Struggling to cope after a move to the city with his mother, Elmer runs away in search of Wild Island and a young dragon who waits to be rescued. Elmer’s adventures introduce him to ferocious beasts, a mysterious island and the friendship of a lifetime.

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Cast

Jacob Tremblay

Elmer Elevator (voice)

Golshifteh Farahani

Dela Elevator (voice)

Gaten Matarazzo

Boris the Dragon (voice)

Dianne Wiest

Iris the Rhinoceros (voice)

Rita Moreno

Mrs. McClaren (voice)

Chris O'Dowd

Kwan the Macaque (voice)

Judy Greer

Soda the Whale (voice)

Alan Cumming

Cornelius the Crocodile (voice)

Yara Shahidi

Callie (voice)

Jackie Earle Haley

Tamir the Tarsier (voice)

Jacob Tremblay — Elmer Elevator (voice)

Jacob Tremblay (born October 5, 2006) is a Canadian actor. He became known for his role as a child born in captivity in Room (2015), for which he won the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Young Performer and became the youngest nominee for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role.

Golshifteh Farahani — Dela Elevator (voice)

Golshifteh Farahani (گلشیفته فراهانی) was born on 10th July 1983 and is an international Iranian actress. Golshifteh Farahani started her acting career in theatre at the age of 6. Since then she has played in more than 40 films, many of which have been screened or awarded at international festivals. Amongst her famous Iranian films are Bahman Ghobadi's Half Moon, Dariush Mehrjui's Santoori , Rasoo

Gaten Matarazzo — Boris the Dragon (voice)

Gaetano John "Gaten" Matarazzo III (Born September 8, 2002) is an American actor. He began his career on the Broadway stage as Benjamin in Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (2011–12) and Gavroche in Les Misérables (2014–15). Matarazzo gained recognition for playing Dustin Henderson in the Netflix science-fiction-horror drama series Stranger Things (2016–2025). He also hosted the Netflix show Prank En