Amsterdam (film)

***Amsterdam*** is an upcoming 2025 American stop motion-animated musical romantic comedy-drama film directed by Henry Selick and Peter Lord, and produced and conceived by Jan Smit. The title refers to the Dutch city of Amsterdam, where the film is set. The film is set in the Dutch capital of Amsterdam, inhabited by anthropomorphic animals instead of humans and where international tourists came to the city center for a day trip every year. The film focuses on a water element-colored dog named Zack Gelderman, who works as a supermarket cashier.

Over the years, Smit's thoughts regularly returned to the project, and, in 2022, he made a development deal with Paramount Studios. Production started in end September 2023 at Aardman Studios in Bristol, United Kingdom; Smit really wanted to direct the film, but he was busy working on the film *2 Little Toddlers Two: Welcome to Hollandtopia*, so Henry Selick and Peter Lord was brought on to direct and Paramount initially released the film through DreamWorks Pictures because the studio believed the film would be "too dark, emotional and scary for kids". Due to its production budget of $135 million, *Amsterdam* is the first expensive stop-motion animated film.

Amsterdam is theatrically released on June 27, 2025 in the United States.

## Voice cast

* Matthew Broderick (speaking voice) and Guy Richard (singing voice) as Zack Gelderman, a 28-year old water element-colored dog who works as the supermarket cashier then he later falls in love with Emily.
* Jennifer Goodwin (speaking voice) and Amy Adams (singing voice) as Emily Helmska, a 19-year old fire element-colored cat who works at the resturant as a waiter.
* Zach Braff as Heinz, a rat and one of Zack's friends.
* Billy West as Pino, a red ostrich and one of Zack's friends.

## Production

### Development

After the success of 2 Little Toddlers, Jan Smit decides to create his first stop-motion animated film with the story about ''how a dog and cat should prove that it can together as the romantic couple in the dutch capital city of Amsterdam''.

### Filming

Selick, Lord and their team of animators began production in September 2023 at Aardman Studios in Bristol, United Kingdom, with a crew of over 140 workers, utilizing 20 sound stages for filming. Steve Waterman was hired from Paramount as a storyboard supervisor, while Stef van Essen was hired to supervise animation.

## Music

The film's score was composed by Michael Giacchino and Danny Elfman. The film's soundtrack album was released on June 17, 2025 by Paramount Records.

## Amsterdam

### Producer

Micheal Giacchino
Danny Elfman

## Release

*Amsterdam* was originally going to be distributed under Paramount Pictures as part of the Goanimate Animation lineup, but Paramount decided to release the film under the studio's adult-oriented DreamWorks Pictures banner, as the studio felt the film would be "too emotional, shocking and scary for children".

The film is scheduled to be theatrically released by Paramount Pictures Distribution under the DreamWorks Pictures banner in the United States on June 27, 2025.

## Reception

### Box office

During its opening weekend in the US and Canada, *Jan Smit's Amsterdam* grossed $64.4 million after grossing $23.5 million on its first day and $23.8 million on its second day.

In the Netherlands, where the film is set, the film broke the record for the biggest debut for an animated film and dethroned *Sonic the Hedgehog 2* for the most consecutive weeks at the top of the box office.

## Possible sequel

On March 1, 2024, 1.5 years before the release of the film, Jan Smit is having his interest of making the sequel to *Amsterdam*, but the sequel to Amsterdam will start the development if it depends on the first film's critical and box office reception.

In November 2025, it was reported that a new *Amsterdam* film was in the works with Paramount considering either a stop-motion sequel or live-action remake. On June 25, 2026, Matthew Broderick and Jennifer Goodwin expressed their interest on reprising their roles of Zack Gelderman and Emily Helmska if the sequel film ever materializes, even Zach Braff expressed his interest of reprising his role of Heinz the rat in the sequel.