Disney Reveals New Look at Ella McCay

 

Ella McCay (2025, James L Brooks, 20th Century Studios) 

A new trailer and poster for 20th Century Studios’ Ella McCay, the upcoming comedy from Oscar® and Emmy Award®-winning writer, director and producer James L. Brooks (As Good as It Gets, Terms of Endearment, Broadcast News, The Simpsons), debuts today. 

The original film releases in cinemas nationwide on December 12, 2025 and features an all-star ensemble including Emma Mackey (Barbie), Oscar® winner Jamie Lee Curtis (Everything Everywhere All at Once), Jack Lowden (Slow Horses), Kumail Nanjiani (The Big Sick), Ayo Edebiri (The Bear), Spike Fearn (Alien Romulus), Julie Kavner (The Simpsons), Rebecca Hall (Christine), Becky Ann Baker (Girls) and Joey Brooks (Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty), with Albert Brooks (Broadcast News) and Woody Harrelson (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri). 

Ella McCay New Poster (2025, Brooks, 20th Century)

In this new trailer, audiences get a closer look at the upcoming comedy in which Emma Mackey plays Ella McCay, an idealistic young woman, who juggles her family and work life in a story about the people you love and how to survive them.

Ella McCay is produced by James L. Brooks, p.g.a., Richard Sakai, p.g.a., Julie Ansell, p.g.a. and Jennifer Brooks, executive produced by Colby Pines, Seth William Meier and Amy Brooks, and features original music by Hans Zimmer. 

Ella McCay releases in UK cinemas on December 12th

This press release was provided by the publicists representing the project's distributor