- Netflix has released the first trailer for The booty
- Its two main characters are voiced by Michael B. Jordan and Juno Temple
- The animated film couldn’t be more different from Jordan’s last film Sinners
Michael B. Jordan is riding the crest of a wave after his latest Oscar win — and Netflix hopes his involvement in the next animated film will give it a KPop Demon Hunters-style viewership increase.
With the title The bootythe animated animal adventure, which lands on the world’s top streaming service on May 1, will see Jordan voicing one of its two main characters. And after the release of its official trailer today (April 2), we have a better understanding of what its story will entail.
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The picture as a buddy comedy, The booty follows Ollie, a small woodland creature who spends his time foraging for food, sleeping and playing… oh, and evading the clutches of his sworn enemy Ivy, a majestic bird voiced by Ted Lasso‘s Juno Temple.
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But one day during a routine meeting between the pair, they fall into a mysterious purple inflorescence – and end up swapping bodies. Forced to work together to reverse the effects of whatever caused this Cool FridayOllie and Ivy must put their differences aside if they are to not only succeed, but survive the countless dangers that await them on their journey.
Not that it needs to be said, but Swapped is a far cry from Jordan’s Oscar-winning turn in his latest film. The multi-award winning big screen project — Ryan Coogler’s Sinners – was a supernatural horror drama that placed black history, culture and music at the forefront. The child-friendly one The bootythen couldn’t be more different than the live-action film that saw Jordan play twins Stack and Smoke.
Does Swapped have any chance of repeating the success of KPop Demon Hunters?
Never say never, but I really, really doubt it.
Based on its first trailer, The booty appears to be a completely ordinary family-friendly film that e.g In your dreams, Thelma the unicornand countless other Netflix animated offerings, will find an audience, albeit not a particularly large one. So while it has the star power of individuals like Jordan, I’d be surprised if it came close to matching the 325 million+ views that KPop Demon Hunters has accumulated since its release in June 2025.
To be fair to The bootyit hardly deserves to be compared to the cultural juggernaut that was KPop Demon Hunters.
Okay, no one expected last year’s most unexpected hit to be the multi-award-winning, Netflix-record-breaking, global phenomenon that it was. Nevertheless, it ended up possessing all the right ingredients to defy expectations and be the one-in-a-million movie that few others turn out to be. Indeed, KPop Demon Hunters was a lightning-in-a-bottle moment the likes of which we may never see again.
So yes, The booty can be seen by children of a certain age, but it will be almost impossible for it to succeed in the way KPop Demon Hunters did. And hey, if I end up being horribly wrong about its chances, so be it.
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