Amphibia (film)

Amphibia is a 2027 fantasy adventure film produced and directed by Ruben Fleischer, written by Zak Penn and Meg LaFauve, and produced by Walt Disney Pictures. Based on the 2019 Disney Channel animated series of the same name by Matt Braly, the story follows Anne Boonchuy, a Thai American girl, who, after stumbling across a mysterious music box with her friends Sasha and Marcy, finds herself in a world of frogs and must find a way to save Sasha and Marcy and get back home. Lana Condor, Florence Pugh, and Yifei Liu all play their live action roles, with voice and motion capture performances by Jacob Tremblay, Aubrey Plaza, Sam Neill, Charlie Hunnam, Emma Stone, and Ron Perlman.

Fleischer, Penn, LaFauve, and producers Guillermo del Toro and Brigham Taylor envisioned the film as a retelling of Matt Braly's original series, with the film adapting seasons 1 and 2, and it's sequel focusing on the 3rd season. Principal photography began in 2025, with most of it filming in Los Angeles. The film required extensive use of computer-generated imagery to portray the frogs and settings.

It premiered in May 2027 at the El Capitan Theatre before it's United States premiere in June 2027.

Plot
Many years ago, the kingdom of Amphibia once lived in harmony, with three leaders watching over the empire. One of them was King Andreas, who was the main leader of Amphibia. He built a magical music box that could transfer them to different worlds, one of them being Earth. A few years ago though, a thief stolen the music box from the king without any evidence on who or what they were. The empire fell into chaos shortly after, as species began to revolt against the king and his followers. Andreas locked himself along with his followers when things got so heated. 15 years later though, in Earth, a 16 year girl named Anne arrives at St. James High School with her bike.

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Cast

 * Lana Condor as Anne Boonchuy
 * Jacob Tremblay as Sprig Plantar
 * Aubrey Plaza as Polly Plantar
 * Sam Neill as Hopediah "Hop Pop" Plantar
 * Florence Pugh as Sasha Waybright
 * Charlie Hunnam as Captain Grime
 * Yifei Lu as Marcy Wu
 * Emma Stone as General Yunane
 * Ron Perlman as King Andreas

Production
After the critical and commercial success of the live action adaptation of OK K.O, producer Brigham Taylor pitched a live action adaptation of Amphibia, with Inside Out writer Meg LaFauve on board to write the script, to Sean Bailey. Bailey was hesitant to make a movie like this at first, but approval from series creator Matt Braly decided to go and greenlight the film.