Overview
- Illumination and Universal unveiled Not Alone at the Annecy Animation Festival on Monday, June 22, 2026, releasing a teaser poster and official synopsis.
- Timothée Chalamet will voice Joe, an introverted rocket mechanic, and Selena Gomez will voice Fran, an astro‑botanist developing a plant‑fueled rocket, with their partnership framed as a family-friendly rom‑com adventure.
- Three alien fugitives named Dunk, Welly and Shirm hide in Joe’s home while fleeing Officer Zandro, and the official logline sets the aliens and the rocket as the story’s central conflict.
- The cast includes Rob Brydon, Diane Morgan and Jamie Demetriou as the aliens, Brett Goldstein as Officer Zandro, and supporting roles for Allison Janney and Lamorne Morris, with Eric Guillon, Claire Dodgson and Jonathan Del Val co-directing and Chris Meledandri producing.
- Not Alone is scheduled for wide theatrical release on April 16, 2027, a move that positions Illumination to promote an original title alongside its recent franchise hits and shapes the studio’s release and marketing plans going forward.