Walt Disney Animation Studios has a new original film in the works, Clay, which will head to theaters in 2028 with Kieran Culkin leading the voice cast.
The project was announced at Disney’s Entertainment Showcase at D23 on Friday night. Oscar and Emmy winner Culkin will voice the protagonist, Flip, who might be a little in over his head, said Walt Disney Animation chief Jared Bush.
“We have a rich history of stories that celebrate inspiring mentors and their aspirational students. So, with that in mind, we asked ourselves one very important question: What if the next Disney mentor stunk?” he explained. “And he does, and his name is Flip, and he has chosen to be his village’s next great mentor and is assigned his first student — a literal ball of clay born that very moment, named Mushi. So, like all inspiring mentors, Flip runs away in the middle of the night, only to discover that Mushi is inescapable and pure chaos, and now out in the wild, Flip must keep Mushi alive on a journey through a fantastical forest.”
The pic will release November 2028.
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Culkin is probably best known for his Emmy-winning role as Roman Roy on HBO’s Succession. He won an Oscar for A Real Pain.