Elio

Elio is an upcoming 2025 American computer-animated science-fiction adventure film produced by Pixar and released by Walt Disney Pictures. Directed by Adrian Molina (in his feature directorial debut), produced by Mary Alice Drumm, and executive-produced by Pete Docter, it stars Yonas Kibreab and Zoe Saldana as the lead voice roles.
Elio was officially announced at the D23 Expo in September 2022, with Molina and Drumm already attached to the project, while casting was revealed. It is scheduled to be released in theaters on June 13, 2025 in the United States.
==Premise==
Elio Solis, an 11-year-old boy who can't fit in, finds himself transported across the galaxy and mistaken for the intergalactic Ambassador for our planet Earth, after making contact with aliens.
==Voice cast==
* Yonas Kibreab as Elio Solis, an 11-year-old boy who accidentally becomes the ambassador of Earth by making contact with aliens.
* Zoe Saldana as Olga Solis, Elio's Aunt.
==Production==
===Development===
On September 9, 2022, during the 2022 D23 Expo Presentation, Pixar announced the film, with Adrian Molina directing in his feature-length directorial debut. At the same time, Molina and Alice Drumm talked about the film by helping pose the question, "What if I told you we're not alone in the universe, and everything you've ever heard about aliens is true?" Shortly after, the announcement came with a planned screen glitch and a message with alien text saying, "Bring us to your leader."
===Casting===
On September 9, 2022, during the D23 Expo, America Ferrera and Yonas Kibreab were announced to have been cast in the leading voice roles of Olga Solis and Elio, respectively.
==Release==
Elio is scheduled to be theatrically released in the United States on June 13, 2025, by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It was originally scheduled for release on March 1, 2024, but because the ongoing 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike, the film was delayed to its current date. 
===Marketing===
Following the project announcement, the first look concept art of the film was released on September 9, 2022. Joshua Meyer of /Film said it "sounds like the kind of fresh, original storytelling that Pixar built its brand on." A 2-minute trailer has been rated PG by the BBFC.
==Trivia==
*Elio is Pixar's third animated film to tackle the science-fiction genre, following WALL-E (2008) and Lightyear (2022).
*The overall twenty-eighth feature film produced by the studio.
==Gallery==
Elio first look.jpg|First look.
Elio Film Logo.jpeg|Teaser poster.
===Videos===
Elio - Teaser Trailer
==References==
==External links==
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