{"id":1043180,"date":"2026-06-22T16:29:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T16:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1043180\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T16:29:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T16:29:16","slug":"timothee-chalamet-selena-gomez-to-star-in-animated-film-not-alone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1043180\/","title":{"rendered":"Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet &#038; Selena Gomez To Star In Animated Film \u2018Not Alone\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/universal\/\" id=\"auto-tag_universal\" data-tag=\"universal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Universal<\/a> Pictures has revealed the Illumination animated movie <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/not-alone\/\" id=\"auto-tag_not-alone\" data-tag=\"not-alone\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Not Alone<\/a>, which will star Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet and <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/selena-gomez\/\" id=\"auto-tag_selena-gomez\" data-tag=\"selena-gomez\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Selena Gomez<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe studio has set an<strong> <\/strong>April\u00a016, 2027 wide release for the project, taking the place of the Untitled Illumination Event Film. The announcement was made during the <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/annecy\/\" id=\"auto-tag_annecy\" data-tag=\"annecy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Annecy<\/a> Film Festival in France. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tIn his first-ever feature-length animated film, four-time Oscar nominee Chalamet will star as Joe, \u201can introverted rocket mechanic who lives a quiet life alone.\u201d Co-starring with Chalamet is Emmy and Grammy nominee Gomez as \u201cFran, a brilliant astro-botanist who is developing the world\u2019s first-ever plant-fueled rocket.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe synopsis reads: \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. Life 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<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tAdditional voice cast includes Rob Brydon, Diane Morgan, Jamie Demetriou, Brett Goldstein, Allison Janney and Lamorne Morris.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tPic is directed by Eric Guillon, the co-director of\u00a0Despicable Me 3\u00a0and the designer of\u00a0Despicable Me\u00a0and\u00a0Minions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tGuillon is directing alongside Claire Dodgson (editor of\u00a0The Lorax,\u00a0Minions,\u00a0Despicable Me 3,\u00a0Minions: The Rise of Gru) and Jonathan Del Val (co-director of\u00a0Minions: The Rise of Gru\u00a0and\u00a0The Secret Life of Pets 2). The film is produced by Illumination\u2019s founder and CEO Chris Meledandri.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Universal Pictures has revealed the Illumination animated movie Not Alone, which will star Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet and Selena Gomez.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1043181,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3935],"tags":[217397,77,247662,3943,287246,43055,39544,16,15,6114],"class_list":["post-1043180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-annecy","tag-entertainment","tag-illumination-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-not-alone","tag-selena-gomez","tag-timothee-chalamet","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-universal"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116794711464517288","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1043180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1043180"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1043180\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1043181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1043180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1043180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1043180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}