The Valley () is an upcoming South Korean animated film written, directed, and produced by Bong Joon Ho (in his animated feature debut). The film was announced in 2018, after his completion of the critically-acclaimed film Parasite, and is said to be an animated drama film involving deep-sea creatures and humans. The film is set to be released in 2027.
Bong Joon Ho's first experience producing animation came when he made a stop-motion animated short film, Looking For Paradise, during his university days with the Yellow Door film club as explored in the documentary film Yellow Door: '90s Lo-fi Film Club. Bong, after having previously made all live-action films, had since expressed a desire to revisit animation, making this project a meaningful return to the medium.
Bong began writing the screenplay in 2018 and completed it in early 2021. Seo Woo-sik, producer of Bong's Mother and Okja, stated Bong sketched storyboards for the animation process in his hotel room. Inspired by Claire Nouvian's novel The Deep: The Extraordinary Creatures of the Abyss, Bong describes the film as exploring the connection between deep-sea creatures and humans.
Werner Herzog will be part of the voice cast in the film. On March 23, 2025, John Carpenter revealed that he was set to compose the film's score.
On March 21, 2025, The Chosun Ilbo reported that the film's current title is The Valley and it is scheduled for a 2027 international release.