Neon has acquired the North American rights to "Ally," the first animated film from "Parasite" director Bong Joon-ho. The movie opens in 2027.

Neon has acquired the North American rights to "Ally," the first animated film from "Parasite" director Bong Joon-ho. File Photo by Rocco Spaziani/UPI UPI South Korean director Bong Joon-ho holds up one of his Oscars as he arrives for the Vanity Fair Oscar party in 2020. File Photo by Chris Chew/UPI UPI Song Kang-ho, So-dam Park, Bong Joon-ho, Jeong-eun Lee, Woo-sik Choi and Sun-kyun Lee, from left to right, appear backstage with the award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture for "Parasite" at the SAG Awards in 2020. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI UPI

April 28 (UPI) -- Neon will reunite with Bong Joon-ho to distribute the Parasite director's first animated film.

Deadline reported Tuesday that Neon has acquired the North American rights to the movie, titled Ally.

Variety said the film, directed and co-written by Bong, is expected to open in theaters in 2027.

Ally, described as a "family adventure blending humor and emotion," follows a curious piglet squid of the same name. The creature's home in the South Pacific Ocean is endangered when a mysterious aircraft sinks into the waters.

Bong previously brought creatures to life in the live-action monster movie The Host and in Okja, a live-action sci-fi film about a girl trying to save a genetically modified "super pig."

His 2019 movie Parasite was the first non-English language film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture, and took home three other Oscars, including Best Director for Bong.