Overview
- Sony and TriStar showed the first look at Klara and the Sun at CinemaCon and confirmed a theatrical release on October 23.
- Jenna Ortega leads as Klara, a solar‑powered “Artificial Friend” designed to offer companionship to humans.
- Footage introduces Josie, a sick teen who chooses Klara, and a wary mother who warns she may return the robot under warranty.
- Taika Waititi directs from a script he co‑wrote with Dahvi Waller, with producing by David Heyman, Jeffrey Clifford, Rosie Alison, and Garrett Basch.
- The cast includes Amy Adams, Mia Tharia, Simon Baker, Natasha Lyonne, and Steve Buscemi, adapting Kazuo Ishiguro’s acclaimed 2021 novel about AI and loneliness.