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Anubis
Directed byChris Wedge
Written by
Based onThe Anubis Tapestry
by Bruce Zick
Produced by
Starring
Music byChristophe Beck
Production
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Distributed byNetflix
Release date
  • June 26, 2026 (2026-06-26)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Anubis is an upcoming American computer-animated comedy adventure film produced by Annapurna Animation and distributed by Netflix. which was originally from Blue Sky Studios, but has since passed into the hands of Annapurna Animation. which will be directed by Chris Wedge. The film stars Noah Schnapp, Pete Davidson, James Franco, Keanu Reeves, Kylie Cantrall, David Tennant, Adam Sandler, Keegan-Michael Key, Billy West, Wedge, Carlos Alazraqui, Nick Bruno and Chris O'Dowd.

Premise

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Chance Henry goes to an underworld of the Egyptian Kingdom to save his father from the curse of the mummy.

Voice cast

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Production

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This film was originally developed by the defunct animation company Blue Sky Studios. In 2008 they had had the rights (copyright) of the entire book to adapt it, and between 2011 and 2013 it was confirmed that it was in development for its release in 2016 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.

Cancelled

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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.

Revival by Annapurna and Netflix

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In April 2025, Annapurna Animation obtained the rights to the book and began developing the film and Annapurna also hired Bruce Zick as executive producer and screenwriter of film since they wanted their own author to be constantly supervising the film, while Reel FX Animation provides animation where Blue Sky left off. Annapurna confirmed Wedge as director and in charge of the project; and also as a screenwriter. Let's remember that he was the one who made the award-winning short film called Bunny and the animated films like Ice Age, Robots, Epic, Monster Trucks, and Foo. And with his experience in past jobs, they trusted him to do a good job, and he had also already directed the film Foo at Annapurna Animation. And Chris also confirmed his lifelong partner who was always a producer on his films that he directed, he is referring to Lori Forte and will work with her again on this film as a producer as in the previous ones, and without forgetting of course Karen Ryan and Julie Zackary as producers as well, who had already worked on previous films such as Nimona (based on the same book), Stray, and Foo. The following scriptwriters were confirmed: first, Mike Rianda; who worked as director and writer on The Mitchells vs. the Machines, it was confirmed that he was the first screenwriter to be called to begin developing the script. then to James V. Hart, who had already worked with Wedge he joined the film Epic as a screenwriter and in this film he works with him again. and finally to Josh Goldsmith, who is known for being the screenwriter of the movie 13 Going on 30.

Casting

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Noah Schnapp as the young Chance Henry who would be the protagonist, known for his role as Charlie Brown in the 2015 animated film The Peanuts Movie. Pete Davidson as the co-star called nub, who would help the protagonist in search of the father's soul, the actor is known for his last work voicing Mirage in Transformers: Rise of the Beasts. and James Franco as George Henry, Chance's father, best known for being Harry Osborne in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy. and Keanu Reeves as the villain and antagonist of the film Apep; He is known for his character John Wick and Neo in The Matrix franchise.

Music

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

Release

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It is scheduled for release at the beginning of the year in 2026 in June and there are no intentions of changing the release date and it will be released directly to Netflix.

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