Strange World will star Jake Gyllenhaal, Dennis Quaid, Lucy Liu, Gabrielle Union, and Jaboukie Young-White and follows a family of legendary explorers.Īccording to Variety, granddad Jaeger Clade is voiced by Quaid. Just saw the very first glimpse into #Disney ‘s #StrangeWorld at the #Annecy2022 festival – it features the first openly gay teen romance in a disney feature!!! 🏳️‍🌈 #RepresentationMatters /H1bEjyrSV1 “The scene describes the son being very shy in front of his boy crush, and his dad comes in and says ‘so nice to meet you! my son talks about you all the time’ and further embarrasses his son 🙈😂 very cute,” Saghezchi continued. “Just saw the very first glimpse into Disney’s Strange World… it features the first openly gay teen romance in a Disney feature!!!” Saghezchi shared his initial thoughts about the film on Twitter, and we’re so excited about this project. Variety and animation production designer Matthieu Saghezchi confirmed the film would have an LGBTQ+ plot after the film was announced at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival in France. Comments Is this the gay Disney movie we’ve been waiting for?ĭisney is introducing a gay teen romance in their latest animated feature film, Strange World.