For Ruby’s mom, Agatha, played by Toni Collette keeping her royalness was a struggle. Toni Collette as Agatha Gillman: “Our family is kind of living undercover. We’re living as humans.

Grandmamah (Jane Fonda) gives her granddaughter Ruby (Lana Condor) some words of wisdom (Credit: Universal) Shy, quirky Oceanside resident Ruby Gillman (Lana Condor) mostly keeps to herself ...

The latest entry in this genre, “Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken,” blends teenage angst with a fun and vibrant take on sea-creature lore that subverts fairy-tale expectations.

Sweet, awkward 16-year-old Ruby Gillman (Lana Condor, To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before franchise) is desperate to fit in at Oceanside High, but she mostly just feels invisible.

DreamWorks presents ‘Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken’ and ‘Orion and the Dark’ at Annecy, commits to ‘subverting the hero’s journey’ ...