Abominable
DreamWorks Animation and Pearl Studio’s co-production Abominable takes audiences on an epic 2,000-mile adventure from the streets of China to the breathtaking Himalayan snowscapes.
When teenage Yi (CHLOE BENNET, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. TV series) stumbles upon a young Yeti on the roof of her apartment building, she and her friends, Jin (TENZING NORGAY TRAINOR, TV’s Liv and Maddie), and his cousin, Peng (ALBERT TSAI, TV’s Fresh Off the Boat), name him “Everest” and embark on an unforgettable quest to reunite the magical creature with his family at the highest point on Earth.
Saying goodbye to Yi’s mom (MICHELLE WONG, Dear White People) and grandmother, Nai Nai (TSAI CHIN, The Joy Luck Club), the trio of friends will have to stay one step ahead of Burnish (EDDIE IZZARD, Victoria & Abdul), a ridiculously wealthy financier intent on capturing a Yeti much like the one he stumbled upon as a boy, and Dr. Zara (SARAH PAULSON, Glass), the zoologist trying to keep the wild creature out of her patron’s greedy hands, to help Everest (vocalized by JOSEPH IZZO, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse) get home and rejoin his family.
As the journey of their lifetimes becomes a flat-out race to the finish, Everest will help Yi, Jin and Peng unlock an inner bravery they didn’t know they had and—as they strive to return the mystical creature to the place where he belongs—Everest will help them discover where they truly belong, too.
Abominable, the first female-led, major-studio animated film with a central female character, is written and directed by JILL CULTON (Open Season, Monsters, Inc., Toy Story 2) and produced by SUZANNE BUIRGY, p.g.a. (Kung Fu Panda 2, Home). PEILIN CHOU (Kung Fu Panda 3, Mulan) produces for Pearl Studio. The epic 3D adventure is executive produced by TIM JOHNSON (Over the Hedge, Home, ANTZ), FRANK ZHU (Checked In, Lotus Code) and LI RUIGANG (Kung Fu Panda 3, The Taking of Tiger Mountain). The production is co-directed by TODD WILDERMAN (Trolls, The Croods) and co-produced by REBECCA HUNTLEY (Home, How to Train Your Dragon 2).
Culton leads an accomplished behind-the-scenes crew of DreamWorks Animation masters and filmmaking creatives, including head of layout ROBERT CRAWFORD (How to Train Your Dragon series, Rise of the Guardians), production designer MAXWELL BOAS (Shrek Forever After, Kung Fu Panda 3), art director PAUL DUNCAN (The Croods, Shrek Forever After), visual effects supervisor MARK EDWARDS (The Peanuts Movie, The Croods), lead editor PAM ZIEGENHAGEN (Open Season, Despicable Me), head of story ENNIO TORRESAN (The Boss Baby, Turbo), final layout supervisor DAVID PATRICK VALERA (How to Train Your Dragon, Puss in Boots), head of character animation JOHN HILL (Trolls, Puss in Boots), character effects supervisor DAMON RIESBERG (Trolls, Megamind), modeling supervisor JEFFREY HAYES (Home, Shrek), surfacing supervisor ELIZABETH CONNORS, head of effects JEFF BUDSBERG (The Croods, Shrek Forever After), character TD supervisor SANDY KAO (How to Train Your Dragon, Shrek Forever After), head of lighting MICHAEL NECCI (Kung Fu Panda 2, Bee Movie), supervising technical director JENNIFER PAN, digital supervisor MUNIRA TAYABJI (Home, Kung Fu Panda), stereoscopic supervisor GAREN CALAC (Kung Fu Panda 3, Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie) and composer RUPERT GREGSON-WILLIAMS (Wonder Woman, Aquaman).
Abominable will be released by Universal Pictures worldwide beginning September 27, 2019. In China, the film will be distributed by Pearl Studio.
