Sometimes the hero you are meant to be lies just beneath the surface.
This school holiday, DreamWorks Animation dives into
the turbulent waters of high school with a hilarious, heartfelt action comedy
about a shy teenager who discovers that she’s part of a legendary royal lineage
of mythical sea krakens and that her destiny, in the depths of the oceans, is
bigger than she ever dreamed.
Sweet, awkward 16-year-old Ruby Gillman (Lana
Condor, To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before franchise) is desperate to fit
in at Oceanside High, but she mostly just feels invisible.
She’s math-tutoring her skater-boy crush (Jaboukie
Young-White, Ralph Breaks the Internet), who only seems to admire her
for her fractals, and she’s prevented from hanging out with the cool kids at
the beach because her over-protective supermom (Oscar® nominee Toni
Collette, Knives Out), has forbade Ruby from ever getting in the water.
But when she breaks her mom’s #1 rule, Ruby
will discover that she is a direct descendant of the warrior Kraken queens and
is destined to inherit the throne from her commanding grandmother (Academy
Award® winner Jane Fonda), the Warrior Queen of the Seven Seas.
The Kraken are sworn to protect the oceans of
the world against the vain, power-hungry mermaids who have been battling with the
Kraken for eons. There’s one major, and immediate, problem with that: The school’s
beautiful, popular new girl, Chelsea (Emmy winner Annie Murphy, Schitt’s
Creek) just happens to be a mermaid. Ruby will ultimately need to embrace
who she is and go big to protect those she loves most.
Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken stars an
extraordinary cast that includes Emmy winner Colman Domingo (Fear the
Walking Dead) as Ruby’s supportive dad, Emmy nominee Sam Richardson (Veep)
as Ruby’s enthusiastic uncle and Blue Chapman (Council of Dads) as
Ruby’s cool little brother.
Directed by Academy Award® nominated
filmmaker Kirk DeMicco (Vivo, The Croods) and produced by Kelly Cooney
Cilella (Trolls World Tour, Trolls), with Faryn Pearl (The Croods: A
New Age, Trolls World Tour) serving as co-director, the film features a comedic
powerhouse supporting cast, including Emmy nominee Will Forte (The Last Man
on Earth), Emmy nominee Nicole Byer (Nailed It!), YouTube Diamond
creator Liza Koshy (Liza on Demand), Ramona Young (Never Have I Ever),
Eduardo Franco (Stranger Things) and Echo Kellum (Arrow).
- The film opens in cinemas on Friday, 30 June.
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