At Hitek, we love animated cinema, in all its forms. And the year 2025 promises some very nice surprises. The proof with eight films that we are impatiently awaiting!
#1 Wallace and Gromit: The Palm of Vengeance, by Nick Park and Merlin Cossingham (Aardman Animations)
A few months ago, fans of the Aardman Animations studio feared that the legendary British studio would close its doors due to a shortage of modeling clay. False alarm! The studio behind Wallace & Gromit, Chicken Run et Shaun the Sheep is still able to produce films. They also recently announced a collaboration with The Pokemon Company, expected for 2026. Aardman Animations will also make its return at the start of 2025 with the animated feature film Wallace and Gromit: The Palm of Vengeanceexpected on Netflix on January 3. (The feature film will be premiered in England on the BBC on December 25, 2024. Our neighbors across the Channel are extremely lucky…)
English and French critics have already seen the film, and it seems thatthere is every reason to look forward to Wallace and Gromit: The Palm of Vengeance. Not content with marking the great return of the most iconic duo in stop-motion cinema (title also contested by Jack and Sallie from The Nightmare Before Christmasit is true), of which it is the first film since the excellent Wallace and Gromit: The Mystery of the Were-Rabbit in 2005, the film would be a real gem of animation in terms of volume. As predicted Chicken Run: La Menace Nuggets (released December 2023), the talent of Aardman's animators continues to grow. Directed by the brilliant Nick Park, the film also marks the return of the impassioned penguin Feather McGraw32 years after the short film Bad pants. We have difficulty hiding our eagerness!
Release: January 3, 2025
#2 Elio, by Domee Shi (Pixar)
Forced by the Disney group to serve as a reservoir of productions for the Disney+ catalog, the Pixar studio has seen three of its major films (Soul, Luca, Red Alert) in recent years deprived of cinemas. The desk lamp studio returned to the big screen with Buzz Lightyearwhich was a box office flop. If the following film, Elementarymanaged to achieve a completely honorable score, the first weeks of distribution of the feature film initially worried Pixar. Fortunately, Vice-versa 2 managed to raise the bar, breaking numerous records.
In 2025, Pixar will present its new original feature film: Elio. The feature film will tell the extraordinary adventure of a young 11-year-old boy, Elio, who cannot fit in, and who accidentally becomes the intergalactic ambassador of our good old planet Earth to extraterrestrial populations. Written by Adrian Molina (already screenwriter of Coco) and directed by Domee Shi (to whom we owe Red Alert), Elio promises to be a very promising project, full of humor and emotion. Great Pixar!
Release: June 18, 2024
#3 Zootopia 2, by Jared Bush (Disney)
Is the era of original Disney Animation Classics over? It looks good. While Wishreleased on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Disney studio, was a real hit at the box office, Vaiana 2 could become the highest-grossing animated film at the box office according to strong estimates. The group therefore decided to capitalize as much as possible on the sequels to its own classics. Two new sequels to The Snow Queen are in production, and Zootopia 2 is expected for November 2025. A choice that is ultimately quite logical, given the fact that the first Zootopia exceeded $1 billion in revenue and received rave reviews from both audiences and critics.
In Zootopia 2, police officers Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde must follow the trail of a reptile, which is turning the city of animals upside down. Undercover, they will have to operate in little-known areas of the city. If we know that singer Shakira will make her comeback in the role of Gazelle, the real attraction of the film should be the reptile Gary, to whom Ke Huy Quan (Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, The Goonies) lends his voice. Brought back to the forefront thanks to Everything Everywhere All At Once of the duo The Daniels, which allowed him to win the Oscar for best supporting actor, the Vietnamese actor is more and more present, and that fills us with joy!
Release: November 26, 2025
#4 Animal Farm, by Andy Serkis
British actor and director Andy Serkis is definitely very busy. Hired as screenwriter and director of the film The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollumproduced by Peter Jackson and Warner Bros. Discovery, the Smeagol actor is expected around the corner. Especially since the film Venom: Let There Be Carnage was a real failure, both critically and publicly. In 2025, he intends to show us the extent of his abilities as a filmmaker, with the animated film Animal Farm.
Adapting George Orwell's masterpiece (1984), Animal Farm is a short story in which the animals of a farm revolt and take power. With a lot of second degree, Orwell recounts the emergence and horrors of totalitarianism, drawing inspiration from the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the functioning of the USSR.. We don't know much about this animated feature film announced for next year, except that Andy Serkis has been working on it since 2012.
Sortie : 2025.
#5 Marcel and Monsieur Pagnol
After his experience in comics, the French designer and screenwriter Sylvain Chomet has revealed himself as a gigantic director of animated cinema with the exceptional The Triplets of Bellevillle in 2003nominated for an Oscar for best animation. His next film, The Illusionist (2010) confirms what we thought. After performing the opening sequence of Joker: Folie À Deux by Todd Phillips, the French director will make his comeback on the big screen next year, with Marcel and Mr. Pagnolexpected for October 15.
In this new film, Sylvain Chomet will tell the life of one of the greatest French writers and filmmakers: Marcel Pagnol. Called to recount his Provençal childhood, in what will become the tetralogy begun with The Glory of my FatherMarcel Pagnol will meet the man he was as a child. A project which promises to be of great poetry, and which is reminiscent of the marvelous Little Nicolas – What are we waiting for to be happy? by Amandine Fredon and Benjamin Massoubre, which recounts the creation of the young hero by René Goscinny and Sempé.
Release: October 15, 2025.
#6 The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep
We have often said it about Hitek: the license The Witcher is omnipresent today. While Andrzej Sapkowski recently published a new novel revealing the true age of Geralt De Riv, CD Projekt Red took advantage of the Game Awards 2024 to unveil the first trailer for the video game The Witcher IV. For its part, Netflix is working on the fourth season of The Witcherexpected for 2025. But it will not be the only production to take place in this dark fantasy universe: February 11, the animated film The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep will disembark on the platform at the red N.
In this new animated film, Geralt De Riv will have to accomplish a mission in a coastal village, whose inhabitants maintain stormy relations with the peoples of the sea.. Inspired by a short story from the collection The Sword of Providence, Sirens of the Deep will mark the return of Doug Cockle, the actor who lent his voice to the Witcher in the video game saga The Witcher.
Release: February 11, 2024.
#7 Chainsaw Man – The Movie : Reze Arc
After many years of waiting, the anime Chainsaw Man will finally make its comeback, to the delight of fans. But it will be at the cinema this time! Still produced by the MAPPA studio, the film Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc will adapt one of the story arcs most appreciated by fans of Tatsuki Fujimoto's manga. Beginning as a romantic comedy set against the backdrop of a love triangle, the film will see Denji confronted by the fearsome Demon Bomb.
Several characters from the series will make their comeback, starting with Makima and Aki, and other characters will appear. Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc promises to be a film as delirious as it is violent, served by a friendship of very high quality. In any case, this is what the latest trailer revealed today, during the Jump Festa 2025 – the famous mass organized by the Japanese publisher Shūeisha, which publishes the Weekly Shōnen Jump.
Sortie : 2025.
#8 Wildwoold
With Aardman Animations, the American studio LAIKA is one of the largest studios specializing in stop-motion animation. We owe the company the brilliant Coraline by Henry Selick, inspired by the novel of the same name by Neil Gaiman. In 2025, we will finally be able to discover Wildwooddirected by Travis King, one of the studio's founders. Presented as a horror film, it is an adaptation of the fantasy novel aimed at young people written by Colin Meloy. The film will tell the adventures of two friends in search of the little brother of one of them, after the latter was kidnapped by crows. Very promising!
Sortie : 2025.
And you, which animated films are you most looking forward to? Tell us in the comments section.
