Animation (film)

Animation would be a 2025 live-action/animation drama film directed by Ryan Coogler from an screenplay co-written with Sev Ohanian. Coogler and Ohanian would also produce the film alongside Michael B. Jordan. A collaboration between Outlier Society Productions and the Warner Animation Group, the film would center on the struggles of a group of hand-drawn animated characters following the rise of computer-animation, and would star the voices of Letita Wright, Anika Noni Rose, and Jordan, while Michael Keaton would star in a live-action role as the film's main antagonist. Kris Bowers would compose the film's score.

Development on a Coogler-helmed live-action/animated film would begin in early 2021, with Coogler attached to also write the script. Ohanian would join the film as co-writer and co-producer alongside Coogler in late 2021. Wright and Rose would join the film in mid-2021 as the stars, while Jordan would join as producer and co-star in late 2021, and Keaton would join in early 2022. Filming would begin in mid-2022. Coogler would describe the film as "more philosophycal and timely" than other live-action/animation hybrids, describing it as "a story about two different generations learning to co-exist, that also works as a story about how it is important for different cultures to live in peace".

Animation would be released by Warner Bros. Pictures in August 23, 2025, and would become a critical and commercial success. Critics would praise the film as "a well-written exploration of diversity and progress", praising its screenplay, direction, performances, animation, visual effects, and score. The film would earn 1.2 billion dollars at the worldwide box-office. Animation would earn four Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, Best Original Score, and Best Visual Effects.