Zoe Saldana has joined the voice cast of “Elio,” the 29th film from Disney‘s Pixar, which follows a boy named Elio who finds himself inadvertently beamed up to an interplanetary organization where he is chosen to become Earth’s ambassador to other galaxies.
Saldana will voice Elio’s aunt. “I felt a real connection to the character and wanted to see a representation of how a real family works on screen. the relationship you and i share in the movie felt authentic,” she said at D23.
A plot description from Pixar reads, “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.”
Slated for a June 13, 2025, release (moved from the 2024 calendar following last year’s double strikes), the sci-fi adventure was first unveiled at the 2022 D23 Expo. It’s helmed by Adrian Molina, screenwriter and co-director of Pixar Oscar winner “Coco.” The voice cast also includes America Ferrera as Elio’s mother, Olga; Jameela Jamil as Ambassador Questa; Brad Garrett as Ambassador Grigon; and Jonas Kibreab as Elio.
After a rare stumble with 2023 release “Lightyear,” Pixar’s “Inside Out 2” recently topped $1.5 billion worldwide and is one of the year’s highest grossing movies.
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