DreamWorks Reveals Ensemble Cast for Original Animated Feature Forgotten Island
DreamWorks Animation is heading somewhere new with Forgotten Island, its original animated feature. It is written and directed by Joel Crawford and Januel Mercado, according to Deadline. The pair previously worked on the 2022 film Puss in Boots: The Last Wish.
The voice cast is led by H.E.R. as the older version of Jo, a central character. Liza Soberano voices Raissa, while Dave Franco voices Weredog Raww, Deadline reports. The line-up is long. It mixes singers, film actors and comedy names.
Manny Jacinto voices Bungi and Jenny Slate voices Batiba. Jo Koy voices Daju, leader of a tree brigade, and Ronny Chieng voices King Truffle Wuffle. Dolly DeLeon voices elder Lola, completing the ensemble detailed by Deadline.
The film is produced by Mark Swift, listed by DreamWorks as an Academy Award nominee. The studio site also describes Crawford as an Academy Award nominee and bills Forgotten Island as a new original film. That positions it apart from sequels and adaptations.
DreamWorks presented the film at San Diego Comic-Con 2026. Dave Franco, Liza Soberano, H.E.R. and Mercado spoke onstage at the presentation, according to Deadline. The panel put faces to voices months before release.
On the calendar, Forgotten Island will open against Heart of the Beast, Deadline reports. That sets up a direct contest for family audiences. Release-date clashes of this kind often decide how screens are shared in the opening week.
For fans, this means plenty of names to watch. What makes this stand out is the range of the cast, from music to stand-up comedy to screen drama, gathered around one invented island.
