“It’s an amazing art form that is way too limited in people’s minds.”

That’s Brad Bird talking about animation, just as Netflix released the first batch of images for his upcoming retrofuturistic detective movie Ray Gunn. It doesn’t have a premiere date yet, but we do know the main cast, which includes Sam Rockwell, Scarlett Johansson, and Tom Waits as a one-eyed alien. [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/04/0050-001-first-look.jpg?quality=90&strip=all] [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/04/0105__VHR_0400__main__compositing__v004.0060adjusted.jpg?quality=90&strip=all] [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/04/0105-0130-first-look.jpg?quality=90&strip=all]