Netflix has released the first trailer for its next animated movie Swapped — but, even with Michael B. Jordan's star power, I can't see it being the next KPop Demon Hunters

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Ollie and Ivy smiling in Netflix animated movie Swapped
Swapped tells the story of enemies-turned-friends Ollie and Ivy (Image credit: Netflix/Skydance Animation)
  • Netflix has released the first trailer for Swapped
  • Its two lead characters are voiced by Michael B. Jordan and Juno Temple
  • The animated film couldn't be more different to Jordan's last film Sinners

Michael B. Jordan is riding the crest of a wave after his recent Academy Award win — and Netflix will be hoping his involvement in its next animated movie will give it a KPop Demon Hunters-style viewership boost.

Titled Swapped, the animated animal adventure, which will land on the world's best streaming service on May 1, will see Jordan voice one of its two main characters. And, following the release of its official trailer today (April 2), we have a better understanding of what its story will entail.

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Billed as a buddy comedy, Swapped follows Ollie, a small woodland creature who spends his time foraging for food, sleeping, and playing... oh, and evading the clutches of his sworn enemy Ivy, a majestic bird voiced by Ted Lasso's Juno Temple.

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However, one day during a routine encounter between the pair, they fall into a mysterious purple flower pod — and end up swapping bodies. Forced to work together to reverse the effects of whatever's caused this Freaky Friday-like switch, Ollie and Ivy must set their differences aside if they're to not only succeed, but survive the myriad dangers that await them on their journey.

Not that it needs saying, but Swapped is a far cry from Jordan's Academy Award-winning turn in his most recent film. That multi-award-winning big-screen project — Ryan Coogler's Sinners — was a supernatural horror period drama that placed Black history, culture, and music at its forefront. The kid-friendly Swapped, then, couldn't be more different from the live-action flick that saw Jordan play twins Stack and Smoke.

Does Swapped stand any chance of repeating KPop Demon Hunters' success?

Rumi, Zoey, and Mira cheer as they sit at a table full of food in Kpop Demon Hunters

We might never a hugely successful animated film quite like Kpop Demon Hunters ever again on Netflix (Image credit: Netflix)

Never say never, but I really, really doubt it.

Based on its first trailer, Swapped seems to be a run-of-the-mill family-friendly flick that, like In Your Dreams, Thelma the Unicorn, and countless other Netflix animated offerings, will find an audience, albeit not a particularly big one. So, while it has the star power of individuals like Jordan, I'd be amazed if it came close to matching the 325 million+ views that KPop Demon Hunters has amassed since its June 2025 release.

To be fair to Swapped, it hardly deserves to be compared to the cultural juggernaut that was KPop Demon Hunters.

Okay, nobody expected last year's most unexpected hit to be the multi-award-winning, Netflix record-breaking, global phenomenon that it was. Nevertheless, it ended up possessing all of the right ingredients to defy expectations and be that one-in-a-million film that few others turn out to be. Truly, KPop Demon Hunters was a lightning-in-a-bottle moment that we might never see the likes of again.

So, yes, Swapped may be watched by kids of a certain age, but it'll be nigh-on impossible for it to succeed in the manner that KPop Demon Hunters did. And, hey, if I end up being horrendously wrong about its chances, so be it.

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