Digimon (2026 film)

Digimon is a 2027 sci fi film directed by Rupert Sanders 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, and Gabriel Bateman. The film follows a group of seven people who are known as the Digi Destined, who has to save the world from the evil Devilmon.

Producer Joe Roth 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 Rupert Sanders, to direct the feature. Filming began on December 9th, 2024 in Colorado, and later transferred to Pinewood Studios, in 2025. It wrapped in April 15th, 2025.

Plot
(Coming soon)

Cast

 * 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

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 Vangelis 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.

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 people, 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.