Strays - movie: where to watch streaming online (2025)

Will Ferrell lends his voice as top dog in raunchy comedy produced by Lord and Miller

Strays is an adult comedy film produced and directed by Josh Greenbaum for Universal Pictures. Greenbaum has previously directed a number of TV show episodes and documentaries includingNew Girl and 2013’s The Short Game while his feature film directing credit is the Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo comedy, Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar which released in 2021. Strays is written by Dan Perrault who is best known for co-creating the popular mockumentary series, American Vandal. Along with Greenbaum, Strays is produced by Erik Feig, Louis Leterrier, Aditya Sood and Phil Lord and Christopher Miller. The latter duo is best known for their work on a number of successful projects including The Lego Movie, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, and 21 Jump Street.

Will Ferrell leads the pack as the voice of Reggie, the abandoned dog. Jamie Foxx is the voice of Bug, Isla Fisher voices Maggie and Randall Park is the voice of Hunter while Will Forte portrays Reggie's former human best friend, Doug. Josh Gad, Harvey Guillén, Rob Riggle, Jamie Demetriou, Brett Gelman and Sofía Vergara round out the cast.

• August 1, 2019
  • Producing duo Phil Lord and Christopher Miller sign an exclusive deal with Universal Pictures. (Source: The Hollywood Reporter)
• May 26, 2021
  • The film Strays, written by Dan Perrault, has been acquired by Universal Pictures, and it has been confirmed that Lord and Miller will serve as the producers of the movie. (Source: Variety)
• October 4, 2021
  • Filming begins in Atlanta, Georgia. (Source: Variety)
• December 6, 2021
  • Jamie Foxx, Will Ferrell and Will Forte will star in the movie with Josh Greenbaum confirmed as director. Production on the movie was announced to be completed. (Source: The Hollywood Reporter)
• February 14, 2022
  • The film was given an official release date of June 9, 2023. (Source: Deadline)
• February 7, 2023
  • The first preview of Strays has been revealed which hints at the raunchy live-action humor of the movie. (Source: ScreenRant)
• March 15, 2023
  • An explicit trailer for Strays is released demonstrating the various R-rated hijinks the adorable pups will get into. (Source: YouTube)
• July 26, 2023
  • A second trailer for Strays released teasing the dynamic between the two lead dogs voiced by Will Ferrell and Jamie Foxx. (Source: YouTube)
• August 1, 2023
  • A new behind the scenes featurette of Strays released featuring the talented voice cast discussing what filthy hilarity is featured in the film. (Source: YouTube)
• August 18, 2023
  • Strays released in theatres.