The Land After Time (2009)

Pingu is an Swiss-British-American media franchise that began with the 1990 stop motion television series created by Otmar Gutmann and Erika Brueggemann. The franchise focuses on a family of anthropomorphic emperor penguins who live in the South Pole; the main character, who is the family's son and title character, Pingu, and his diverse group of friends go on unique adventures both big and small.

The Pingu franchise consists of two tv series; the 1990 original Swiss-British stop-motion series and the 2017 revival/continuation Japanese CGI series, three films; Pingu: The Movie (2018), Pingu 2: Lost in the Arctic (2021) and Pingu 3: Take Me Home (2023) and two upcoming Pingu film with a fourth film in 2025 and a fifth film in 2028.

The first film was directed by Nick Herbert and Liz Whitaker however from the second film onwards, Whitaker became the producer while Herbert stayed as director of the future Pingu films.

Produced on a combine budget total of $185 million, the Pingu films have grossed more than $880 million worldwide (including $239 million in the United Kingdom), becoming the 24th highest-grossing animated franchise. The first and third film received critical acclaim from critics and audiences while the second received mixed reception.