Simply when it appeared Bluey-mania peaked in 2024, the yr is ending with a serious announcement for the longer term. After inspiring a ironmongery store rebrand and getting its personal theme park, amidst releasing each longform and super-shortform episodes of its TV collection, the Heeler household is headed to the massive display! And we did not even need to ship the Grannies to intimidate anybody.
Sadly, it is not all nice information. This thrilling announcement comes with a bittersweet element that I am certain some can be upset about.
The BBC and Disney introduced {that a} film is in growth, scheduled for launch in 2027. The Bluey film is written and directed by creator Joe Brumm, who posted a particular message to followers throughout the press launch, the place he talked a bit about how he got here up on the thought for a film, which can be accessible to stream with a Disney+ subscription after its theatrical run. As Brumm put it:
After a while spent away from the collection, engaged on one other challenge, an previous thought resurfaced and earlier than I knew it, I’d written a Bluey characteristic script that I actually love. Quick ahead via a tonne of contracting and we’re about to embark on making an animated Bluey film!
No particulars can be found relating to the film’s plot, however we do know the Bluey voice actors that followers have come to like are all concerned. Moreover, it is confirmed the brand new feature-length challenge is being led beneath the course of Joe Brumm, who famous within the launch he was impressed by the elevated episode size of “The Signal.” It appears he agreed with followers like me who felt like Bluey is finest with an extended runtime.
And Now For Bluey’s Dangerous Information
I discussed some unhealthy information at first of this story, and Brumm hit us with an surprising announcement following the information he is engaged on the film. As he explains within the assertion under, he has no present plans to return to Bluey for Season 4, and it might mark the top of his run for the collection:
Now, for the trifficult. I at all times mentioned I wouldn’t preserve making the present if I assumed I couldn’t make any new season nearly as good because the final. This is able to have been the case for me with a possible season 4, so I’ve determined to take a break from my involvement within the TV collection. Within the occasion I can’t wrap my head round doing extra seasons myself, The Signal will mark my TV finale for Bluey and I wrote it as such…To be clear, this isn’t an announcement in regards to the finish of the present, however it’s an acknowledgment that my focus can be on the movie.
I am unable to think about Bluey with out Joe Brumm on the helm, however that is primarily as a result of we have by no means seen what the present seems like with out him. Hey, possibly we’ll even get that crossover with The Simpsons that is been talked about, although I don’t know whether or not Brumm was stopping that or not. Contemplating the variety of Bluey references to the most effective animated reveals of all time, I might say the percentages have been higher with him within the combine.
I additionally wish to notice that whereas Brumm famous he will not be engaged on Season 4 due to his dedication to the film, he might presumably discover extra inspiration within the hole between now and the discharge to return to Bluey to persuade him to work on extra episodes. It is onerous to invest an excessive amount of on this, contemplating followers out of the loop could not even discover a distinction in his absence, so possibly we must always wait to see how Season 4 goes earlier than reacting too strongly, particularly if that is what Brumm actually needs.
The Bluey film is coming in 2027. Within the meantime, we’ve three seasons of the unique collection to observe, in addition to all of the enjoyable minisodes value testing.