Ray Gunn

Scheduled for November 4, 2026, Ray Gunn is an upcoming animated film from director Brad Bird. Its story takes place in Metropia, a gigantic city imagined as an alternate future viewed from 1939.

Raymond Gunn works there as a private eye alongside Eyera, his alien companion. The two make their living on the edge of society, investigating secrets that others would prefer to keep hidden. Gunn’s next assignment begins as a sleazy spy job connected to pop star Venus Nova. What starts as surveillance draws him into a murder mystery unlike any case he has taken before.

The announced premise brings together specific elements of detective fiction and science fiction: a private investigator, a clandestine assignment, an alien partner and a city shaped by a 1939 vision of the future. At its center is Gunn’s shift from a job concerning Venus Nova to a murder case that changes the scope of his investigation.