Digimon (2026 film)

Digimon is a 2027 sci fi film directed by Marc Forster and written by duo Kevin and Dan Hageman, based on the popular media franchise by Bandai Namco Entertainment. Produced and distributed by 20th Century Studios, it stars an ensemble cast of Tom Holland, Ansel Elgort, Chloe Grace Moretz, Noah Jupe, Lia McHugh, Will Poulter, Gabriel Bateman, and Millie Bobby Brown. The film follows a group of seven people who are known as the Digi Destined, who has to save the world from the evil Myotismon.

Producer Joe Roth and Jeffrey Kirschenbaum had bought the rights to make a live action Digimon movie due to the success of the Pokemon: Detective Pikachu movies. He brought it to Disney, who had distributed the Digimon series for a few years on their network Jetix after Disney acquired Fox Kids. The project was greenlit in mid-2023, and they brought in director Marc Forster, to direct the feature. Filming began on March 2024 in New Zealand, and later transferred to Pinewood Studios, in 2024. It wrapped in April 15th, 2025.

Plot
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Humans

 * Tom Holland as Tai
 * Ansel Elgort as Matt
 * Chloe Grace Moretz as Sora
 * Noah Jupe as Izzy
 * Lia McHugh as Mimi
 * Will Poulter as Joe
 * Gabriel Bateman as T.K.
 * Millie Bobby Brown as Kari

Voices

 * Ewan McGregor as Agumon
 * Nicolas Cage as Gabumon
 * Maya Rudolph as Biyomon
 * Bill Hader as Tentomon
 * Cindy Robinson as Lunamon
 * Bryce Papenbrook as Coronamon
 * Awkwafina as Elecmon
 * Dakota Lotus as Patamon
 * Amy Adams as Gatomon
 * Anthony Ramos as Monodramon
 * Robert Downey Jr. as Leomon
 * Christopher Lloyd as Ogremon
 * John Leguizamo as Hackmon
 * Jared Leto as Myotismon
 * Andrew Garfield as Cherubimon
 * Kimiko Glenn as Lopmon
 * Thomas Middleditch as Terriermon
 * Jackie Chan as Pixiemon
 * Anna Garduno as Tanemon
 * R. Martin Klein as Bukamon
 * Derek Stephen Prince as DemiVeemon

Development
Rumors of a live action Digimon movie had been floating around for some time, yet no real progress. Disney had reported that a live action Digimon movie was in development, and would take a similar approach to Disney's other remakes including Cinderella, Maleficent, and The Jungle Book. No real progress updates were made after.

Joe Roth, former president of 20th Century Fox (now 20th Century Studios) pitched the Disney executives an early version of what a live action Digimon movie would look like. For the movie, he envisioned Hans Zimmer as the composer, Joe Keery and Cole Sprouse as the main leads, and Snow White and the Huntsman director Rupert Sanders to take on the project. He already had a script written by Allison Schroeder, and sent it in for approval. Disney CEO Bob Chapek had looked at the script for some time, but wasn't sure what to do about it, as the company was starting to go into financial debt. Looking for new franchises to cover, he immediately approved it, and the project was greenlit for $25.6 million dollars.

Sanders wasn't able to direct the movie, as he was busy with Foundation. However, he did accept an executive producer role later on. Producer Rich Moore suggested David Yates as a replacement, but had to drop out due to creative differences. Other directors the studio wanted were Ben Affleck, Cary Koji Fukunaga, Greg Berlanti, Stephen Chbosky, and Nikolaj Arcel, before Marc Forster was brought in to direct.

Writing
Allison Schroeder took a more different approach when it came to adapting Digimon. She wanted the characters to have more dramatic moments, especially when it came to the final fight between Devilmon. Schroeder took parts from other pieces of Digimon. The intro, for example, is taken right from the first Digimon mini movie, simply called, Digimon Adventure. It was also revealed that Devilmon is a protege of Myotismon, to build up for a sequel. Many Disney executives thought some of the changes were a bit too depressing for many fans, so they bought in writing brothers Kevin Hageman and Dan Hageman, to tweak it a bit. The brothers added a subplot where a new character, Cherubimon, would hunt the characters down and kill them. Furthermore, both Palmon and Gomamon were supposed to make an appearance in an earlier draft, but decided to be born in the climax of the movie and replaced by Lunamon and Coronamon.

Cast
In March 2023, it was reported that Timothee Chalamet and Noah Centineo were looking for the lead roles, Tai and Matt. Later on, The Hollywood Reporter said that Tom Holland and Ansel Elgort had been cast for the roles, respectively. Chloe Grace Moretz, who had been with Elgort in the 2013 remake of Carrie, was also cast as Sora. Jodie Comer was to been cast as Mimi, but declined. The part was then given to Anya Taylor-Joy, however, she instead committed to Super Mario Bros 2. Other actresses including Bella Thorne, Lucy Boynton, Suki Waterhouse, Victoria Justice, and Thomasin McKenzie were in consideration. The last one they wanted was Nicole Peltz, but she was said to be too old for the part. Eventually, Eternals actor Lia McHugh was cast. Roth said he wanted Ben Platt as Joe, but Forster vetoed this, saying "I don't want Evan Hansen to be in Digimon." Forster recommended Will Poulter for the part. The other roles, T.K. and Izzy was given to Gabriel Bateman and Noah Jupe, as Stranger Things actress Millie Bobby Brown confirmed that she joined the cast as Kari.

As for the voices, Ewan McGregor, who had collaborated on Forster's earlier film, Christopher Robin, was cast as Agumon in late 2023. In February 2024, Jared Leto and Robert Downey Jr. were both cast as Myotismon and Leomon. Other voices, like Nicholas Cage, Maya Rudolph, and Awkwafina, was cast as Gabumon, Biyomon, and Elecmon. Originally, Kevin Hart was cast as Patamon, but test audiences acted negatively to the voice, so he was replaced by Dakota Lotus at the last moment.

Filming
Principal photography begin in March 2024 as with Stephen F. Windon serving as a cinematographer, and wrapped filming in April 2025. Filming took place at the Hamilton, New Zealand. Holland suggested that he could also see it for the filming in the generation who could should be his fans allow it. It also took place at the Manchester, England and Leavesden Studios in May 2025, where Millie Bobby Brown said the filming was last and could filming a scene to transferred to Pinewood Studios. The last filming scene used for the film at Pinewood Studios in December 2024 to January 2025. The film taxes over $86-100 million for the filming schedules, considered a most expenses film based on a video game that beginning to filming.

Post-production
Holland noticed that he could possibly used for the considered visual effects of cost $100 million after the filming ended. In May 2025, director Forester had said he would brought a collaborators such as film editor Matt Cheese, art director Stephen Dobric, and visual effects supervisor Leo Bovell. Edited was completed by Cheese and James D. Wilcox in June 2025. The visual effects has been done including DNEG, Lola VFX, Method Studios VFX, Sony Pictures Imageworks, Scanline VFX, Rodeo FX, Weta FX, Shade VFX, Moving Picture Company VFX, and Blind LTD. The motion-capture out of character in Digimon franchise was used by DNEG, Sony Pictures Imageworks and Animal Logic Entertainment, while the 3D conversion was used by Weta FX and DNEG. Sound designers Tim Nielsen and Malte Bieler serving as a sound designer in the Skywalker Sound, who Bieler had previously collaborated with Forester in Christopher Robin (2018). In January 2027, Steve Jablonsky serving as a score composers, who used for the Digimon-Theme and The Digital Animal Service Theme for the score music. In March 2027, British DJ and music producer Sigala had a composed a song known as "The Digimon Rise" performed by American singer Katy Perry and English singer Ella Henderson, as a single music in April 4, 2027 by Columbia Records. The score album featuring The Digimon Rise song was released in May 21, 2027 by Hollywood Records.