Pixar and Disney’s “Elio” is shaping up to be a must-see family adventure. The upcoming animated film will likely be one the entire family can enjoy. Watch the short but entertaining trailer to get a look at the latest movie from Pixar and Walt Disney, “Elio.”

Everyone wants and needs a friend. Having friends makes life a fuller and richer experience. They are shoulders to cry on when life knocks you down and gets tough. Friends are also the people who celebrate with you when you’re on the mountaintop. Friends are blessings from the Lord Himself – yet another way He touches and impacts our lives. Who wouldn’t want someone to have fun with and talk to?

No matter your age or stage in life, everyone needs a friend. Anybody can be a friend, and one of the best things about friends is that they can and usually do arrive when we most need them. As the trailer for “Elio” shows, friends can even come in the form of aliens and when we’re visiting other planets.

Elio is a young man obsessed with outer space and convinced that aliens exist. He so strongly believes that aliens are real that in the trailer’s opening moments, he actively tries to be abducted by aliens.

However, it’s also revealed that Elio has had trouble making friends. He’s lonely and badly wants to fit in somewhere, and his aunt is overwhelmed by his most recent behavior, which includes skipping school.

As luck would have it, Elio’s wish for an alien abduction comes true. He’s slowly taken up in space and goes on to explore some truly out-of-this-world locations. During his travels in space, Elio meets Glordon, an alien creature who also has issues making friends.

Like many of Pixar’s flicks, this one looks like it will also pull at your heartstrings and make a good amount of the audience shed a tear or two.

“Eilo” lands in theaters this summer on June 20, 2025.

Proverbs 18:24 “A man of many companions may be ruined, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.”