The FireWolf

Swapped is a 2026 North American animated fantasy adventure comedy film directed by Nathan Greno and written by John Whittington, Christian Magalhaes, and Robert Snow, who all co-wrote the story with Greno and Adam Karp. Produced by Skydance Animation, the film features the voices of Michael B. Jordan, Juno Temple, Tracy Morgan, Cedric the Entertainer, and Justina Machado. It was released on Netflix and select theaters on May 1, 2026, and received positive reviews from critics.

On an island populated by animal-plant hybrids lives a group of small brown sea otter-like creatures called Pookoo. An inventive young Pookoo named Ollie is curious about the other creatures living in the valley, despite the warnings of his parents and his grandmother, who tells Ollie a story about how all the creatures of the valley used to live in harmony due to tree-like creatures called Dzo, who gave the creatures magical pods that enabled them to change forms and understand each other better. A Treewolf, who terrorized the valley and resented the peace the Dzo brought, stole a pod and gave itself the gift of fire, becoming the Firewolf. It killed four Dzo and caused a forest fire that resulted in a rock slide, creating a large dam that blocked the river, flooding the valley and preventing the surviving Dzo from returning. The different species have not interacted with one another since.

During a celebration of a bountiful harvest, Ollie meets a Javan chick, a green bird-like creature, and shows her how to get food on the island. However, the other Javans storm Pookoo Island and take over the food sources. Years later, the Pookoo are certain that they will starve as their emergency food storage runs low, and Ollie struggles to make amends. He ends up attempting to fix his mistake by using reflective glass shards to make the Javans leave the harvest grounds. However, one Javan attacks him, and he falls into a hole. Noticing one of the magical pods, Ollie inadvertently lands on it whilst trying to escape the hole and is transformed into a Javan. He is chased off the island by his pack and falls into the river.

Ollie is soon rescued by the Javan who attacked him earlier, named Ivy, alongside her sisters Violet and Lily. Ollie soon meets an amiable, but absent-minded, grouper-like fish named Boogle who informs him of a pod on a nearby dead Dzo. He tries to get to it, but Ivy interferes and is turned into a Pookoo. Boogle then tells them of another pod by the Great Waterfall. As the duo journey there, they encounter various creatures of the valley and learn of each species' strengths. During the journey, Ollie learns from Ivy that she only brought her flock to the island because the food sources at her own home, Javan Rock, were running low, and several members of her flock had already died of starvation, including her parents.