{"id":80711,"date":"2023-03-16T18:08:56","date_gmt":"2023-03-16T17:08:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=80711"},"modified":"2023-03-16T18:08:57","modified_gmt":"2023-03-16T17:08:57","slug":"dreamworks-animation-and-universal-pictures-present-ruby-gillman-teenage-kraken","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2023\/03\/dreamworks-animation-and-universal-pictures-present-ruby-gillman-teenage-kraken\/","title":{"rendered":"DreamWorks Animation And Universal Pictures Present ‘RUBY GILLMAN TEENAGE KRAKEN’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Sometimes the hero you are meant to be lies just beneath the surface.<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

This summer, DreamWorks Animation dives into the turbulent waters of high school with a hilarious, heartfelt action comedy about a shy teenager who discovers that she\u2019s 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.<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Sweet, awkward 16-year-old Ruby Gillman (Lana Condor, To All the Boys I\u2019ve Loved Before <\/em>franchise) is desperate to fit in at Oceanside High, but she mostly just feels invisible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She\u2019s math-tutoring her skater-boy crush (Jaboukie Young-White, Ralph Breaks the Internet<\/em>), who only seems to admire her for her fractals, and she\u2019s prevented from hanging out with the cool kids at the beach because her over-protective supermom (Oscar\u00ae<\/sup> nominee Toni Collette, Knives Out<\/em>), has forbade Ruby from ever getting in the water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But when she breaks her mom\u2019s #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\u00ae<\/sup> winner Jane Fonda), the Warrior Queen of the Seven Seas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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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\u2019s one major, and immediate, problem with that: The school\u2019s beautiful, popular new girl, Chelsea (Emmy winner Annie Murphy, Schitt\u2019s Creek<\/em>) just happens to be a mermaid. Ruby will ultimately need to embrace who she is and go big to protect those she loves most.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken<\/em> stars an extraordinary cast that includes Emmy winner Colman Domingo (Fear the Walking Dead<\/em>) as Ruby\u2019s supportive dad, Emmy nominee Sam Richardson (Veep<\/em>) as Ruby\u2019s enthusiastic uncle and Blue Chapman (Council of Dads<\/em>) as Ruby\u2019s cool little brother.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Directed by Academy Award\u00ae<\/sup> nominated filmmaker Kirk DeMicco (Vivo, The Croods<\/em>) and produced by Kelly Cooney Cilella (Trolls World Tour, Trolls<\/em>), with Faryn Pearl (The Croods: A New Age, Trolls World Tour<\/em>) serving as co-director, the film features a comedic powerhouse supporting cast, including Emmy nominee Will Forte (The Last Man on Earth<\/em>), Emmy nominee Nicole Byer (Nailed It!<\/em>), YouTube Diamond creator Liza Koshy (Liza on Demand<\/em>), Ramona Young (Never Have I Ever<\/em>), <\/strong>Eduardo Franco (Stranger Things<\/em>)and Echo Kellum (Arrow<\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Starring: Lana Condor, Toni Collette, Annie Murphy, Sam Richardson, Liza Koshy, Will Forte, Colman Domingo, Jaboukie Young-White, Blue Chapman, Eduardo Franco, Ramona Young, Echo Kellum, Nicole Byer and Jane Fonda<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Directed by Kirk DeMicco<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Producer: Kelly Cooney Cilella<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Co-director: Faryn Pearl<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ruby Gillman Teenage Kraken – In Cinemas 2023. Watch the trailer below.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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