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, Wyatt Oleff, Lia McHugh, Dylan Minnette, 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 Myotismon.

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 Marc Forster, to direct the feature. Filming began on December 9th, 2024 in New Zealand, and later transferred to Pinewood Studios, in 2025. 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
 * 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
 * Cedric the Entertainer as Pixiemon
 * Anna Garduno as Tanemon
 * R. Martin Klein as Bukamon

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 Dylan Minnette for the part. The other roles, T.K. and Izzy was given to Gabriel Bateman and Wyatt Oleff.

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
Filming began in New Zealand in mid 2025.