GOAT

“You're Never Too Small to Dream Big.”

―Tagline

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GOAT is an upcoming American animated sports comedy film produced by Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation in association with Unanimous Media and Modern Magic, and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing. It is directed by Tyree Dillihay and co-directed by Adam Rosette from a screenplay written by Aaron Buchsbaum and Teddy Riley based on a story by Nicolas Curcio and Peter Chiarelli.^[2]

It is scheduled to be released in the United States on February 13, 2026.

Premise[]

This original action-comedy set in an all-animal world follows Will, a small goat with big dreams who gets a once-in-a-lifetime shot to join the pros and play roarball – a high-intensity, co-ed, full-contact sport dominated by the fastest, fiercest animals in the world. Will’s new teammates aren’t thrilled about having a little goat on their roster, but Will is determined to revolutionize the sport and prove once and for all that “smalls can ball!”

— Sony Pictures Animation and Animation Magazine^[3]

Cast[]

Caleb McLaughlin as Will Harris, a goat who dreams of becoming a professional roarball player^[3]
Gabrielle Union as Jett Fillmore, a famous all-star black panther roarball player, known as the "Face of the Thorns", who is Will's idol^[3]
Nick Kroll as Modo Olachenko, a komodo dragon roarball player and member of the Thorns who breathes fire^[3]
Nicola Coughlan as Olivia Burke, an ostrich roarball player and member of the Thorns^[3]
David Harbour as Archie Everhardt, an Indian rhinoceros roarball player, enforcer of the Thorns and a single father of two daughters^[3]
Stephen Curry as Lenny Williamson, a giraffe roarball player and member of the Thorns^[3]
Jenifer Lewis as Florence Everson, a desert warthog and owner of the Thorns^[3]
Patton Oswalt as Dennis, a proboscis monkey who is the Thorns' coach^[3]
Aaron Pierre as Mane Attraction, a horse who is the MVP of the league and Will's rival^[3] ^[4]
Jennifer Hudson as Louise Harris, Will's mother^[4]
Sherry Cola as Hannah, an aardwolf who is Will's friend^[4]
Eduardo Franco as Darryl, a capybara who is Will's friend^[4]
Wayne Knight as Frank, a gerbil who is Will's landlord
Jelly Roll as Grizz, a brutish grizzly bear roarball player^[5]
Andrew Santino and Bobby Lee as Chuck and Rusty, a Musk Ox and Flying Fox duo who are roarball commentators^[6]
Ayesha Curry as Carol^[7]
Dwyane Wade as Rosette, a Cape buffalo roarball player for the Shadows^[8]
Kevin Love as Daskas, a gorilla roarball player for the Shadows^[9]
Angel Reese as Propp, a polar bear roarball player, ^[10]
A'ja Wilson as Kouyate, a roarball player for the Shadows^[11]
Andre Iguodala as Iggy, a zebra roarball ref^[12]
Joe La Puma as Sneaky^[13]
VanVan as Adi and Ari, Archie's twin children^[14]

Production[]

Development[]

On May 30, 2024, it was announced that Sony Pictures Animation would produce an original sports comedy, GOAT, with Tyree Dillihay directing and Adam Rosette co-directing, while Stephen Curry and Erick Peyton would produce under their Unanimous Media company alongside Michelle Raimo Kouyate and Modern Magic's Adam Rosenberg and Rodney Rothman. Rick Mischel and Fonda Snyder also serve as executive producers, with David Schulenburg co-producing.^[15]

Release[]

GOAT is scheduled to be theatrically released in the United States on February 13, 2026, coinciding with the NBA All-Star Game, which will take place that weekend.

Trivia[]

This will be the second Sony Pictures Animation to be released in February, after Peter Rabbit (2018).
Like many modern Sony Pictures Animation productions, the film features a stylized animation style, in this case, a somewhat painterly style with stop motion-like frame movement that emphasizes the animals' physical features.
This will be the third Sony Pictures Animation film to not feature humans, since The Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019).