Netflix's Ray Gunn blends noir with futuristic comedy

Brad Bird's 30-year project finally arrives

Director Brad Bird has been developing Ray Gunn for the last thirty years while working on other films. The script, co-written by Matthew Robbins, stayed in a filing cabinet at Warner Brothers.

A mashup of noir and futuristic adventure

Bird describes Ray Gunn as a mashup of The Maltese Falcon and Buck Rogers.The film blends a Jetsons-like future with classic nineteen thirty s noir detective thrillers, with more comedy and action than typical noir.

“It's film noir and a hard-boiled detective story, but it's got a lot more comedy and a lot more action than the average film noir.”

All-star voice cast leads the film

Sam Rockwell voices private eye Raymond Gunn. Scarlett Johansson plays multimedia star Venus Nova. Tom Waits, Matt Berry, Bobby Cannavale, Alan Tudyk, Michael Chernus and Patton Oswalt round out the cast.

Mature themes target older audiences

Unlike Brad Bird's Pixar films, Ray Gunn targets a slightly older demographic with more mature themes. The story involves aliens, murder and a case that draws Raymond Gunn into danger.

Netflix release set for December 18

Ray Gunn releases on Netflix on December eighteen, twenty twenty-six, the same day Avengers: Doomsday and Dune: Part three hit theaters. The film screens in select theaters on December fourth, twenty twenty-six.