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Elio is an upcoming American computer-animated film produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Pixar Animation Studios. It will be Pixar's 29th animated feature, and is scheduled to be released on June 13, 2025.[1]

Synopsis[]

For centuries, people have called out to the universe looking for answers—in Disney and Pixar’s all-new feature film “Elio,” the universe calls back! The cosmic misadventure introduces Elio, a space fanatic with an active imagination and a huge alien obsession. So, when he’s beamed up to the Communiverse, an interplanetary organization with representatives from galaxies far and wide, Elio’s all in for the epic undertaking. Mistakenly identified as Earth’s ambassador to the rest of the universe, Elio must form new bonds with eccentric alien lifeforms, navigate a crisis of intergalactic proportions, and somehow discover who and where he is truly meant to be.

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Production[]

The film was announced on September 9, 2022, during the D23 Expo, with Adrian Molina set to direct. Yonas Kibreab and America Ferrera were also announced to voice the leading roles of Elio and her mother Olga Solis, respectively.[2]

On August 9, 2024, during the Disney D23 fan event, Domee Shi and Madeline Sharafian were announced as the new directors, replacing Molina. Molina, however, is reportedly retaining his director credit nevertheless because of the amount of work he directed that is being kept in the film. Pete Docter also revealed that Ferrera dropped out due to scheduling conflicts, with Zoë Saldaña taking over the character of Olga, who is now being reworked as Elio's aunt.[5]

Release[]

Elio was originally scheduled to be released in theaters in the United States on March 1, 2024 by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures[6], but was delayed to its current release date amid the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike.[1] According to Pete Docter, the film's delay was also related to the leadership change on the film as well as other project at Pixar.

The teaser trailer for the film was released on June 13, 2023.[4]

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Trivia[]

  • This will be the first Pixar film to be released on Friday the 13th.
  • This is the fifth Pixar film of the 2020s to be produced in a 2:39:1 aspect ratio after Onward, Soul, Lightyear and Inside Out 2.
    • This will be the seventh Disney animated film of the 2020s to be produced in a 2:39:1 aspect ratio after Onward, Soul, Raya and the Last Dragon, Lightyear, Strange World, and Inside Out 2.
    • This film was originally going to be produced in a 1.85:1 aspect ratio, but it was presented in 2.39:1 aspect ratio during the 2024 Disney D23 fan event.
      • However, the film's teaser trailer was produced in a 1.85:1 aspect ratio.
  • This film marks Brad Garrett's first role in a Pixar film since 2016's Finding Dory.
  • The bunny from the SparkShorts film Burrow makes a cameo appearance as Elio Solis' phone case.
  • This is the first Pixar full-length film to have sapient aliens.
  • The film utilizes the same anime character style as Bao, Luca and Turning Red.
  • Due to the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike, this film beats Cars as the longest-advertised Pixar film in history (due to an unexpected two-year gap between its first trailer and its official release date).
  • The teaser trailer's music is Christian artist Austin French's song "Good Feeling".

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