AceShowbiz - Hugh Laurie leads the voice cast of Cloud Girl, the animated feature from French director Philippe Riche that Viva Kids will release in U.S. theaters on January 8, 2027. A new trailer for the film has been released.

Viva Kids, a division of Viva Pictures, acquired U.S. rights to the film, previously titled Girl in the Clouds. The movie is inspired by Romain Puértolas's 2015 novel The Little Girl Who Swallowed a Cloud as Big as the Eiffel Tower and was an Official Selection at the 2026 Annecy International Animation Film Festival.

Cloud Girl tells the story of an 11-year-old avid reader entrusted with a magical quill that can grant any wish it writes. When she wishes to fly and for her guinea pig, Airbag, to talk, the duo embark on a dangerous adventure to save the planet.

Alongside Laurie, the voice cast includes Faith Delaney, Joseph Balderrama, Ken Nwosu, and Bhavnisha Parmar. Laurie is known for the TV series House and films such as Holmes and Watson and Tomorrowland. Delaney has appeared in Hamnet and The Death of Robin Hood, Balderrama in F1: The Movie, Nwosu in Greenland 2: Migration, and Parmar in the TV series Doctor Who.

Cloud Girl is directed by Riche and produced by Brio Films, Panama Productions, Scope Pictures, and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Cinéma, with the support of Canal+, Eurimages, and CNC. Luc Bossi serves as producer, with Simon Crowe, Jon Goldman, and Valérie Leroux as executive producers. Co-producers are Lhoussaïne Zammat, Geneviève Lemal, Félix Ferrand, Julien Seul, Sawsan Asfari, Audrey Abiven, Luc Hardy, Nicolas Corouge, and Elisabeth Bykoff.

The lead animation studio is Stim Studio. The screenplay is by Riche and Bossi, from a story by Riche, Bossi, and Puértolas. Frédérick Alves-Cunha is the artistic director and Coline Veith is the animation director. The original score is by Éve-Marie Bodet and Benjamin Farley.

Cloud Girl is rated PG and runs 89 minutes.