Timothée Chalamet and Selena Gomez will voice star in Illumination’s upcoming alien film Not Alone, it was introduced out of the Annecy Worldwide Animation Movie Competition.
Chalamet had teased the announcement in his Instagram Story on Sunday night time. He posted a photograph of a cloudy sky with the caption “new movie announcement tmrw :)” overlaid on the picture, with a small rocket emoji, trying as if it was blasting into house.
Common and Illumination shared the poster for Not Alone on social media on Monday. The movie will hit theaters on April 16, 2027.
The function marks Chalamet’s first feature-length animated movie and sees him play introverted rocket mechanic Joe. Gomez is about to voice Fran, an astro-botanist creating the first-ever plant fueled rocket.
“When Joe and Fran are brought together to prepare for the inaugural launch of this revolutionary rocket, there are immediate sparks, but neither is particularly adept at romance,” in response to a synopsis from Common. “Life becomes more complicated when three aliens—tiny, unruly and adorable—take refuge in Joe’s home. Dunk, Welly and Shirm are on the interplanetary run from a zealous-yet-inept officer of the law named Zandro. The aliens determine that Fran’s rocket could provide their means of getting back home to safety.”
The aliens will probably be voiced by British comedic actors Rob Brydon, Diane Morgan and Jamie Demetriou. Brett Goldstein will voice officer Zandro. The supporting voice forged consists of Allison Janney and Lamorne Morris.
Not Alone is directed by Despicable Me 3 co-director Eric Guillon, who designed Despicable Me and Minions and in addition did design work on The Secret Lifetime of Pets and the Sing movies. Guillon will direct alongside Claire Dodgson (editor of The Lorax, Minions, Despicable Me 3, Minions: The Rise of Gru) and Jonathan Del Val (co-director of Minions: The Rise of Gru and The Secret Lifetime of Pets 2).
Not Alone is produced by Illumination founder and CEO Chris Meledandri and government produced by Pleasure Poirel, Richard Curtis and David Distenfeld.
Chalamet most lately graced the massive display screen in Marty Supreme, which earned him an Oscar nomination for finest actor in addition to finest image for his work as a producer. Earlier than that, he landed Oscar noms for his starring function within the 2024 Bob Dylan biopic A Full Unknown and for his efficiency in 2017’s Name Me by Your Title.
Subsequent up, he reprises his function as Paul Atreides in Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Half Three, scheduled for launch in December.
Gomez returns in Season 6 of Hulu’s Solely Murders within the Constructing later this 12 months. Her function as Mabel Mora has earned her 5 Golden Globe noms and one performing Emmy nomination, along with 4 finest comedy collection Emmy noms as an government producer on the present.
Gomez’s upcoming credit embrace the Linda Ronstadt biopic, directed by David O. Russell, through which she portrays the Grammy-winning singer.
