Hello Kitty Movie Sets Directors for 2028 Hollywood Debut
New Line Cinema and Warner Bros. Pictures Animation will release an animated Hello Kitty feature in 2028, directed by David Derrick Jr. (Moana 2) and John Aoshima (Ultraman: Rising), with Ramsey Naito and Beau Flynn producing. Jeff Chan is currently writing the script, following previous drafts by Dana Fox, Katie Dippold, Adam Sztykiel, Jenny Jaffe, Lindsey Beer and Tamara Becher-Wilkinson, while Robert Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon wrote the treatment. This marks Hello Kitty’s Hollywood theatrical debut, continuing Sanrio’s decade-long effort to bring the character to the big screen.
