Netflix has released the first trailer and teaser poster for the upcoming animated neo-noir sci-fi mystery, RAY GUNN, introducing audiences to a striking alternate future filled with private detectives, aliens, murder and a mysterious multimedia star.
Directed, produced and co-written by Brad Bird, the new film is set to arrive on Netflix on 18 December 2026, following a theatrical release in select cinemas and a limited 70mm run from 4 December 2026.
In Metropia, a gigantic city in an alternate future as seen from 1939, private eye Raymond Gunn is drawn into a case involving aliens, murder and a multimedia star named Venus Nova.
The film’s star-studded voice cast is led by Sam Rockwell and Scarlett Johansson, alongside Tom Waits, Alan Tudyk, Matt Berry, Bobby Cannavale, Michael Chernus, Kether Donohue, Michelle Rodriguez, Aasif Mandvi, Matt Jones, Kathryn Hunter, John Ratzenberger, Justin Peck and Patton Oswalt.
Watch the brand new trailer for RAY GUNN below…
RAY GUNN is part of Netflix’s original slate of animated features which includes the most popular Netflix film ever, KPop Demon Hunters; Academy Award®-winner Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, the Academy Award®-nominated films Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl; the BAFTA®-nominated Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget; and the upcoming In Waves and Steps.
RAY GUNN is directed by Brad Bird, who also created the film’s original story and co-wrote the screenplay with Matthew Robbins.
Bird is joined by producers John Lasseter, Brad Bird, Lisa Beroud, David Ellison and Dana Goldberg, producing for Skydance Animation.
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