Elio (film)

Elio
Elio
	Teaser poster with the original 2024 release window
Directed by	Adrian Molina
Written by	Adrian Molina
Produced by	Mary Alice Drumm
Starring	Yonas Kibreab; America Ferrera; Jameela Jamil; Brad Garrett;
Cinematography	Matt Aspbury (camera); Danielle Feinberg (lighting);
Edited by	Anna Wolitzky
Production; companies	Walt Disney Pictures; Pixar Animation Studios;
Distributed by	Walt Disney Studios; Motion Pictures
Release date	June 13, 2025;
Country	United States
Language	English

Elio is an upcoming American animated science fiction adventure film produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Pixar Animation Studios, and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It is being written and directed by Adrian Molina, and produced by Mary Alice Drumm. The film stars the voices of Yonas Kibreab, America Ferrera, Jameela Jamil, and Brad Garrett. It follows an eleven-year-old boy named Elio Solis (Kibreab) who accidentally becomes the intergalactic Ambassador of planet Earth after being beamed up to the Communiverse by aliens for making contact. Elio must form new bonds with eccentric alien lifeforms and survive a series of formidable trials.

Elio was officially announced at the D23 Expo in September 2022, with Molina and Drumm already attached to the project as writer/director and producer, respectively, while Kibreab and Ferrera were revealed to be cast in the lead voice roles. Jamil and Garrett joined the cast in June 2023.

Elio is scheduled to be released in theaters on June 13, 2025, in the United States.

^ Trench, Mikael (June 20, 2023). "Pixar's Elio - Everything You Need To Know". Looper. Retrieved August 27, 2023. The aforementioned director Adrian Molina is currently the only credited writer for Pixar's Elio.

[1] Trench, Mikael (June 20, 2023). "Pixar's Elio - Everything You Need To Know". Looper. Retrieved August 27, 2023. The aforementioned director Adrian Molina is currently the only credited writer for Pixar's Elio.

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