Trailer 2 - Elio - 2025

Elio is an upcoming American animated science fiction adventure film produced by Pixar Animation Studios. It is being directed by Madeline Sharafian and Domee Shi with initial direction by Adrian Molina.[b][3] The film stars the voices of Yonas Kibreab, Jameela Jamil, Brad Garrett, Zoe Saldaña, Remy Edgerly, and Shirley Henderson. 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. He must form new bonds with eccentric alien lifeforms and navigate a crisis of intergalactic proportions.

The film was officially announced at the D23 Expo in September 2022, with Molina and Drumm already attached to the project as director and producer respectively, while Kibreab and America Ferrera were revealed to be cast in the lead voice roles of Elio and his mother, respectively. Jamil and Garrett joined the cast in June 2023. In August 2024, it was announced that Ferrera left the project due to scheduling conflicts and she would be replaced by Saldaña as Elio's aunt, while Shi and Sharafian would replace Molina as the directors though he still retains a director credit. Edgerly and Henderson were cast in November 2024. Its musical score is being composed by Rob Simonsen.

Elio is scheduled to be released in theaters in the United States on June 20, 2025.