DreamWorks Unveils World Premiere Footage for Animated Film 'Forgotten Island'

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The DreamWorks film features H.E.R. and Liza Soberano voicing lifelong friends navigating separate life paths.

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Universal Pictures held the world premiere of DreamWorks Animation's Forgotten Island on Wednesday, September 23. The film arrives in theaters on September 25.

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DreamWorks Animation, the studio behind the bonds between a boy and a dragon in How to Train Your Dragon, an ogre and a donkey in Shrek, and a robot and a gosling in The Wild Robot, now presents a story about two lifelong best friends who must come together before they drift apart in Forgotten Island.

The new original film is written and directed by Academy Award nominee Joel Crawford and Januel Mercado and is produced by Academy Award nominee Mark Swift , the filmmaking team behind Puss in Boots: The Last Wish.

Grammy and Academy Award winning supernova H.E.R. and Liza Soberano (Lisa Frankenstein, Alone/Together) star as high school graduates Jo and Raissa, who have been best friends since grade school but are now about to embark on separate life paths.

While celebrating their last night together, Jo and Raissa stumble upon a mysterious portal that transports them to the fantastical island of Nakali, packed with magical and mythological creatures they grew up hearing stories about from their Filipino families.

Some of these figures will become friends, some foes. Joined by well-meaning-but-hapless weredog Raww ( Dave Franco ) and a small-but-mighty pack of pals, Jo and Raissa must face The Dreaded Manananggal (Tony winning icon Lea Salonga ), the most feared creature on the island. When they discover that the memories of their entire friendship are the price for returning home, Jo and Raissa will race to find a way to leave the island before they forget each other forever.

The film's all-star voice cast also includes Emmy nominee Jenny Slate (Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, Dying for Sex), Manny Jacinto (The Good Place, Top Gun: Maverick), BAFTA nominee Dolly de Leon (Triangle of Sadness, Ghostlight), global comedy superstar Jo Koy (Haunted Mansion, Jo Koy: Live from Brooklyn) and Emmy winner Ronny Chieng (The Daily Show, M3GAN).

DreamWorks Animation's Forgotten Island is distributed by Universal Pictures .

Genre: Animated Adventure

Starring: H.E.R., Liza Soberano, Dave Franco , Jenny Slate , Manny Jacinto, Dolly de Leon, Jo Koy, Ronny Chieng and Lea Salonga

Written and directed by: Joel Crawford and Januel Mercado

Producer: Mark Swift

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_Originally reported by [BroadwayWorld](https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwtv/article/FORGOTTEN-ISLAND-World-Premiere-Footage-Released-20260924)._