Having starred in Avatar and Guardians of the Galaxy, Zoe Saldana is no stranger to outer space. Still, she’ll be expanding her resume next summer when she stars in Pixar’s Elio.
It was revealed at D23 that she has joined the project to play the titular character’s aunt.
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The film follows an eleven-year-old boy named Elio Solis 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 official synopsis is as follows, “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.”
The last we heard, Turning Red‘s Domee Shi had potentially replaced Adrian Molina as director on the project. After tonight, however, it appears Molina is still attached.
Pixar‘s original sci-fi was previously delayed by more than a year, moving from March 1, 2024, to June 13, 2025.
