Evil Mermaids Meet Their Match in the NewRuby Gillman, Teenage KrakenTrailer

Disney ’s much - anticipatedLittle Mermaidlive - action remakeis out this week , which makes the timing ofDreamWorks ’ unexampled house trailer for Ruby Gillman , Teenage Kraken — which features “ malevolent mermaids , ” as well as the jeopardy of high school — feel not altogether coincidental .

There ’s also a bit of The Princess Diaries in this one , in that a geeky adolescent gets the “ surprise , you ’re royal house ! ” daze of her young life — albeit there are way more gargantuan tentacles involved in this particular queen narrative . Here ’s the official precis , which also nonchalantly name devolve the movie ’s incredible casting :

“ Sweet , awkward 16 - year - former Ruby Gillman ( Lana Condor , To All the Boys I ’ve Loved Before franchise ) is heroic to fit in at Oceanside High , but she mostly just feels inconspicuous . She ’s mathematics - tutoring her skater - boy press ( Jaboukie Young - White , Ralph Breaks the Internet ) , who only seems to admire her for her fractal , and she ’s forestall from hang up out with the nerveless kid at the beach because her over - protective supermom ( Oscar nominee Toni Collette , Knives Out ) , has forbade Ruby from ever get in the water supply . But when she breaks her mom ’s # 1 rule , Ruby will discover that she is a lineal descendant of the warrior Kraken tabby and is destined to inherit the throne from her command nan ( Academy Award succeeder Jane Fonda ) , the Warrior Queen of the Seven Seas . The Kraken are sworn to protect the oceans of the world against the futile , power - thirsty mermaids who have been battling with the Kraken for eon . There ’s one major , and immediate , job with that : The school ’s beautiful , popular novel girl , Chelsea ( Emmy success Annie Murphy , Schitt ’s Creek ) just bechance to be a mermaid . Ruby will ultimately need to embrace who she is and go grown to protect those she screw most . ”

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As seen in the lagger above , Chelsea expect a strong resemblance to a sealed red - headed animated Disney mermaid … which also can not be a coincidence . The rest of the shape includes Colman Domingo ( dread the Walking Dead ) , Sam Richardson ( Veep ) , Will Forte ( The Last Isle of Man on Earth ) , Nicole Byer ( Nailed It ! ) , Eduardo Franco ( Stranger affair ) , and more . It ’s direct by Kirk DeMicco ( Vivo , The Croods ) , with Faryn Pearl ( The Croods : A New Age , Trolls World Tour ) as cobalt - director , and is write by Pam Brady ( South Park , Lady Dynamite ) , and Brian C. Brown ( Briarpatch ) and Elliott DiGuiseppi ( Lucy in the Sky ) .

Ruby Gillman , Teenage Kraken hits theaters June 30 .

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