Release date: October 14, 2024 on Netflix.
Synopsis: In the all-vehicle town of Motorvania, a team of half-monster, half-rescue vehicle heroes called the Mighty Monsterwheelies whiz around doing everything in their power to protect their community.
No challenge is too big, or too small as the wheeled champions supercharge their way through stopping fires, floods, meteors, and the devious plans of troublemakers like Phantom Freeze and Invisible Van, proving even monsters can be heroes.
Artists: Bright Eyes and Cat Power
Song: All Threes
Album: Five Dice, All Threes
Music Video: Nick Scott and Rena Johnson
Release date: September 20, 2024.
Synopsis: Transformers One is the untold origin story of Optimus Prime and Megatron, better known as sworn enemies, but once were friends bonded like brothers who changed the fate of Cybertron forever.
Voice cast:
Chris Hemsworth as Optimus Prime
Brian Tyree Henry as Megatron
Scarlett Johansson as Elita-1
Keegan-Michael Key as Bumblebee
Laurence Fishburne as Alpha Trion
Jon Hamm as Sentinel Prime
Steve Buscemi as Starscream
Isaac C. Singleton Jr. as Darkwing
Vanessa Liguori as Airachnid
Jason Konopisos-Alvarez as Shockwave
Jon Bailey as Soundwave
Evan Michael Lee as Jazz
Directed by Josh Cooley (Toy Story 4). Written by Andrew Barrer & Gabriel Ferrari (Ant-Man and the Wasp) and Eric Pearson (Godzilla vs. Kong).
Release date: October 10, 2024 on Nickelodeon and Paramount+.
Synopsis: While at Kamp Koral for a reunion, SpongeBob and the gang are stalked by a mysterious figure lurking in the shadows as campers start disappearing one by one.
The special features fan-favorite characters, including SpongeBob, Patrick, Sandy, Mr. Krabs, Pearl, Bubble Bass, Kevin C. Cucumber, Larry the Lobster, Mrs. Puff and more.
Release date: October 3, 2024 on HBO Max.
Synopsis: Taking place one year after the events of season one, Gremlins: The Wild Batch follows Gizmo, Sam, and Elle as they travel from their home in Shanghai to San Francisco.
Hot on the trail of a new brood of evil Mogwai, our heroes journey deep into the American West, coming up against new supernatural creatures and picking up a few mysterious characters along the way.
Release date: January 31, 2025.
Synopsis: When a faithful police dog and his human police officer owner are injured together on the job, a harebrained but life-saving surgery fuses the two of them together and Dog Man is born.
As Dog Man embraces his new identity and strives to impress his Chief, he must stop the evil plots of feline supervillain Petey the Cat. Petey’s latest plan is to clone himself, creating the kitten Lil Petey, to double his ability to cause havoc.
Things get complicated, though, when Lil Petey forges an unexpected bond with Dog Man. When Lil Petey falls into the clutches of a common enemy, Dog Man and Petey reluctantly join forces in a race against time to rescue the young kitten.
Release date: March 20, 2025 on Netflix.
Synopsis: Set in a world where mortal man is ruled over by the Werelords, we will meet a 16-year-old shepherd boy Drew Ferran, a teen whose life is changed forever when he discovers he’s the last surviving Wolf King.
Directed by Tom Brass. Based on Curtis Jobling’s Wereworld book series.
Produced by Jellyfish Pictures, whose credits include How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming, Spirit: Untamed and Roald Dahl’s The Twits.
Directed and animated by Romane Granger.
Additional animation by Laura Passalacqua, Tamerlan Bekmurzayev and Simon Cadilhac.
Release date: September 19, 2024 on Netflix.
Synopsis: In a mythical world of great battles, great deeds and great despair, Leif, a mortal King, is saved on the battlefield by Sigrid, an iron-willed warrior with whom he falls in love.
On their wedding night, they survive a wrath of terror from Thor, which sets them and a crew of crusaders on an against all odds and merciless mission for vengeance.
This heroic story of love, loss and revenge, is a journey to Hell and beyond… across fantastical lands, battlefields fierce and bloody, and wars waged against Gods and demons.
Release Date: October 4, 2024 on Netflix, Crunchyroll and Hulu.
Synopsis: This is a story about Momo, a high school girl who comes from a family of spirit mediums, and her classmate Okarun, an occult fanatic.
After Momo rescues Okarun from being bullied, they begin talking. However, an argument ensues between them since Momo believes in ghosts but denies aliens exist, and Okarun believes in aliens but denies ghosts exist.
To prove to each other what they believe in is real, Momo goes to an abandoned hospital where a UFO has been spotted and Okarun goes to a tunnel rumored to be haunted. To their surprise, they each encounter overwhelming paranormal activities that transcend comprehension.
Release date: October 30, 2024 on Nickelodeon.
Synopsis: Max & the Midknights follows an adventurous 10-year-old named Max who embarks on a quest with her newfound friends to save the Kingdom of Byjovia from ominous forces.
The debut episode, “Welcome to Byjovia,” introduces Max, a medieval girl who dreams of becoming a knight and battling dragons but must instead roam the countryside as an apprentice troubadour with her Uncle Budrick.
After encountering a thief, Max and Uncle Budrick head to the medieval kingdom of Byjovia but soon discover that the town is nothing like Uncle Budrick remembers.
Release date: September 27, 2024.
Synopsis: Based on Peter Brown’s #1 New York Times bestseller, The Wild Robot follows the journey of a robot named Roz that is shipwrecked on an uninhabited island and must learn to adapt to the harsh surroundings, gradually building relationships with the animals on the island and becoming the adoptive parent of an orphaned gosling.
Voice cast:
Lupita Nyong’o as robot Roz
Pedro Pascal as fox Fink
Catherine O’Hara as opossum Pinktail
Bill Nighy as goose Longneck
Kit Connor as gosling Brightbill
Stephanie Hsu as robot Vontra
Mark Hamill as grizzly bear Thorn
Matt Berry as beaver Paddler
Ving Rhames as falcon Thunderbolt
Written and directed by three-time Oscar nominee Chris Sanders, the writer-director of Lilo & Stitch, The Croods and How to Train Your Dragon.
Release date: July 10, 2025 on Netflix.
Synopsis: In 1914, on the eve of war, a fugitive prince and a girl in disguise meet aboard a bioengineered airship, the HMS Leviathan, and change the course of history.
Based on the Leviathan trilogy written by Scott Westerfeld and illustrated by Keith Thompson.
Directed by Christophe Ferreira.
Music by Nobuko Toda & Kazuma Jinnouchi.
Original Songs by Joe Hisaishi.
Synopsis: A girl falls in love again which fills her with dread. She runs away and finds herself trapped in a vortex of old memories. In her imagination, she relives the joys and sorrows of first love, before reaching a pivotal moment — will she be able to free her soul to face the future with an open heart?
Directed by Vivien Hárshegyi.
Release date: April 4, 2025.
Synopsis: Garrett “The Garbage Man” Garrison, Henry, Natalie and Dawn find themselves struggling with ordinary problems when they are suddenly pulled through a mysterious portal into the Overworld: a bizarre, cubic wonderland that thrives on imagination.
To get back home, they’ll have to master this world and protect it from evil things like Piglins and Zombies, while embarking on a magical quest with an unexpected, expert crafter, Steve.
Together, their adventure will challenge all five to be bold and to reconnect with the qualities that make each of them uniquely creative… the very skills they need to thrive back in the real world.
Directed by Jared Hess (Nacho Libre, Napoleon Dynamite).
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