Dreamworks Animation Studios has released the first trailer for their next animated film after Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, known as Ruby Gillman Teenage Kraken. The film is expected to release in theaters on June 30, 2023.
What To Know About Ruby Gillman Teenage Kraken
Ruby Gillman Teenage Kraken is the next upcoming film to be revealed by Dreamworks Animation Studios, with a brand new trailer. The film will be directed by Oscar nominated director Kirk De Micco (Vivo), with Faryn Pearl (The Croods: A New Age) signed on as a co-director.
The cast include Lana Condor (from Netflix’s To All the Boys franchise) in the lead role as Ruby Fillman. Other notable names include Oscar nominated actor Toni Collette (Knives Out), Oscar winner Jane Fonda (80 for Brady), Emmy winner Colman Domingo (Euphoria), Emmy winner Annie Murphy (Schitt’s Creek), Sam Richardson (Veep), Blue Chapman (Council Of Dads) and Jaboukie Young-White (C’mon C’mon).
This action-adventure comedy focuses on a shy teenage girl named Ruby Gillman, who is actually a Kraken in disguise. Krakens legendary creatures that live deep beneath the sea and have sworn to protect the surface world from their mortal enemies, mermaids.
However, Ruby (voiced by Condor) just wants to live a normal life as a teenager at Oceanside High, tutoring her crush (Young-White) and follow the rules of because her over-protective mom (Collette) that forbids her from going near water.
Ruby soon discovers that she is part of a royal one of protectors and must seize her destiny to inherit the throne from her grandmother (Jane Fonda), the Warrior Queen of the Seven Seas, after a new girl who shows up at school named Chelsea (Murphy) turns out to be a mermaid in disguise.
Ruby Gillman Teenage Kraken is expected to be released in theaters on June 30, 2023. For more of the latest animation news, please be sure to keep reading The Nerd Stash!