Netflix has revealed our first look at a very exciting upcoming animated project which is set to stream globally later this year. What do you get if you combine sci-fi and classic detective movies from the 1940’s with a visionary director? The answer is visionary director Brad Bird’s Ray Gunn!
This week the streamer has revealed the film will feature an all-star voice cast including Sam Rockwell, Scarlett Johansson and Tom Waits. We’ve also gotten our first look at the film with three new still images.
In Metropia, a gigantic city in an alternate future as seen from 1939, private eye Raymond Gunn is drawn into a case involving aliens, murder and a multimedia star named Venus Nova.
Take a look at each of the newly released still images below:
“Ray Gunn has been in my mind for over 30 years. The film is a blend of sci-fi and classic detective movies from the ’40s…it’s Maltese Falcon meets Buck Rogers” says director/writer/producer Brad Bird. “I’ve been a fan of both of those sort of genres, and blending them together seemed fun, and a chance to play with a lot of very cinematic elements, and extreme characters.”
“There’s a big chunk of people who don’t watch animation. That’s a group I’m anxious to persuade because it’s an amazing art form that is way too limited in people’s minds. Animation as a medium is too interesting to limit what kind of stories can be told.”
Speaking of her role as Venus Nova in the film, Scarlett Johansson adds: “Having the opportunity to collaborate with Brad Bird is a career milestone for me; I have loved his work my entire life. This project is so uniquely special because it is a total realization of where Brad is currently on his artistic journey. I can’t wait for audiences to see this extraordinary animation that looks like nothing else out there.”
Ray Gunn is part of Netflix’s original slate of animated features which includes the most popular Netflix film ever, KPop Demon Hunters; Academy Award®-winner Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, the Academy Award®-nominated films Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl, Nimona, The Sea Beast, The Mitchells vs. The Machines, Over the Moon, A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon and Klaus; the BAFTA®-nominated Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget; the comedy fan favourites Leo and Back to the Outback; and the upcoming Steps.
