Goat (2026 film)

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| name = Goat

| image = GOAT poster.jpg

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| caption = Teaser poster

| director = Tyree Dillihay

| writer = {{Plainlist|

Aaron Buchsbaum
Teddy Riley

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| story =

| producer = {{Plainlist|

Michelle Raimo Kouyate
Stephen Curry
Erick Peyton
Adam Rosenberg
Rodney Rothman

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| starring =

| editing = Clare Knight

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| distributor = Sony Pictures Releasing

| released = {{Film date|2026|2|13}}

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| country = United States

| language = English

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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 (in his feature directorial debut), co-directed by Adam Rosette, and written by Aaron Buchsbaum and Teddy Riley.

Sony announced Goat in May 2024, with Dillihay and Rosette attached as director and co-director, respectively, and Unanimous Media's Stephen Curry and Erick Peyton producing alongside Michelle Raimo Kouyate and Modern Magic's Adam Rosenberg and Rodney Rothman.

Goat is scheduled to be released in the United States and United Kingdom on February 13, 2026 by Sony Pictures Releasing.

Production

In May 2024, it was announced that Sony Pictures Animation would develop an animated sports film titled 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.{{cite web |last1=D'Alessandro |first1=Anthony |title=Goat: Sony Pictures Animation Sets Release Tied To 2026 NBA All-Star Weekend From Director Tyree Dillihay; Stephen Curry & Erick Peyton's Unanimous Media |url=https://deadline.com/2024/05/sony-pictures-animation-goat-stephen-curry-nba-all-star-weekend-1235944973/ |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=30 May 2024 |date=30 May 2024}} Rick Mischel and Fonda Snyder also serve as executive producers, with David Schulenburg co-producing.{{cite web |last1=Gajewski |first1=Ryan |title=Sony Sets Animated Sports Comedy GOAT From Stephen Curry for 2026 Release |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/sony-animated-sports-movie-goat-stephen-curry-1235911955/ |website=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=30 May 2024 |date=30 May 2024 |archive-date=May 30, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240530203723/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/sony-animated-sports-movie-goat-stephen-curry-1235911955/ |url-status=live }}

Release

= Theatrical =

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

= Home media =

In April 2021, Sony signed deals with Netflix and Disney for the rights to their 2022 to 2026 film slate, following the films' theatrical and home media windows.{{Cite web |last=Galuppo |first=Mia |date=April 8, 2021 |title=Netflix Nabs Post-PVOD Streaming Rights to Sony's Feature Films in Multiyear Deal |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/netflix-nabs-streaming-rights-to-sonys-feature-beginning-in-2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210408204708/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/netflix-nabs-streaming-rights-to-sonys-feature-beginning-in-2022 |archive-date=April 8, 2021 |access-date=April 9, 2021 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}}{{Cite web |last=Hayes |first=Dade |date=April 21, 2021 |title=Disney And Sony Reach Windows Deal That Can Sling {{'}}Spider-Man{{'}} To Disney+ For First Time, Along With Reach Across Hulu, ABC, FX & More |url=https://deadline.com/2021/04/disney-sony-streaming-spider-man-disney-plus-1234741215 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421230620/https://deadline.com/2021/04/disney-sony-streaming-spider-man-disney-plus-1234741215/ |archive-date=April 21, 2021 |access-date=April 21, 2021 |website=Deadline Hollywood}} Netflix signed for exclusive "pay 1 window" streaming rights, which is typically an 18-month window and included Goat and other future Sony Pictures Animation films; this deal built on an existing output deal that Netflix had signed with Sony Pictures Animation in 2014.{{Cite press release |title=Netflix and Sony Pictures Entertainment Sign Pay-One U.S. Licensing Deal for Feature Films |date=April 8, 2021 |publisher=Sony Pictures Entertainment |location=California |url=https://www.sonypictures.com/corp/press_releases/2021/0408 |quote=This new agreement builds upon Netflix's pre-existing output deal with Sony Pictures Animation films to now include all SPE film labels and genres. |access-date=December 28, 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210408173000/https://www.sonypictures.com/corp/press_releases/2021/0408 |archive-date=April 8, 2021}} Disney signed for "pay 2 window" rights for the films, which would be streamed on Disney+ and Hulu as well as broadcast on Disney's linear television networks.{{Cite web |last=Couch |first=Aaron |date=April 21, 2021 |title=Sony Films Will Move to Disney After Netflix Window Expires |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/disney-nabs-post-pay-1-rights-for-sonys-feature-films |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421230835/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/disney-nabs-post-pay-1-rights-for-sonys-feature-films |archive-date=April 21, 2021 |access-date=April 21, 2021 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}}