Pixar's First Luca Trailer Debuts: Delivering Us Sea Monsters, Sunshine, And Friendship

Pixar's next movie, Luca, just got its first trailer. The upcoming movie about friendship an fantasy will arrive in theaters on June 18 and is set on the Italian Riviera.

Luca is about a young boy--named Luca--and Alberto, his closest friend. The duo play in the countryside and in a small town. However, these two boys are sea monsters, and while they are in human form most of the time, they revert to monsters any time they get wet. And the people of these small town hate sea monsters. It looks very funny, charming, and highly imaginative--check the trailer out below:

The voicecast for Luca has also been announced. The movie stars Jacob Tremblay (Room, The Predator) as Luca and Jack Dylan Grazer (Shazam, It) as Alberto, plus Maya Rudolph and Jim Gaffigan as Luca's parents and Italian comedian Saverio Raimondo as the town's bully.

Luca is directed by Enrico Casarosa. While this is Casarosa's feature debut, he previously worked in the art department on the Pixar movies Coco, Up, and Ratatouille.

In an interview with Collider, Casarosa spoke about how the movie might be viewed by younger audiences after the events of the past year. "I think that the relationship between the boys is gonna bring back a lot of memories when people watch this and I'm hoping that when people watch this, they'll be able to forget about COVID," he said. "But I mean, hopefully when this comes out, COVID would slow down. But right now, I think especially a lot of kids are really missing their friends and this movie is all about friendship."

In related news, Disney's animated fantasy Raya and the Last Dragon will be released next month. The film will be a simultaneous release with theaters and Disney+ Premium Access, and it arrives on March 5.