“Animal Friends,” the live action-animated hybrid film from Warner Bros, has moved from a planned June 5 release to Jan. 22, 2027, the studio announced Friday. Ryan Reynolds voices Pony while Jason Momoa voices Bear in the story of two fugitive animals.
Peter Atencio directs the adult-targeted road trip adventure that co-stars Aubrey Plaza as a DEA agent, Addison Rae, Dan Levy as a Fish and Wildlife ranger, Lil Rey Howery as the voice of a bird and Ellie Bamber.
Pony has been described as a tiny narcissist, while the large Bear is conflict-averse. They head out on an adventure across America to find the ranch they once lived on while being pursued by an equally odd couple DEA agent and Fish & Wildlife ranger.
Kevin Burrows and Matt Mider wrote the screenplay for Legendary, Maximum Effort and Prime Focus Studios.
“Animal Friends” has been hopping around the schedule like a fluffle of rabbits. First set for Aug. 15, 2025 through Columbia, it moved to Warner Bros. after Legendary’s distribution deal with Sony ended. Warners skedded the hybrid film for Oct. 10, then May 1 and June 5.
The June 5 date vacated by “Animal Friends” still has several other releases planned, including “Masters of the Universe” from Amazon/MGM, Nick Jonas and Paul Rudd starring in Lionsgate’s “Power Ballad” and “Scary Movie” from Paramount/Miramax.
Reynolds has action comedy “Mayday” coming out in September, while Momoa starred in “The Wrecking Crew” in January and has both “Street Fighter” and “Dune: Part Three” set for later in 2026.
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