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Timothée Chalamet and Selena Gomez Team Up for First Time in "Alienated Family" Interstellar Romance

From Liberty Times · () Chinese

Translated from Chinese, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • Illumination Entertainment releases a new original animated film, "Alienated Family," with its first trailer now available in Taiwan.
  • The movie features Timothée Chalamet as a shy rocket technician and Selena Gomez as a botanist, who fall in love while working on a revolutionary plant-fuel rocket.
  • Their budding romance is interrupted by three mischievous aliens seeking refuge and a ride home, leading to a romantic, comedic, and interstellar adventure.

Illumination Entertainment, known for global hits like "Minions" and "The Super Mario Bros. Movie," is launching its latest original animation, "Alienated Family." The first trailer for the film has officially premiered in Taiwan.

This marks Timothée Chalamet's feature animation voice-acting debut. He lends his voice to Joe, an introverted rocket technician whose quiet life changes upon meeting Fran, a brilliant space botanist voiced by Selena Gomez. Fran is dedicated to developing the world's first rocket powered by plant-based fuel.

Assigned to collaborate on this groundbreaking rocket launch, Joe and Fran quickly develop romantic feelings but struggle with expressing them. Their burgeoning relationship is disrupted when three small, mischievous, and opinionated aliens secretly take refuge in Joe's home, turning his peaceful existence upside down. These aliens, Dunk, Willy, and Shim, are on the run from a zealous but incompetent intergalactic law enforcer, Zander. They believe Fran's plant-fuel rocket is their only hope for escape and a safe return to their home planet. This sets the stage for an adventure filled with romance, comedy, and an interstellar chase.

"Alienated Family" is scheduled for release in Taiwan on April 2, 2027, coinciding with the Children's Day holiday.

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Originally published by Liberty Times in Chinese. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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