New Ray Gunn trailer: theaters Dec. 4, Netflix Dec. 18
Brad Bird's animated noir, voiced by Sam Rockwell and Scarlett Johansson, opens in select theaters, including 70 mm, before it reaches the streamer.
Netflix released a new trailer for Brad Bird's animated film *Ray Gunn* on Thursday, along with an updated poster. Netflix's own announcement sets two dates: a limited theatrical run in select theaters, including a 70 mm presentation, on Dec. 4, and a streaming premiere on Netflix on Dec. 18.
The film is set in Metropia, a retrofuturistic city where humans and aliens share the streets. Sam Rockwell voices Ray Gunn, a detective chasing a murder and a web of corruption while he tracks Venus Nova, a controversial megastar played by Scarlett Johansson. Tom Waits voices Eye-Ra.
Bird calls the premise "The Maltese Falcon meets Buck Rogers." Animation, he says, is "too fun a medium, and too interesting" to limit the stories it can tell.
Viewers in Mexico have two options: look for one of the few theaters offering the limited run on Dec. 4, or wait and watch at home on Dec. 18. Netflix says only "select theaters" and has not named which ones will show the film in Mexico; the film's page is already live on the platform.
