Netflix used its Annecy Worldwide Animation Movie Competition platform on Wednesday to unveil a slate of high-profile tasks, led by a primary take a look at Brad Hen’s Ray Gunn and new particulars on its upcoming Ghostbusters sequence. The streamer additionally confirmed December launch dates for Ray Gunn and its Cannes animation acquisition In Waves, positioning each as potential Oscar contenders.
Ray Gunn, Hen’s long-gestating noir sci-fi movie, will debut globally on Netflix on December 18. The movie, set in an alternate 1939 Metropia, follows non-public eye Raymond Gunn as he investigates a case involving aliens, homicide, and a multimedia star named Venus Nova. Sam Rockwell, Scarlett Johansson, and Tom Waits lead the voice solid, with Skydance Animation producing. Netflix revealed new pictures and Ray Gunn idea artwork at its presentation.
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Netflix additionally revealed a primary look of Ghostbusters: Night time Shift, a brand new animated TV sequence set in 1994, on the Ghostbusters timeline between Ivan Reitman’s unique movies from the Eighties and the 2020s sequels, Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021), and Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024), directed by Jason Reitman and Gil Kenan. Reitman, Kenan and Dan Aykroyd are government producing the brand new sequence. Netflix unveiled idea artwork for the sequence, which guarantees a extra gritty, retro aesthetic and a mixture of franchise-specific humor and supernatural scares. Ghostbusters: Night time Shift is ready to ship in 2027.
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The streamer’s December awards push consists of In Waves, a browsing story about love and grief acquired out of Cannes, which can launch on December 11. Directed by Phuong Mai Nguyen and starring Will Sharpe and Stephanie Hsu, the movie adapts AJ Dungo’s graphic novel about a young person navigating love and loss. Netflix is positioning it alongside Ray Gunn as a key status play.
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On the extra industrial aspect, Netflix additionally introduced Steps, a subversive Cinderella retelling from director Alyce Tzue and Amy Poehler’s Paper Kite Productions, which bows November 2. Voice expertise consists of Ali Wong and Amanda Seyfried.
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Different highlights from the Annecy presentation included a brand new teaser for The One Piece, the streamer’s upcoming anime adaptation of Eiichiro Oda’s manga, set for a February 2027 launch. WIT Studio is producing the sequence, which is promising a “recent take” on the long-running franchise, separate from each Toei Animation’s unique anime and Netflix’s one One Piece live-action sequence.
Netflix teased Ricky Gervais’ upcoming grownup animation comedy sequence Alley Cats with a first-look picture. The present, which premieres August 7, follows a bunch of feral British cats navigating life’s absurdities.
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Netflix framed the bulletins as a part of its rising dominance in animation, citing 130 million month-to-month viewers and 1.5 billion anime views in 2025. The streamer’s current successes embody KPop Demon Hunters, which gained two Oscars, and Ultraman: Rising, which took house Kids and Household Emmys.
