Overview
- Warner Bros. scheduled the film for November 19, 2027, the franchise’s first theatrical release since 1990.
- CEO David Zaslav announced the greenlight during Warner Bros. Discovery’s quarterly investor call.
- Chris Columbus will direct and produce, and Steven Spielberg returns as executive producer via Amblin.
- Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein are writing from earlier drafts by Toby Halbrooks and Carl Ellsworth, with producers including Kristie Macosko Krieger, Holly Bario, Michael Barnathan and Mark Radcliffe.
- No plot or casting has been revealed, and Columbus has signaled a preference for practical puppetry over heavy CGI.