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<postdate>2024-12-18 09:04:29</postdate>
<headline>Aussie hit Bluey to star on the silver screen</headline>
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<caption>Cartoon cattle dogs Bluey and Bingo, who have taken the world by storm, will feature in a film. (Steven Markham/AAP PHOTOS)</caption>
<p><strong>Children's TV show Bluey will be turned into a film to be shown in movie theatres around the world.</strong></p>
<p>The Australian-made animated series features a family of dogs including blue heeler puppy Bluey, her sister Bingo and their parents.</p>
<p>The animated feature film will be released in cinemas in 2027, BBC Studios and The Walt Disney Company said overnight.</p>
<p>"I've always thought Bluey deserved a theatrical movie," Bluey creator Joe Brumm said in a statement.</p>
<p>"I want this to be an experiential event for the whole family to enjoy together".</p>
<p>Mr Brumm will write and direct the film, which is a Ludo Studio production in collaboration with BBC Studios, and Disney will release it in cinemas to a global audience.</p>
<p>After its run in movie theatres, it will be streamed on Disney+ and ABC iview and ABC Kids in Australia.</p>
<p>The film will include the voices of Melanie Zanetti and David McCormack as Bluey's mum and dad.</p>
<p>As a children's TV show developed in Queensland and commissioned by the ABC and BBC, Bluey is funded by Australian taxpayers.</p>
<p>The federal and Queensland governments are also supporting the Bluey film via the Producer Offset and Screen Queensland's Post, Digital and Visual Effects Incentive.</p>
<p>Bluey has taken the world by storm, ranking amongst the most streamed programs in the United States.</p>
<p>In April, Australia House in London â€“ home to the Australian High Commission â€“ hosted a celebratory event organised by BBC Studios in which the embassy was adorned with Bluey flags.</p>
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