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Disney’s long-dormant Figment movie is showing signs of life again.
The purple dragon has spent more than four decades as one of EPCOT’s most enduring original characters. Figment debuted with Dreamfinder in Journey Into Imagination on March 5, 1983, becoming closely associated with the park even as the attraction around him changed.
Dreamfinder disappeared when the original attraction closed in 1998. Figment eventually returned for Journey Into Imagination With Figment in 2002, this time causing trouble for Dr. Nigel Channing as guests tour the fictional Imagination Institute.
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His popularity has since expanded far beyond the ride itself. Figment has become a fixture of EPCOT festivals, merchandise, character experiences, and Disney fan culture, regularly attracting levels of demand rarely seen for a character without a major movie franchise behind him.
That looked set to change in September 2022.
Reports at the time revealed that Disney was developing a Figment feature with Seth Rogen’s Point Grey Pictures. Pokémon Detective Pikachu writers Dan Hernandez and Benji Samit were attached to write, while Rogen, Evan Goldberg, and James Weaver were linked as producers.
Then, updates effectively stopped.
Seth Rogen Addresses the Figment Movie
Four years after news of the project first emerged, Rogen has finally offered a rare update on what became of Disney’s Figment movie.
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Speaking to Entertainment Weekly while promoting Babies at the Toronto International Film Festival, Rogen first clarified a detail about his own involvement in the project.
“I wasn’t gonna star in it, we were producing it,” Rogen said.
Asked directly where the movie now stands, Rogen did not confirm that production is moving forward. However, he also stopped short of suggesting that the project had been abandoned.
“Um, let me get back to you on that. Let me kick the tires on that one!” he said with a laugh.
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When pressed on whether it was time to get the project moving again, Rogen remained tight lipped.
“I can’t tell you anything!” he said.
The remarks provide few concrete answers. Disney still has not announced a director, cast, release date, production schedule, or even whether the Figment movie has officially received a green light.
Still, Rogen discussing the project at all marks a notable change after years with virtually no public movement. Entertainment Weekly described the movie as long awaited and secretive, with Rogen continuing to be involved through Point Grey.
There was one other recent opportunity for Disney to clarify the movie’s fate.
During Disney’s annual shareholder meeting in March 2026, CEO Josh D’Amaro was asked whether the company would ever create a Figment movie. D’Amaro praised the character’s lasting popularity but made no announcement about the previously reported Point Grey project.
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That makes Rogen’s comments the clearest acknowledgment of the actual film project in years, even if they leave its current development status deliberately unclear.
Disney Is Putting Figment Back in the Spotlight
Whatever happens on the big screen, Disney has already made one thing clear: it is not finished with Figment.
At D23 in August 2026, Disney announced that Dreamfinder and Figment will reunite for a new journey into imagination at EPCOT, bringing the pair back together after nearly three decades apart.
“We know how important this is to you,” Disney Experiences Chairman Thomas Mazloum told fans while announcing the project. Disney has not yet revealed its opening date or the full scope of what will change at the Imagination Pavilion.
The announcement came after years of Figment repeatedly proving his popularity at Walt Disney World.
When the character’s dedicated EPCOT meet and greet debuted in September 2023, some guests waited around five hours. The line eventually closed early so Disney could accommodate everyone already waiting.
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The $25 souvenir attracted a line quoted at approximately seven hours on opening weekend. Other reports placed the estimated wait even higher at its peak, while guests who actually secured the bucket reported spending several hours in line.
Figment has also previously expanded beyond EPCOT. Disney and Marvel published a Figment comic series in 2014, pairing the character with Dreamfinder in a new adventure years after the latter disappeared from the theme park attraction.
A feature film would take that expansion significantly further.
Disney has repeatedly turned theme park properties into movies, with results ranging from the enormously successful Pirates of the Caribbean franchise to The Country Bears, Tomorrowland, Jungle Cruise, and two separate theatrical versions of Haunted Mansion.
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