BGN interviews the creative team behind Disney/Pixar’s Elio.
Featured in the interviews are: Yonas Kibreab (voice of Elio Solis), Domee Shi (director), Madeline Sharafian (director), and Mary Alice Drumm (producer).
Elio centers on Eleven-year-old Elio Solis, voiced by Yonas Kibreab. Living with his aunt Olga (Zoe Saldana) after losing his parents, Elio feels out of place—daydreaming of alien contact to escape his loneliness. His wish comes true when extraterrestrials from the “Communiverse” abduct him, believing he’s Earth’s official leader. Suddenly an intergalactic ambassador, he’s tasked with brokering peace amid cosmic factions, including the warlord Lord Grigon (Brad Garrett), and befriends a quirky alien, Glordon.
Interviewer: Chalice Williams
Video Editor: Jamie Broadnax
Elio premieres in theaters June 20th.