{"rewrite":{"id":"r_d67574babf777fc595eff67f","clusterId":"c_ef14a691626ec0174a80033d","slug":"brad-bird-s-ray-gunn-gets-december-4-theatrical-run-before-netflix","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Brad Bird's Ray Gunn Gets December 4 Theatrical Run Before Netflix","summary":"Ray Gunn, Brad Bird's animated film, will open in select theaters on December 4, ahead of its Netflix streaming debut on December 18. The retro-futuristic noir follows Raymond Gunn, the last human detective in the city of Metropia. Sam Rockwell voices Raymond, Scarlett Johansson plays Venus Nova, and Tom Waits voices the one-eyed alien Ai-Ra.","whyItMatters":"Netflix is giving Bird's long-gestating noir pastiche a theatrical window before streaming, a pattern the service has used for awards-facing animation, and the star voice cast plus Bird's name are the selling points rather than franchise recognition.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe key visual, trailer, and stills arrived alongside the date announcement. Bird describes the film as a fusion of The Maltese Falcon and Buck Rogers, set in Metropia, a city where humans and aliens live side by side.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe trailer sets Art Deco skyscrapers against the shadowed underbelly of the city, with Raymond working old-fashioned cases as the last human detective. Venus Nova, voiced by Johansson, has white hair in the key visual. Tom Waits plays Ai-Ra, Ray\u0026#39;s one-eyed alien partner. Bird has been developing the project for 30 years.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Ray Gunn's December 4 theatrical window runs two weeks before Netflix, which puts the film's opening weekend in the hands of theaters Netflix does not own.","twitterPost":"Ray Gunn opens in theaters December 4, two weeks before Netflix. The gap hands the film's word of mouth to theaters, not the platform.","threadsPost":"Ray Gunn gets a December 4 theatrical window two weeks before its Netflix date. Brad Bird's film is a noir about the last human detective in Metropia, and the split release means the theatrical run, not the streaming debut, carries the opening word of mouth.","newsletterBlurb":"Netflix's Ray Gunn will play select theaters starting December 4 before streaming December 18. The Brad Bird film is a retro-futuristic noir set in Metropia, with Sam Rockwell as the last human detective, Scarlett Johansson as Venus Nova, and Tom Waits as the alien Ai-Ra. A trailer, key visual, and stills released with the date.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Cinema Today\",\"url\":\"https://www.cinematoday.jp/news/N0157388\",\"title\":\"Netflix Film 'Ray Gunn' Sets December 4 Theatrical Advance Release! Sam Rockwell \\u0026 Scarlett Johansson Among Star-Studded Voice Cast\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4300,"outputTokens":575,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791952631,"createdAt":"2026-10-14T04:31:58.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-14T04:36:06.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-14T04:36:06.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_ef14a691626ec0174a80033d","canonicalTitle":"Netflix映画『レイ・ガン』12月4日より劇場先行公開決定！サム・ロックウェル＆スカヨハら豪華声優陣","representativeArticleId":"a_bce4901214a34c8511d45d48","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[\"Ray Gunn\"],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"Brad Bird\",\"Sam Rockwell\",\"Scarlett Johansson\"],\"type\":\"release\",\"domain\":\"anime\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-14T03:00:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-14T03:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-14T04:36:06.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Cinema Today","url":"https://www.cinematoday.jp/news/N0157388","title":"Netflix映画『レイ・ガン』12月4日より劇場先行公開決定！サム・ロックウェル＆スカヨハら豪華声優陣"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":["Ray Gunn"],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":["Brad Bird","Sam Rockwell","Scarlett Johansson"],"type":"release","domain":"anime","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}