmed that it would close Blue Sky Studios forever, along with the projects that the animation studio already had in mind; The movie based on the book had already been supposedly canceled for unknown reasons. It is said that due to creative differences or economic problems.^[2]

Revived by Netflix and Annapurna Animation

In December 2024, it was announced that Netflix and Annapurna Animation had picked up Anubis earlier on June 25, 2027.

Music

Anubis was Christophe Beck's third feature film collaboration with Annapurna.

Release

Anubis was released on June 25, 2027. On May 16, 2013, the film was set to be released on July 15, 2016, at first,^[3] and among the directors who were considered to direct the film there had been Chris Wedge or Michael Thurmeier, but from one moment to the next its release date was delayed and it was replaced by Ice Age: Collision Course (2016), directed by the aforementioned M. Thurmeier, and had been delayed to March 2018, which Fox removed the movie from their release schedule on June 30, 2017.^[4]

References

^ Tatiana Siegel; Diane Garrett (April 13, 2008). "Fox Animation weaves 'Tapestry'". Variety. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved July 18, 2024.
^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (February 6, 2021). "Disney Closing Blue Sky Studios, Fox's Once-Dominant Animation House Behind 'Ice Age' Franchise". Deadline Hollywood. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved July 18, 2024.
^ Chitwood, Adam (May 16, 2013). "DreamWorks Animation Moves B.O.O. Release Up to June 5, 2015 and TROLLS to November 4, 2016; Fox Dates ANUBIS and FERDINAND". Collider. Retrieved July 18, 2024.
^ Couch, Aaron (June 30, 2017). "Fox Carves Out Dates for 6 Mystery Marvel Movies". The Hollywood Reporter. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved July 18, 2024. Meanwhile, animated film Anubis, previously set for March 23, 2018, has been taken off the calendar.

[1] Tatiana Siegel; Diane Garrett (April 13, 2008). "Fox Animation weaves 'Tapestry'". Variety. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved July 18, 2024.

[2] D'Alessandro, Anthony (February 6, 2021). "Disney Closing Blue Sky Studios, Fox's Once-Dominant Animation House Behind 'Ice Age' Franchise". Deadline Hollywood. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved July 18, 2024.

[3] Chitwood, Adam (May 16, 2013). "DreamWorks Animation Moves B.O.O. Release Up to June 5, 2015 and TROLLS to November 4, 2016; Fox Dates ANUBIS and FERDINAND". Collider. Retrieved July 18, 2024.

[4] Couch, Aaron (June 30, 2017). "Fox Carves Out Dates for 6 Mystery Marvel Movies". The Hollywood Reporter. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved July 18, 2024. Meanwhile, animated film Anubis, previously set for March 23, 2018, has been taken off the calendar.

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v t e Blue Sky Studios
Feature films	Ice Age (2002) Robots (2005) Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006) Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! (2008) Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009) Rio (2011) Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012) Epic (2013) Rio 2 (2014) The Peanuts Movie (2015) Ice Age: Collision Course (2016) Ferdinand (2017) Spies in Disguise (2019)
Short films	Bunny (1998) Gone Nutty (2002) Aunt Fanny's Tour of Booty (2005) No Time for Nuts (2006) Surviving Sid (2008) Cosmic Scrat-tastrophe (2015) Scrat: Spaced Out (2016)
Television specials and series	Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas (2011) Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade (2016) Ice Age: Scrat Tales (2022)
Associated productions	The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild (2022) Nimona (2023) Ice Age 6 (2026)
Franchises	Ice Age (2002–present) Rio (2011–present)
People	Chris Wedge Carlos Saldanha Steve Martino Nick Bruno and Troy Quane
See also	20th Century Animation 20th Television Animation Fox Animation Studios Walt Disney Animation Studios Pixar Disney Television Animation Disneytoon Studios Marvel Animation Lucasfilm Animation Industrial Light & Magic List of 20th Century Studios theatrical animated feature films unproduced projects