The Anubis

The Anubis is an upcoming American computer animated comedy adventure film produced by Annapurna Pictures, developed by Annapurna Animation And distributed and released soon by Netflix. which was originally from blue sky studios, but has since passed into the hands of Annapurna Animation. which will be directed by Chris Wedge (known for directing ice age, robots, epic, monsters trucks and foo). and starring mainly Noah Schnapp as Chance Henry, Pete Davidson as Nub, and James Franco as Chance's father; George Henry, etc.

Synopsis
Chance Henry goes to an underworld of the Egyptian Kingdom to save his father from the curse of the mummy.

Plot
Chance Henry's archaeologist father, George Henry, accidentally awakens an evil mummy who steals his soul. Chance risks becoming a mummy himself to rescue his father from the Egyptian Underworld.

In a race to rescue his father from the mummy's curse, Chance Henry risks succumbing to the very same fate. When his father’s spirit is condemned to the Egyptian realm of the Underworld, Chance’s only way to save him from the curse of the mummy is to risk becoming one...by binding himself in the wrappings of the mysterious Anubis Tapestry. Down he travels past horrible monsters and into the deepest levels of the Underworld. But if he doesn’t return before twilight, he’ll be trapped forever in the eternal domain of the dead.

All this with the help of Nub and Holly Whipple to recover his father's soul, overcome obstacles, and defeat the great villain who is causing this conflict called Apep, the devourer of souls (with snake head).

(all this of course respecting the original material of the original book or story by Bruce Zick).

Production
This film was originally developed by the defunct animation company Blue Sky Studios. In 2008 they had had the rights (copyright) of the entire book to adapt it, and between 2011 and 2013 it was confirmed that it was in development for its release in 2016 and among the directors who were considered to direct the film there had been Chris Wedge or . but from one moment to the next its release date was delayed and it was replaced by  (2016), directed by the aforementioned M. Thurmeier and had been delayed to March 2018.

in 2021, before Disney confirmed that it would close blue sky studios forever, along with the projects that the animation studio already had in mind; The movie based on the book had already been supposedly canceled for unknown reasons. It is said that due to creative differences or economic problems.

early 2026; Annapurna Animation obtained the rights to the book and began developing the film and Annapurna also hired Bruce Zick as executive producer and screenwriter of the film since they wanted their own author to be constantly supervising the film, to respect his ideas and concepts that he made in their book and above all that they did it well.

In the middle of 2026, development of the film began. annapurna confirmed  as director and in charge of the project; and also as a screenwriter. Let's remember that he was the one who made the award-winning short film called Bunny and the animated films like Ice Age, Robots, epic, Monster Trucks, and Foo. And with his experience in past jobs, they trusted him to do a good job, and he had also already directed the film Foo at Annapurna Animation. And Chris also confirmed his lifelong partner who was always a producer on his films that he directed, he is referring to Lori Forte and will work with her again on this film as a producer as in the previous ones, and without forgetting of course Karen Ryan and Julie Zackary as producers as well, who had already worked on previous films such as Nimona (based on the same book), Stray, and Foo.

The following scriptwriters were confirmed: first, '; who worked as director and writer on ', it was confirmed that he was the first screenwriter to be called to begin developing the script. then to , who had already worked with c. wedge He joined the film epic as a screenwriter and in this film he works with him again. and finally to Josh Goldsmith, who is known for being the screenwriter of the movie .

In music, Chris had originally considered  as the composer and that he would make the soundtrack of this film, which they previously worked together on the aforementioned epic, but due to scheduling reasons he could not accept the position. In the end Annapurna Animation confirmed ' as the composer and the one who would do the soundtrack of the film; He had already worked at blue sky studios on Ice Age: Collision Course and is also known for other compositions and other works such as Liar Liar, ', The Ant Bully, Yogi Bear, A Thousand Words, , The Jungle Book (2016), and Luck. and this would be the first collaboration and first time that I would work with director Chris Wedge.

and the cast that has been officially confirmed for now are the following:  as the young Chance Henry who would be the protagonist, known for his role as Charlie Brown in the 2015 animated film The Peanuts Movie. Pete Davidson as the co-star called nub, who would help the protagonist in search of the father's soul, the actor is known for his last work voicing Mirage in . and  as George Henry, Chance's father, best known for being Harry Osborne in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy. and  as the villain and antagonist of the film Apep; He is known for his character John Wick and Neo in The Matrix franchise.

It is scheduled for release at the beginning of the year in 2029 in February and there are no intentions of changing the release date and it will be released directly to Netflix.

Cast
This would be the order of the characters:


 * Noah Schnapp as: Chance Henry
 * Pete Davidson as: Nub
 * James Franco as: George Henry
 * Keanu Reeves as: Apep
 * Kylie Cantrall as: Holly Whipple
 * David Tennant as: Sehti, a mummy
 * Adam Sandler as: Horus, a falcon-headed god
 * Keegan-Michael Key as: Sobek crocodile
 * Billy West as: Seth
 * Chris Wedge as: Amon
 * Carlos Alazraqui as: Bastet, a cat-headed goddess
 * Nick Bruno as: Bryan McLair
 * Chris O'Dowd as: Thoth

For Latin America (especially in the part of Mexico), The order would be the following:


 * Leo Garduza as: Chance Henry
 * Gerardo García as: Nub
 * Arturo Mercado Jr. as: George Henry
 * Alfonso Obregón as: Apep
 * Violeta Isfel as: Holly Whipple
 * Manuel Campuzano as: Sehti, a mummy
 * Gabriel Cobayassi as: Horus, a falcon-headed god
 * Enrique Cervantes as: Sobek crocodile
 * Edson Matus as: Seth
 * Carlos Hernández as: Amon
 * Roberto Mendiola as: Bastet, a cat-headed goddess
 * Yasir Ocampo as: Bryan McLair
 * Raúl Anaya as: Thoth

Songs
There will be few popular culture pop songs, and they would be the following:


 * Thrift Shop by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ft Wanz (rude words will be omitted and removed).
 * Tripping by robbie williams
 * Royals by Lorde

Trivia

 * This film was originally from Blue Sky Studios, but after its closure it passed into the hands of Annapurna Pictures.