Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie

“Hold on tight.”

―Tagline

Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie
Directed by	Ryan Crego
Produced by	Steven Schweickart
Based on	Gabby's Dollhouse by Traci Paige Johnson and Jennifer Twomey
Starring	Laila Lockhart Kraner Ego Nwodim Kyle Mooney Melissa Villaseñor Thomas Lennon Jason Mantzoukas Fortune Feimster Gloria Estefan Kristen Wiig
Music by	Stephanie Economou
Editing by	Craig Herring
Production company(s)	DreamWorks Animation
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date(s)	September 26, 2025
Running time	TBA
Country	United States
Language	English
Preceded by	The Bad Guys 2 (2025)
Followed by	Forgotten Island (2026)

Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie is a 2025 American live-action animated musical fantasy comedy road film based on the Netflix series Gabby's Dollhouse created by Traci Paige Johnson and Jennifer Twomey, both of whom serve as executive producers. Produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Universal Pictures, the film was directed by Ryan Crego and produced by Steven Schweickart. It stars Laila Lockhart Kraner, reprising her role from the series with Gloria Estefan and Kristen Wiig joining the cast.

DreamWorks Animation announced a feature-length film based on Gabby's Dollhouse in April 2024, with Crego and Schweickart attached as director and producer, respectively. Filming began in July 2024 in Vancouver, British Columbia. It will be the second live action/animated DreamWorks Animation film, following the 2025 remake of How to Train Your Dragon, as well as DreamWorks Animation's first live action film that is not a remake. The film will follow Gabby as she goes on a road trip with her grandmother to the urban wonderland of Cat Francisco and embarks on an adventure to save her dollhouse and the Gabby Cats from a cat lady.

Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie is scheduled to be released in the United States on September 26, 2025. It will be the studio's 50th feature film.

Premise

Gabby goes on a road trip with her grandma, Gigi, to the urban wonderland of Cat Francisco. But when Gabby's dollhouse, her most prized possession, ends up in the hands of an eccentric cat lady named Vera, Gabby teams up with some new animal friends and sets off on an adventure through the real world to get the Gabby Cats back together and save the dollhouse before it’s too late.

Cast

• Laila Lockhart Kraner as Gabby
• Gloria Estefan as Grandma Gigi
• Kristen Wiig as Vera
• Logan Bailey as Pandy Paws
• Eduardo Franco as DJ Catnip
• Juliet Donenfeld as Cakey
• Donovan Patton as CatRat
• Sainty Nelsen as Pillow Cat
• Maggie Lowe as Baby Box
• Carla Tassara as Carlita
• Tara Strong as Kitty Fairy
• Secunda Wood as MerCat

Additionally, Ego Nwodim, Kyle Mooney, Melissa Villaseñor, Thomas Lennon, Jason Mantzoukas, Fortune Feimster, Maria Bamford and Mimi Webb have been cast in undisclosed roles.

Production

In April 2024, DreamWorks Animation announced a feature-length film based on the Netflix series Gabby's Dollhouse, titled Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie, with Ryan Crego attached to direct and Steven Schweickart producing, while series creators Traci Paige Johnson and Jennifer Twomey would serve as executive producers. Laila Lockhart Kraner would also reprise her role as Gabby. In February 2025, it was revealed that Maria Bamford and Mimi Webb had joined the cast of the film. In April 2025, during CinemaCon, Kristen Wiig and Gloria Estefan joined the cast as Grandma Gigi and Vera.

Filming

Principal photography began on July 10, 2024, in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Release

Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie is scheduled to be released in the United States on September 26, 2025.

Trivia

• This is the twenty-seventh DreamWorks Animation film to be produced in 2.39:1 aspect ratio, after Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, Kung Fu Panda, Monsters vs. Aliens, How to Train Your Dragon (2010), Shrek Forever After, Megamind, Kung Fu Panda 2, Puss in Boots, The Croods, Turbo, How to Train Your Dragon 2, Kung Fu Panda 3, Trolls, The Boss Baby, How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, Trolls World Tour, The Croods: A New Age, Spirit Untamed, The Boss Baby: Family Business, The Bad Guys, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken, Trolls Band Together, Kung Fu Panda 4, The Wild Robot and The Bad Guys 2.
• This is the second Netflix film adaptation from DreamWorks since Spirit Untamed. It is, however, the first one to be connected to the original series, rather than be a remake of it.
• This is the fourth DreamWorks Animation film to be rated G, since Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit.
• This is the first live-action/animated hybrid for DreamWorks Animation, instead of DreamWorks Pictures.
• This is the third DreamWorks animated film to be released in September, after Abominable and The Wild Robot.
• This is the second DreamWorks Animation film to be composed by Stephanie Economou, after Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken.

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