
Turning Red(2022)
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“They asked for our leader. They got... him.”
Elio, a space fanatic with an active imagination, finds himself on a cosmic misadventure where he must form new bonds with eccentric alien lifeforms, navigate a crisis of intergalactic proportions and somehow discover who he is truly meant to be.

Yonas Kibreab
Elio / Other Elio (voice)

Remy Edgerly
Glordon (voice)

Zoe Saldaña
Olga Solís (voice)

Brad Garrett
Lord Grigon (voice)

Brandon Moon
Ambassador Helix (voice)

Jameela Jamil
Ambassador Questa (voice)

Young Dylan
Bryce (voice)

Jake T. Getman
Caleb (voice)

Matthias Schweighöfer
Ambassador Tegmen (voice)

Ana de la Reguera
Ambassador Turais (voice)
Elio is a family, comedy, adventure, animation, science fiction film released in 2025 exploring themes of villain, alien, coming of age, computer animation, eye patch, social outcast. Directed by Domee Shi, it stars Yonas Kibreab, Remy Edgerly, Zoe Saldaña. Elio, a space fanatic with an active imagination, finds himself on a cosmic misadventure where he must form new bonds with eccentric alien lifeforms, navigate a crisis of intergalactic proportions and somehow discover who he is truly meant to be.
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