DreamWorks Animation’s animated feature tells the story of a shy 16-year-old who discovers she’s descended from a legendary line of royal sea Krakens; following today’s digital release, the ‘Collector’s Edition’ comes to Blu-ray and DVD in September.
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment brings home DreamWorks Animation’s Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken Collector’s Edition on Digital August 29, 2023, and on Blu-ray and DVD September 26, 2023, featuring over an hour of never-before-seen bonus features including deleted scenes, Make Your Own Aquarium how-to video, interviews with cast and crew, and character drawing tutorials.
In the film, sweet, awkward 16-year-old Ruby Gillman is desperate to fit in at Oceanside High, but she mostly just feels invisible. She’s math-tutoring her skater-boy crush, who only seems to admire her for her fractals, and her over-protective supermom, prevents her from being a cool kid by forbidding Ruby from ever getting in the water. When Ruby breaks her mother’s #1 rule, she discovers that she is a direct descendant of the warrior Kraken queens and is destined to inherit the throne from her commanding grandmother (Jane Fonda), the Warrior Queen of the Seven Seas.
The film is directed by Kirk DeMicco (Vivo, The Croods), produced by Kelly Cooney Cilella (Trolls World Tour), co-directed by Faryn Pearl (story artist, The Croods: A New Age, Trolls World Tour), and written by Pam Brady (South Park). The all-star cast includes Lana Condor (To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before franchise); Golden Globe winner Toni Collette (The Boxtrolls, Knives Out); Emmy winner Annie Murphy (Schitt’s Creek); Emmy winner Colman Domingo (Fear the Walking Dead, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts); Emmy nominee Sam Richardson (Ted Lasso); Liza Koshy (Transformers: Rise of the Beasts); Emmy nominee Will Forte (The Last Man on Earth); Jaboukie Young-White (Strange World, Ralph Breaks the Internet); Eduardo Franco (Stranger Things); Ramona Young (Never Have I Ever, Legends of Tomorrow); and Academy Award winner Jane Fonda (Book Club: The Next Chapter, 80 For Brady).
Bonus Features on Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital:
Deleted Scenes with Intros – Introductions by Co-Director Faryn Pearl
- Prologue
- Walk To School
- Crab ‘N Skate
Oceanside Drawing Guide – Head of Story, Glenn Harmon, illustrates how to draw Ruby Gillman in her teenage and Kraken forms, Grandmamah, Chelsea, and Mermaid Chelsea.
- Ruby Gillman
- Kraken Ruby
- Grandmamah
- Chelsea Van Der Zee
- Mermaid Chelsea
Make Your Own Aquarium – With a few simple products and a little imagination, watch how to bring the undersea world home.
- Krakenarium
- Well of Seas
Squad Solidarity: Adventures in ADR
The Kraken: Myth or Monster – An animated piece narrated by Lana Condor and Annie Murphy dives deep into the mysteries of krakens revealing how stories of these mythical beasts have evolved over hundreds and hundreds of years.
Meet the Gillman Cast - Meet the cast behind the film’s characters and find out what they liked about lending their voices to this aquatic adventure.
The Kraken Krew: Meet the Humans Behind the Gillmans
Prom Stories – Ruby’s greatest wish was to attend prom with her friends and crush Connor! Here, the movie's cast share their prom stories and explain how they would design a “promposal.”
Super Sea Girl Besties – Meet the talented women involved in making the movie.
Feature Commentary – With Director Kirk DeMicco; Co-Director Faryn Pearl; Producer Kelly Cooney Cilella; Head of Character Animation Carlos Fernandez Puertolas; and Head of Cinematography, Layout Jon Gutman.
Source: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Debbie Diamond Sarto is news editor at Animation World Network.
