Set to hit the streamer in time for Christmas, Walt Disney Animation Studios’ original animated feature transports viewers to uncharted, treacherous lands alongside three generations of the Clades, a legendary family of explorers.
Christmas is coming early this year, with Disney+ announcing the upcoming streaming debut of Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Strange World. The animated feature introduces the Clades, a legendary family of explorers attempting to navigate an uncharted, treacherous land accompanied by a motley crew that includes a mischievous blob, a three-legged dog, and a slew of ravenous creatures – the movie hits the platform December 23.
The story begins when Searcher Clade (Jake Gyllenhaal), a brilliant family man who discovered a revolutionary power-generating plant called pando, learns that the plant is in trouble, and everyone is in grave danger. With his 16-year-old son, Ethan (Jaboukie Young-White), Searcher sets out to find the source of the plant and figure out how to save it. Their journey takes them into a world nobody knew existed, where they encounter a bevy of never-before-seen creatures and, along the way, discover important truths about their relationship – and Searcher’s relationship with his own legendary explorer father, Jaeger (Dennis Quaid) – that will have profound consequences for their future.
Check out the special look dropped on Twitter:
They’re in their element when exploring this world...
Join the Clade family and experience Disney’s #StrangeWorld, streaming December 23 only on #DisneyPlus! pic.twitter.com/uLIU4xC2iq— Disney+ (@DisneyPlus) December 12, 2022
The voice cast includes Gyllenhaal; Quaid; Young-White; Gabrielle Union; and Lucy Liu. The film is helmed by director Don Hall (Oscar-winning Big Hero 6, Raya and the Last Dragon) and co-director/writer Qui Nguyen (co-writer Raya and the Last Dragon), with Roy Conli (Oscar-winning Big Hero 6, Tangled) producing.
Source: Disney+
Debbie Diamond Sarto is news editor at Animation World Network.
