Update (March 25, 2024): pocket.watch and Sunlight Entertainment have revealed Ryan’s World the Movie: Titan Universe Adventure will release in over 2,100 movie theaters across the United States on Aug. 16. The film’s distribution partner is to be announced.
Ryan Kaji is getting ready for his big-screen debut. The 11-year-old face of the Ryan’s World brand will star in Ryan’s World the Movie: Titan Universe Adventure, a collaboration between the Kaji family’s Sunlight Entertainment and their partners at media company pocket.watch.
The feature film will expand the Titan Universe that has popped around the Red Titan character. The Ryan’s World superhero has become a central focus of the brand as Ryan has aged. Some of the Red Titan’s first off-YouTube appearances came via shoes and parade floats, and he’s about to embark on his greatest adventure yet. The Titan Universe film will take moviegoers to a comic book world when it hits theaters in late 2024.
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Ryan will star in the film alongside the rest of his family: father Shion, mother Loann, and little sisters Emma and Kate. All of the Kajis will portray fictionalized versions of themselves.
Shion and Loann Kaji are co-producing Titan Universe Adventure through Sunlight Entertainment. Former Nickelodeon Albie Hecht, who currently serves as Chief Content Officer at pocket.watch, will direct and co-produce the film. Ryan’s World was one of the first channels to partner with pocket.watch. Months after the company’s 2017 Series A, it joined forces with the Kaji family.
Both Ryan’s World and pocket.watch have since expanded. The former entity has grown through retail ventures and content initiatives, while the other has added more big names to its roster. Several other creators who are partnered with pocket.watch — including magician Dan Rhodes, Evangeline Lomelino of GEM Sisters, and Stella Wallace of The Stella Show — will appear in Titan Universe Adventure.
The big-screen foray will be the first feature film for both Sunlight Entertainment and pocket.watch. “Ryan Kaji’s talent and the broad family appeal of Ryan‘s World are a dynamic combination in this fast-paced anime action, superhero adventure,” Hecht said in a statement. “Throughout my career, I’ve had the privilege of working with many super talented young stars and Ryan‘s authenticity, intelligence, and ability to instantly connect with audiences offer unlimited possibilities and create a strong foundation for his ever-growing success.”
In total, the pocket.watch network includes 47 creators who have collectively picked up 544 billion YouTube views and attracted more than 806 million subscribers.
