Natalie Portman, Mark Ruffalo and More Set As English-Language Cast for Neon Animation "Arco"

Neon has set the voice cast for the English-language version of "Arco," a French animated feature they’ll submit for Oscar consideration, which had its world premiere as a Special Screening at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival. 

The list includes Natalie Portman, Mark Ruffalo, Will Ferrell, America Ferrera, Flea, and Andy Samberg.

The English-language version will world premiere in the Centerpiece section of the Toronto Film Festival on September 7, ahead of its release in U.S. theaters on November 14th.

Winning both the Cristal Award for Best Feature Film and the Soundtrack Award at Annecy, "Arco" follows a 10-year-old boy from a peaceful, distant future who accidentally travels back to the year 2075 and discovers a world in peril. As Arco develops a charming and touching friendship with a young girl named Iris, they band together and along with her trusted robot caretaker Mikki, set out on a quest to get Arco home, while the two children may also be the only ones who can save our planet. 

Marking the feature debut of Ugo Bienvenu, the film is produced by Remembers’ Bienvenu and Felix de Givry, as well as mountainA’s Portman and Sophie Mas.

Neon acquired rights to Arco out of Cannes, where they earned their sixth consecutive Palme d’Or for Jafar Panahi’s It Was Just an Accident. There, they also acquired North American rights to Oliver Laxe’s Jury Prize winner Sirât; The Secret Agent from Best Director winner Kleber Mendonça Filho and starring Best Actor winner Wagner Moura; and the thriller Exit 8. 

Neon will premiere Park Chan-wook’s No Other Choice at the forthcoming Venice Film Festival, and will also be at TIFF with a number of other titles in Official Selection, including The Secret Agent, It Was Just an Accident, Sirât, Sentimental Value and Nirvana the Band the Show the Movie.