“Forgotten Island” will soon be found.

The latest project from “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish” director Joel Crawford and Januel Mercado, who served as co-director on the “Puss in Boots” sequel, will arrive in theaters on Sept. 25, 2026, from Universal Pictures and DreamWorks Animation. The pair also wrote the film.

The new movie will be produced by Crawford’s longtime collaborator Mark Swift. Swift also produced “The Last Wish,” which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature as well as BAFTA and Golden Globe nods.

“Forgotten Island” will mark the directorial debut for Mercado, who previosuly served as head of story on Crawford’s “The Croods: A New Age.”

While plot details are being kept under wraps, the film is described as “a broad party comedy adventure that transports the film’s protagonists to a long forgotten, magical island rooted in Philippine mythology.”

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