Space Taxi
The taxi Doge's crew starts. Kaka is the car. The driver's seat is empty; the wheel turns on its own.
Hudhud Studios · Feature 02
Doge & Kaka
To Mars in the Space Taxi.
A dog. A taxi. A planet that was never the point.
A small dog. A big red planet.
Doge has spent his life showing other people Mars. He knows every constellation, every crater and every reason the red star matters. He has never been there. When the observatory closes, he decides to stop waiting.
- Act I
The fake ticket
Doge breaks open his Mars piggy bank and buys a half-price ticket to the red planet. The airport is an empty parking lot. The seller is gone. All that is left is a truck with an AI inside that has lost its memory. Doge names it Kaka.
- Act II
The Space Taxi
Doge, Biduck the duck and Buster the bulldog were all scammed by the same chameleon: Kamel the Shapeshifter. They start a taxi to hunt him down. Kaka drives itself. Doge navigates from the passenger seat. Grandpa Turtle teaches them the three secrets of a taxi driver. Every passenger brings back a piece of Kaka's memory. Then Kamel takes Kaka and wipes it clean.
- Act III
The race to Mars
The Mars Exploration Race. The trio enters in Grandpa Turtle's No. 42 taxi, the slowest car on the course. A sandstorm stops the fast cars. Doge finds the way by the North Star. The Space Taxi Song brings Kaka back. Kamel is caught. Kaka chooses Doge as its navigator, and they leave for Mars together.
“It's okay if you don't know the way. Look at the sky. There are stars.”
Meet the crew.
Seven characters, one taxi, and a planet that is very far away.
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Doge
Knows every constellation. Has no driver’s license. Acts brave, but is scared of losing the dream.
“That red star is Mars.”
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Kaka
Lost its memory. Takes jokes literally. Saves anything it likes.
“Saved.”
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Biduck
An optimist who shouts “Three!” before anyone says “one, two.” Hides his worries with jokes.
“Go!”
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Buster
A grumbling nag who never leaves a friend alone. Tone-deaf, and the loudest singer in the car.
“Brake! Brake!”
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Grandpa Turtle
Fifty years driving taxi No. 42. Slow, but never stops.
“Slow is fine.”
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Detective Dozy
Sleeps through the race. Lightning fast when it matters.
“Sure thing~”
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Kamel
A con artist who wants Mars for himself. Turns the color of whatever is next to him when he sneezes.
“Disguise complete!”
Three marks of its own.
Doge & Kaka is built as a story world, not a one-off film. The film introduces three original marks that can live beyond the credits.
The film uses original in-story brands. Real-world brand placements, including vehicle and rocket company marks, require written approval and are not implied by this page.
Mars Exploration Race
The race that decides who gets to Mars. Fast rovers, a sandstorm, and one turtle taxi that refuses to stop.
New Hope Space Center
The rocket company that built Kaka's mind. The film's original in-story brand.
Real-world brand placements, including vehicle and rocket company marks, require written approval and are not implied by this page.
A character the internet already loves, in a story for the next generation.
Doge is one of the internet's most recognizable characters, loved since 2013. He brings a global community, a built-in visual language and a story that works for the first generation growing up with AI.
Kaka is not a scary machine or a magic solution. It is a friend who forgets things, takes jokes literally and learns by making mistakes with Doge. That is the emotional idea at the centre of the film, and it is the reason the story can travel.
The film is designed as a franchise from day one: feature, short-form, games, merchandise and sequels.
Runtime, audience and tone ratio are creative targets from the concept scenario. They are not a finished cut.
- 80 min
- Feature runtime
- 6–13
- Core audience, plus families
- 70/30
- Laughs to heart
Where the film stands.
Doge & Kaka is in development at Hudhud Studios. The film is an adaptation of Jang Hang-jun's original screenplay Pink Truck, reimagined as an 80-minute family animation.
- Source
- Based on the original screenplay Pink Truck by Jang Hang-jun.
- Adaptation
- By Na Hyun and Kim Eun-jung, with Jung Kwon-young.
- Production
- Hudhud Studios.
- Director
- To be announced.
- Status
- In development · Release date TBA.
Character rights and production partnerships are subject to agreement. The writing team is confirmed in the project materials; the director is not. The film uses original in-story brands; real-world placements require approval.
