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Luca has arrived online, and we re already applying a healthy schmeer of zinc to our noses. It s kind of hard not to think of summer vacation when watching the latest round of footage for director Enrico Casarosa s Italian Riviera-set adventure about two young sea monsters leaving the comfort of the ocean to explore the endless joys of the surface world (like Vespas and gelato!).
Newfound friends, the skittish Luca (
Room s Jacob Tremblay), and the more carefree Alberto (
Shazam! s Jack Dylan Grazer) may look like a pair of normal boys when they re out of the water, but if even a drop of water hits their skin, they start sprouting fins and scales. It s a rather monstrous secret they have to keep from the residents of the seaside town of Portorosso. While on dry land, the amphibious duo befriend a young girl named Giulia Marcovaldo (Emma Berman).
Pixar Reveals Voice Cast, Drops Teaser Trailer for Luca
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A teaser trailer and voice cast for Pixar s upcoming Italian Riviera-set animated feature
Luca has been revealed, with Jacob Tremblay (
Room) as the titular character Luca Paguro, described as an inventive 13-year-old sea monster with endless curiosity, especially when it comes to the mysterious world above the sea.
Also leading the voice cast are Jack Dylan Grazer (
We Are Who We Are) as Alberto Scorfano, a free-spirited teenage sea monster; Emma Berman as Giulia, an outgoing adventurer who befriends Luca and Alberto; Maya Rudolph (
Saturday Night Live) as Daniela, Luca’s mother; Marco Barricelli as Massimo, Giulia’s father; and Jim Gaffigan (