Overview
- Netflix and Skydance, which unveiled first-look images Thursday, named Sam Rockwell, Scarlett Johansson and Tom Waits to the voice cast.
- Brad Bird returns as writer-director on his first film since 2018, following private eye Raymond Gunn through the 1939-styled city of Metropia and a case tied to Venus Nova and aliens.
- Waits voices Eyera, an alien ally, while producers include John Lasseter, David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Lisa Beroud, with Michael Giacchino composing the score.
- Netflix set a 2026 streaming window without a date, with trade outlets reporting expectations of a late-2026 debut and possible festival play.
- The project began in the mid-1990s as a 2D Turner/Warner effort, was revived at Skydance in CG under its Netflix deal, and is reported to carry a budget above $150 million.