(Left) Timothee Chalamet arrives on the red carpet of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Credit/Provider: Michael Baker / The Academy. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S. (Right) Selena Gomez arrives on the red carpet of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Credit/Provider: Etienne Laurent / The Academy. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.
Preview:
- Timothée Chalamet & Selena Gomez will voice the lead roles in Illumination’s ‘Not Alone.’
- It’s the story of a rocket-loving pair who discover aliens living among them.
- The movie is set for an April 2027 release.
Riding high on the success of ‘The Super Mario Galaxy Movie,’ ‘toon powerhouse Illumination and distributors Universal have used the Annecy animation event to announce their next shared project: new animated outing ‘Not Alone’, which will feature the voices of Timothée Chalamet and Selena Gomez.
Release Date: Apr 1, 2026
Run Time: 1 hr 38 min
Budget: $110,000,000
Alongside Chalamet and Gomez, the voice cast also features Rob Brydon (‘Barbie’), Diane Morgan (‘Mandy’) and Jamie Demetriou (‘Cruella’) alongside ‘Ted Lasso’ star Brett Goldstein, Allison Janney (‘Minions & Monsters’) and Lamorne Morris (‘Spider-Noir’). Find the story details below…
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What’s the story of ‘Not Alone’?
Timothée Chalamet for ‘Dune: Part Three’ at CinemaCon 2026. Photo Credit: David Jon @davidjonphotography.
The movie will see Chalamet voicing Joe, an introverted rocket mechanic who lives a quiet life alone. Gomez is set to play Fran, a brilliant astro-botanist who is developing the world’s first-ever plant-fueled rocket.
And the official logline reads:
“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.”
When will ‘Not Alone’ be on screens?
Selena Gomez at the Academy Women’s Luncheon Presented by Chanel hosted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Tuesday, December 10, 2024. Credit/Provider: Al Seib / The Academy. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.
Universal has reserved a release date of April 16, 2027 for the new animated outing.
But next up for the companies is ‘Minions & Monsters,’ which lands on July 1.
(L to R): Ed, Henry and Goomi in Illumination’s ‘Minions & Monsters’. Photo: © Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved.