Warner Bros. is delaying the release of its live-action hybrid movie Animal Friends.
The road trip adventure feature is now set to hit theaters May 1, 2026, after previously having been scheduled for Oct. 10, 2025. Peter Atencio directs the film from a script by Kevin Burrows and Matt Mider.
Ryan Reynolds, Jason Momoa, Aubrey Plaza, Addison Rae, Dan Levy, Lil Rel Howery and Ellie Bamber round out the cast. The project hails from Legendary, Maximum Effort and Prime Focus Studios.
Disney’s sequel film The Devil Wears Prada 2 is also scheduled for release on May 1, 2026. Disney’s Avengers: Doomsday recently moved its release date from that weekend to later in 2026.
Animal Friends was originally set up at Sony Pictures and shifted to Warner Bros. last year through the studio’s deal with Legendary.
Atencio previously directed the comedy features Keanu (2016) and The Machine (2023) and worked on the Apple TV+ series The Afterparty.
Reynolds was recently seen in last year’s Deadpool & Wolverine, which was the second-highest-grossing title at the global box office in 2024. His other forthcoming projects include directors Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley’s Apple TV+ movie Mayday that also stars Kenneth Branagh and Maria Bakalova.
Momoa starred alongside Jack Black and Danielle Brooks in this year’s smash hit A Minecraft Movie from Warner Bros. and Legendary. His future projects include the drama In the Hand of Dante and the action-comedy The Wrecking Crew that also stars Dave Bautista.
Plaza appears later this year in Focus Features’ Honey Don’t! alongside Margaret Qualley, Charlie Day and Chris Evans.
