Elio
Teaser poster with the originally planned 2024 release window
Directed byAdrian Molina
Written byAdrian Molina[1]
Produced byMary Alice Drumm
Starring
Cinematography
Production
companies
Distributed byWalt Disney Studios
Motion Pictures
Release date
  • June 13, 2025 (2025-06-13)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Elio is an upcoming American animated science fiction adventure film produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Pixar Animation Studios, and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It is being written and directed by Adrian Molina (in his feature directorial debut), and produced by Mary Alice Drumm. The film stars the voices of Yonas Kibreab, America Ferrera, Jameela Jamil, and Brad Garrett. Elio follows an eleven-year-old boy named Elio Solis (Kibreab) who accidentally becomes the intergalactic Ambassador of planet Earth after being beamed up to the Communiverse by aliens for making contact. Elio must form new bonds with eccentric alien lifeforms and survive a series of formidable trials.

The film was officially announced at the D23 Expo in September 2022, with Molina and Drumm already attached to the project as writer/director and producer, respectively, while Kibreab and Ferrera were revealed to be cast in the lead voice roles. Jamil and Garrett joined the cast in June 2023.

Elio is scheduled to be released in theaters on June 13, 2025 in the United States.

Premise

For centuries, people have called out to the universe looking for answers—in Disney and Pixar's all-new movie Elio, the universe calls back! The original feature film introduces Elio, an underdog with an active imagination who finds himself inadvertently beamed up to the Communiverse, an interplanetary organization with representatives from galaxies far and wide. Mistakenly identified as Earth's ambassador to the rest of the universe, and completely unprepared for that kind of pressure, Elio must form new bonds with eccentric alien lifeforms, survive a series of formidable trials and somehow discover who he is truly meant to be.[2]

— Pixar Animation Studios

Voice cast

  • Yonas Kibreab as Elio Solis, an eleven-year-old boy mistakenly identified by aliens as Earth's ambassador.[3]
  • America Ferrera as Major Olga Solis, Elio's mother who runs a top-secret military project.[3]
  • Jameela Jamil as Ambassador Questa, a cobra/manta ray-like alien ambassador.[4]
  • Brad Garrett as Ambassador Grigon, a bulky, four-legged alien ambassador.[4]

Production

Development

On September 9, 2022, during the 2022 D23 Expo Presentation, Pixar announced a new film titled Elio, with Adrian Molina writing and directing and Mary Alice Drumm producing. It marks Molina's feature-length directorial debut after he co-directed Coco (2017), which he also co-wrote.[5] At the same time, Molina and Drumm talked about the film by helping pose the question, "What if I told you we're not alone in the universe, and everything you've ever heard about aliens is true?" Shortly after, the announcement came with a planned screen glitch and a message with alien text saying, "Bring us to your leader."[6]

Casting

On September 9, 2022, during the D23 Expo, America Ferrera and Yonas Kibreab were announced to have been cast in the leading voice roles of Olga Solis and her son Elio, respectively.[3]

On June 13, 2023, with the release of the teaser trailer and poster, Jameela Jamil and Brad Garrett joined the film's voice cast.[4]

Release

Elio is scheduled to be theatrically released in the United States on June 13, 2025, by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures.[7] It was originally scheduled for theatrical release on March 1, 2024,[8] but due to the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike, the film was moved to its current release date.[7]

Marketing

Following the project announcement, the first look concept art of the film was released on September 9, 2022.[5] Joshua Meyer of /Film said it "sounds like the kind of fresh, original storytelling that Pixar built its brand on."[6] A teaser trailer was released on June 13, 2023, featuring "Good Feeling" by Austin French.[9] Ethan Anderton of /Film said "Adding some charm to this story is the fact that Elio isn't exactly the most confident kid. Though he's artistic and creative, he's also more of an indoor kid who doesn't fit in with his peers. But perhaps being among a group of aliens who aren't human will allow him an opportunity to make a connection without any societal pressure. This just might be the opportunity Elio needs to come out of his shell."[4] Pauli Poisuo of Looper says while it "obviously doesn't give too much of the story away, it certainly looks gorgeous and intriguing."[10]

References

  1. ↑ Trench, Mikael (June 20, 2023). "Pixar's Elio - Everything You Need To Know". Looper. Retrieved August 27, 2023. The aforementioned director Adrian Molina is currently the only credited writer for Pixar's Elio.
  2. ↑ "Upcoming". Pixar Animation Studios. Archived from the original on June 14, 2023. Retrieved November 26, 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 @Pixar (September 10, 2022). "Starring America Ferrera as Olga Solis and Yonas Kibreab as Elio. Directed by Adrian Molina & Produced by Mary Alice Drumm, Disney and Pixar's Elio lands in Spring 2024" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Anderton, Ethan (June 13, 2023). "Elio Trailer: An 11-Year Old Boy Heads To Space In Pixar's Next Movie". /Film. Archived from the original on June 14, 2023. Retrieved June 14, 2023.
  5. 1 2 @Pixar (September 10, 2022). "You're invited on Disney and Pixar's newest adventure... ELIO. Meet Elio: A boy who finds himself transported across the galaxy & mistaken for the intergalactic Ambassador for our planet Earth.😮" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  6. 1 2 Meyer, Joshua (September 9, 2022). "Disney Announces New Pixar Sci-Fi Adventure Comedy, Elio [D23]". /Film. Archived from the original on October 2, 2022. Retrieved December 8, 2022.
  7. 1 2 McClintock, Pamela (October 27, 2023). "Disney Delays 'Snow White' and 'Elio' a Year, Removes Jonathan Majors' 'Magazine Dreams' From Calendar". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 27, 2023.
  8. ↑ Kit, Borys (September 10, 2021). "Disney's Live-Action The Little Mermaid to Open on Memorial Day Weekend in 2023". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on September 10, 2021. Retrieved September 11, 2021.
  9. ↑ "Austin French's "Good Feeling" Featured In New Disney Pixar Trailer". Gospel Music Association. July 5, 2023. Retrieved August 29, 2023.
  10. ↑ Poisuo, Pauli (June 13, 2023). "Elio's First Trailer Is An Out Of This World Adventure From Pixar". Looper. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
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