{"id":46601,"date":"2026-08-15T12:05:22","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T07:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=46601"},"modified":"2026-08-15T12:05:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T07:05:22","slug":"kieran-culkin-to-star-in-animated-movie-clay-for-disney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=46601","title":{"rendered":"Kieran Culkin to Star in Animated Movie &#8216;Clay&#8217; for Disney"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/kieran-culkin\/\" id=\"auto-tag_kieran-culkin_1\" data-tag=\"kieran-culkin\">Kieran Culkin<\/a> is moulding his career to include a new animated movie from Disney. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tHe will voice star in <em>Clay<\/em>, which is centered on a man chosen to be a mentor \u2014 but his mentee is a moldable ball of clay, who he must keep alive on a journey through a fantastical forrest. Disney Animation\u2019s Jared Bush made the announcement at Disney\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/d23\/\" id=\"auto-tag_d23_1\" data-tag=\"d23\">D23<\/a> fan event on Friday to reveal the news, and announced a release date of November 2028.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tCulkin won a best supporting actor Oscar as well as a Golden Globe in 2025 for <em>A Real Pain<\/em>, and won an Emmy and a Globe for his breakout work as Roman Roy in HBO\u2019s <em>Succession<\/em>. Coming up, he has <em>The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping,<\/em> in which he plays Caesar Flickerman, the character played by Stanley Tucci in the original features. He also has a role in Nancy Meyer\u2019s upcoming movie for Warner Bros., which is expected for 2027.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tAlso as part of the D23 presentation, Disney Animation announced an upcoming <em>Zootopia 3<\/em> and new additions to its project <em>Hexed<\/em>, with Jodie Foster and Walton Goggins joining lead Hailee Steinfeld in the voice cast. Sister division Pixar also showed off what it had in the works, including <em>Incredibles 3<\/em> and <em>Coco 2<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kieran Culkin is moulding his career to include a new animated movie from Disney. He will voice star in Clay, which is centered on a man chosen to be a mentor \u2014 but his mentee is a moldable ball of clay, who he must keep alive on a journey through a fantastical forrest. 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