The Scout Seven

The Scout Seven is an upcoming 2027 American computer-animated musical film based on C.M's 2024 short, "Scouts", produced by Dreamworks animation and distributed by Universal Pictures. The film was directed and produced by C.M. who was previously known for producing "Crash Boat", and screenplay for the film was done by Ryan O'Loughlin and John Davis. It stars the voices of Kevin Heart, T.J. Miller, Dwayne Johnson, Maya Rudolph, Jack Black, and Uma Thurman.

The story was picked up by C.M. who came up with multiple ideas to have in the story during his high-school years in August 2017, nearly 8 years and eleven months prior to his debut into the studio. The story resolves around a young boy named "Cathal," who wants to explore why diversity is never a threat while proving himself to be a worthy scout. The story was originally going to be a parody, but the idea was changed into a more structured plot that is inspired by some of his dreams and adventures during his childhood in a musical form. The music will be composed by Hans Zimmer, and Billy Joel. Billy Joel will compose several songs for the film's plot line and Hans Zimmer will compose music based on the classical BSA songs. The musical numbers however, will be produced by Lin-Manuel Miranda.

Plot
Cathal is a scout womb is capable of exploring, but he is rather shy in nature. He really wants to prove himself worthy, while also see what's unique about diversity worldwide and how it is special towards everyone. He teams up with many new friends, until his sudden mistake provokes many girls in his block and school. The word goes out and it becomes a camping competition when he finds out that they're girl scouts.

While he and many others are Boy Scouts, he is afraid of revealing his secrets to explain why he is so shy and who is his "real nightmare".

Cast
C.M confirmed that there was more, but didn't stated any other facts.
 * T.J. Miller as Cathal, a shy, but rather fun Boy Scout.
 * Kevin Hart as Ronald, an African American Scout who is also a very close friend to Cathal.
 * Dwayne Johnson as "unnamed (tough) scout"
 * Maya Rudolph as "unnamed Girl scout"
 * Jack Black as Ryab, a Boy Scout who is rather ditzy, but is passionate about his plushie "friends."
 * Uma Thurman as "unnamed Girl scout"
 * Ben Stiller as "unnamed Boy Scout."
 * Eddie Murphy as "Unknown character"

"'Don't think that this is all we got, only because we really love the creativity and potential to deliver out clever ideas and love-able characters. We really want to make them special and with the many talents that we got, the surprise will be worth waiting for. We have names for most of the scout names and actors, but I think that wraps it up.' - C.M."

On February 2 2026, Kevin Hart's character title was revealed along with both Ben Stiller and Eddie Murphy joining the cast.

Production
Development

In the Summer of 2025, it was confirmed that C.M. joined the studio with assets for mid-complete development of several films, one of them being "The Scout Seven." However, Dreamworks Animation decided to keep the project in development until the animation and script were "cleaned up, and fully loaded with love and heart".

On January 2026, a release date for July 2027 was confirmed to compete during the Observed 4th of July weekend. This will be the first film to be based on a short film since their collaboration with Aardman animations in 2005 with Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Ware Rabbit.

Release
The current release date for this film is July 2, 2027. However, the short that will be screened prior to it is currently unknown.

Trivia

 * This is the third film from DWA to be released in July since 2013's Turbo and 2003's Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas.
 * This is the first Dreamworks film to star Dwayne Johnson, and the first animated theatrical project to star Uma Thurman.
 * This film will take place in Ten Mile River Scout Camps, which are located in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
 * This is the first animated film to contain music composed by Billy Joel.
 * This will be the longest Dreamworks Animation film, beating the How To Train Your Dragon trilogy which only ranges within 98-108 minutes, as well as the first 2 hour film of its kind.