Timothée Chalamet is adding another notch to his bow by making his animation debut in Illumination’s Not Alone, with the actor starring alongside Selena Gomez and Rob Brydon in the new movie.
Sadly, Chalamet is not playing a Minion in the movie, but is instead voicing an “introverted rocket mechanic who lives a quiet life alone”. That all changes when he meets Gomez’s Fran, a “brilliant astro-botanist who is developing the world’s first-ever plant-fuelled rocket”, according to the official synopsis.
The synopsis continues: “When 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.
“Life becomes more complicated when three aliens – tiny, unruly and adorable – take refuge in Joe’s 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’s rocket could provide their means of getting back home to safety.”
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The three aliens are voiced by Brydon, Diane Morgan and Jamie Demetriou, while Brett Goldstein voices Officer Zandro. Allison Janney and Lamorne Morris also have supporting roles in the movie, but there are no details on their characters yet.
Not Alone is co-directed by Eric Guillon, Claire Dodgson and Jonathan Del Val, with Illumination boss Chris Meledandri producing and Joy Poirel, Richard Curtis and David Distenfeld executive producing.
The announcement of Not Alone came at Annecy Animation Festival where Illumination’s latest movie Minions & Monsters, the third outing (or seventh if you include the Despicable Me movies) in the hugely popular series, received its world premiere.
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This time around, we’ll see the true story of how the Minions conquered Hollywood, lost everything and also unleashed monsters onto the world, before they banded together to save the world from the chaos they created.
The voice cast includes Jesse Eisenberg, Christoph Waltz, Allison Janney, Jeff Bridges and the actual George Lucas.
Not Alone will be released in cinemas on 16 April 2027. Minions & Monsters is released in cinemas on 1 July.
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