Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken is the latest animated film from Universal. What secret will the clumsy 16-year-old discover? Watch the trailer now!
The announcement of the latest DreamWorks Animation production has officially appeared . On Thursday, the studio released the first trailer for Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken , a new animated film set to be released by Universal later this summer. The trailer not only showcases the film’s stunning aesthetics, but also reveals some of the film’s cast, led by Lana Condor ( To All the Boys, X-Men: Apocalypse ).
Other cast members include Toni Collette ( Knives Out ), Oscar winner Jane Fonda ( 80 for Brady ), Emmy winner Colman Domingo ( Euphoria ), also Emmy Award winner Annie Murphy ( Schitt’s Creek ), Sam Richardson ( Detroiters ), Blue Chapman ( Council of Dads ) and Jaboukie Young-White ( C’mon C’mon). The film will be directed by Kirk DeMicco, co-directed by Faryn Pearl, and written by Pam Brady.
What will Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken be about ?
In Ruby Gillman is a sweet, clumsy 16-year-old (Lana Condor) desperately trying to fit in at Oceanside High. Mostly she just feels invisible. She tutors her beloved skateboarder (Young-White) in mathematics, who only seemingly admires her for her fractals. Plus, she can’t hang out with the cool kids at the beach because her overprotective super mom (Toni Collette) has forbidden her to ever go in the water. But when she breaks her mom’s #1 rule, Ruby discovers that she is a direct descendant of the warrior queens of the Kraken and is destined to inherit the throne from her imperious grandmother (Jane Fonda), the warrior queen of the Seven Seas.
The Kraken have sworn to protect the world’s oceans from the vain, power-hungry mermaids that have been battling the Kraken for eons. However, there is one serious and pressing problem with this: the beautiful, popular new girl in school, Chelsea (Murphy), happens to be a mermaid. Ruby will eventually have to accept who she is and do great things to protect those she loves the most.
Check out the trailer below!
Rounding out the cast of Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken are Emmy nominees Will Forte and Nicole Byer, Liza Koshy, Ramona Young, Eduardo Franco and Echo Kellum. While it is not yet clear who wrote the screenplay, Kelly Cooney Cilella ( Trolls series ) produced the picture, and Grammy Award-winning composer and Universal Composers Initiative alum Stephanie Economou wrote the music.
Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken will be released exclusively in theaters on June 30.