Overview
- Netflix publicly screened the opening seven minutes of Ray Gunn and confirmed the film will stream on Netflix on December 18, 2026, at its Next on Netflix presentation in Annecy on Wednesday.
- Brad Bird’s decades-old passion project features Sam Rockwell as Ray Gunn, Scarlett Johansson as Venus Nova, and Tom Waits as an alien sidekick.
- Bird said the film uses pure keyframe animation with no motion capture and described the look as a retro‑futuristic, Art Deco noir drawn from a concept he first wrote in the 1990s.
- No wide theatrical or IMAX release window was announced, leaving earlier reporting of distribution friction between Netflix and studio partners as relevant context.
- At Annecy Netflix also announced other dates and projects — Steps on November 20, The One Piece in February 2027, and Ghostbusters: Night Shift in 2027 — signaling a holiday and awards-minded, streaming-first animation strategy that mixes original auteur films and franchise adaptations.