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Sony Pictures Drops First Trailer for Taika Waititi's Klara and the Sun, Starring Jenna Ortega

6/28/2026

Sony Pictures has released the first trailer for Klara and the Sun, its adaptation of the bestselling novel by Nobel Prize-winning author Kazuo Ishiguro, with Academy Award winner Taika Waititi directing and writing the screenplay.

The film stars Jenna Ortega as Klara, an Artificial Friend searching for the right home, and represents a high-profile bet by Sony on prestige literary IP anchored by a marquee cast and an internationally recognized creative pairing.

A High-Pedigree Package for Sony The source material and director combination gives Sony a rare double-Nobel-and-Oscar platform to position the film as awards-season contender.

Ishiguro, whose novel served as the basis for the screenplay, is a Nobel laureate; Waititi carries an Academy Award.

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