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One of Netflix’s big animated movies in 2026 is Ray Gunn, a longtime passion project from two time Academy Award winner Brad Bird. This morning, the streamer has shared some first images from the expected Oscar contender, as well as announced Sam Rockwell, Scarlett Johansson, and Tom Waits as being a part of the voice cast. Rockwell is Raymond Gunn himself, while Johansson plays Venus Nova, with Waits as Eyera. More below.
Here are the bullet points for the film, courtesy of Netflix, including an official logline:
- Director: Brad Bird
- Original Story By: Brad Bird
- Screenplay By: Brad Bird and Matthew Robbins
- Production Company: Skydance Animation
- Produced By: John Lasseter, Brad Bird, Lisa Beroud, David Ellison and Dana Goldberg producing for Skydance Animation
- Voice Cast: Sam Rockwell (“Raymond Gunn”), Scarlett Johansson (“Venus Nova”), Tom Waits (“Eyera”)
- Logline: 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.
- Release Date: 2026
- Quotes from Brad Bird (Director, Writer, Producer): “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. 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.”
- Quote from Scarlett Johansson (Voice of ‘Venus Nova’): “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, Academy Award®-winner 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, I Lost My Body and Klaus; the BAFTA®-nominated Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget; the Critics Choice Award-nominated In Your Dreams; the comedy fan favorites Leo and Back to the Outback and the upcoming Steps.
Take a look at the first look at Ray Gunn:
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