Luca has been one of Pixar’s most anticipated films in a while, teasing an intriguing plot and a picturesque backdrop. It’s a coming-of-age story about the titular boy, who lives in the Italian Riviera and has an unforgettable summer with his new best friend, Alberto. But this isn’t your regular tale about friendship. Luca and Alberto both bond over their big secret: They are actually sea creatures! They just appear human whenever they’re on land. Pixar released the teaser for it on Thursday and it’s just as stunning and sweet as you’d imagine.
In the teaser, Luca is eager to have the best summer ever with his new friends, who proclaim to be underdogs. But he forms a particularly close bond with Alberto, who craves adventure as much as Luca does. They find comfort in discovering another secret sea creature to befriend, but turns out their town is violently against sea monsters. Though Luca and Alberto are obviously just harmless little boys, they know that the other villagers likely will not see them that way if their secret’s revealed.
This is director Enrico Casarosa’s first time helming a feature film, but he’s behind many of Pixar’s greatest projects. He wrote and directed the well-known Pixar short La Luna, and was a storyboard artist on Coco, Up, and Ratatouille. As for the voice actors, Jacob Tremblay voices Luca and Shazam!’s Jack Dylan Grazer voices Alberto. Maya Rudolph, Jim Gaffigan, Marco Barricelli, and Emma Berman also voice characters in the film. Luca makes its splash on June 18.
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It’s a coming-of-age story about the titular boy, who lives in the Italian Riviera…on the second floor, upstairs from you. I bet you’ve never seen him before.
“best friend” uh huh uh huh
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This looks like one of their simpler movies, which is often a great thing. I doubt this will set the world on fire, but it looks very nice. I’m always happy for Jack Dylan Glazer to keep busy. For such a young actor, he’s an immense talent.
Agreed, I thought he was far and away the best of the kids in It, though none of them were slouches.
I see the Cartoon Network/Cal Arts character style has finally come to Pixar
This is a VERY strange adaptation of The Old Man and the Sea.
“They’re are” so they’re plural AND sea creatures?
I heard they were originally going to title this Luca Brasi, but they decided it gave away the surprise too early.
Confused about whether you wanted The Shape of Water or Call Me By Your Name to win Best Picture? Now you don’t have to choose!
Someone is recutting the trailer to Sufjan Stevens as we speak.
So Pixar went with this rather than my remake of The Incredible Mr. Limpet?
This looks like the cutest version of The Shadow Over Innsmouth ever!
His name is Luca. He lives on the ocean floor.
We need a popular, royalty free Italian song for the trailer!Volare, oho, canta….Nonono. Not a REAL Italian song. One Americans know.
Got it. Pleasa don’t’a take’e mya suneshiene awaya!Perfect!
I glibly compared this to Call Me By Your Name in the past, but this synopsis reminds me of Song of the Sea, about selkies from Celtic mythology.
They did a pretty good job of recreating Vernazza in the Cinque Terre, minus all the souvenir shops and tour groups.
It looks sweet. I’m always for more sweetness in the world.
really lame that the sea monsters are just people with tails and neon colors
Okay but this mustachioed cat though.