Brad Bird's Ray Gunn Gets December 4 Theatrical Run Before Netflix
Netflix is giving Bird's long-gestating noir pastiche a theatrical window before streaming, a pattern the service has used for awards-facing animation, and the star voice cast plus Bird's name are the selling points rather than franchise recognition.
Reporting from 1 source: Cinema Today.
Ray Gunn, Brad Bird's animated film, will open in select theaters on December 4, ahead of its Netflix streaming debut on December 18. The retro-futuristic noir follows Raymond Gunn, the last human detective in the city of Metropia. Sam Rockwell voices Raymond, Scarlett Johansson plays Venus Nova, and Tom Waits voices the one-eyed alien Ai-Ra.
The key visual, trailer, and stills arrived alongside the date announcement. Bird describes the film as a fusion of The Maltese Falcon and Buck Rogers, set in Metropia, a city where humans and aliens live side by side.
The trailer sets Art Deco skyscrapers against the shadowed underbelly of the city, with Raymond working old-fashioned cases as the last human detective. Venus Nova, voiced by Johansson, has white hair in the key visual. Tom Waits plays Ai-Ra, Ray's one-eyed alien partner. Bird has been developing the project for 30 years.
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- Cinema Today Netflix映画『レイ・ガン』12月4日より劇場先行公開決定！サム・ロックウェル＆スカヨハら豪華声優陣