{"id":490059,"date":"2026-06-22T15:35:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T15:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/490059\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T15:35:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T15:35:10","slug":"timothee-chalamet-selena-gomez-to-star-in-not-alone-animated-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/490059\/","title":{"rendered":"Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet, Selena Gomez to Star in ‘Not Alone’ Animated Movie"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tTimoth\u00e9e Chalamet<\/a> and Selena Gomez<\/a> will voice star in Illumination\u2019s upcoming alien movie Not Alone, it was announced out of the Annecy<\/a> International Animation<\/a> Film Festival.<\/p>\n

\n\tChalamet had teased the announcement in his Instagram Story on Sunday night. He posted a photo of a cloudy sky with the caption \u201cnew movie announcement tmrw :)\u201d overlaid on the image, with a small rocket emoji, looking as if it was blasting into space.<\/p>\n

\n\tUniversal and Illumination shared the poster for Not Alone on social media on Monday. The film will hit theaters on April 16, 2027.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe role marks Chalamet\u2019s first feature-length animated film and sees him play introverted rocket mechanic Joe. Gomez is set to voice Fran, an astro-botanist developing the first-ever plant fueled rocket.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWhen Joe and Fran are brought together to prepare for the inaugural launch of this revolutionary rocket, there are immediate sparks, but neither is particularly adept at romance,\u201d according to a synopsis from Universal. \u201cLife becomes more complicated when three aliens\u2014tiny, unruly and adorable\u2014take refuge in Joe\u2019s home. Dunk, Welly and Shirm are on the interplanetary run from a zealous-yet-inept officer of the law named Zandro. The aliens determine that Fran\u2019s rocket could provide their means of getting back home to safety.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe aliens will be voiced by British comedic actors Rob Brydon, Diane Morgan and Jamie Demetriou. Brett Goldstein will voice officer Zandro. The supporting voice cast includes Allison Janney and Lamorne Morris.<\/p>\n

\n\tNot Alone is directed by Despicable Me 3 co-director Eric Guillon, who designed Despicable Me and Minions and also did design work on The Secret Life of Pets and the Sing films. Guillon will direct alongside Claire Dodgson (editor of The Lorax, Minions, Despicable Me 3, Minions: The Rise of Gru) and Jonathan Del Val (co-director of Minions: The Rise of Gru\u00a0and The Secret Life of Pets 2).<\/p>\n

\n\tNot Alone is produced by Illumination founder and CEO Chris Meledandri and executive produced by Joy Poirel, Richard Curtis and David Distenfeld.<\/p>\n

\n\tChalamet most recently graced the big screen in Marty Supreme, which earned him an Oscar nomination for best actor as well as best picture for his work as a producer. Before that, he landed Oscar noms for his starring role in the 2024 Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown and for his performance in 2017\u2019s Call Me by Your Name.<\/p>\n

\n\tNext up, he reprises his role as Paul Atreides in Denis Villeneuve\u2019s Dune: Part Three, scheduled for release in December.<\/p>\n

\n\tGomez returns in Season 6 of Hulu\u2019s Only Murders in the Building later this year. Her role as Mabel Mora has earned her five Golden Globe noms and one acting Emmy nomination, in addition to four best comedy series Emmy noms as an executive producer on the show.<\/p>\n

\n\tGomez\u2019s upcoming credits include the Linda Ronstadt biopic, directed by David O. Russell, in which she portrays the Grammy-winning singer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet and Selena Gomez will voice star in Illumination\u2019s upcoming alien movie Not Alone, it was announced…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":490060,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[7269,221106,245760,156,409,111,139,69,1999,60959],"class_list":["post-490059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-animation","tag-annecy","tag-annecy-2026","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-selena-gomez","tag-timothu00e9e-chalamet"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490059","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=490059"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490059\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/490060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=490059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=490059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=490059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}