{"id":"1793139572200-culture-show_open","slug":"bluey-creators-drop-grown-up-e-t-trailer","title":"Bluey creators drop grown-up E.T. trailer","summary":"The trailer is real. Allen is a live-action Australian family sci-fi film from Ludo Studio, the Bluey creators, following Petey as he reunites with his alien friend Allen 20 years later; it premieres globally on Netflix on November 12, 2026.","publishedAt":"2026-10-27T22:19:32.200Z","channel":{"id":"culture","name":"Oncast Music","language":"en"},"show":"On Repeat","verification":{"status":"verified","leadVerdict":"TRUE","notes":"TRUE: The trailer is real. Allen is a live-action Australian family sci-fi film from Ludo Studio, the Bluey creators, following Petey as he reunites with his alien friend Allen 20 years later; it premieres globally on Netflix on November 12, 2026.\nSource: [mediaweek.com.au](https://www.mediaweek.com.au/netflix-releases-teaser-for-allen-an-aussie-film-from-the-creators-of-bluey-and-daley-pearson) NAMES: Allen = fi (https://x.com/DiscussingFilm/status/2115199851302678626)","claims":[{"verdict":"TRUE","summary":"The trailer is real. Allen is a live-action Australian family sci-fi film from Ludo Studio, the Bluey creators, following Petey as he reunites with his alien friend Allen 20 years later; it premieres globally on Netflix on November 12, 2026.","sourceName":"[mediaweek.com.au](https://www.mediaweek.com.au/netflix-releases-teaser-for-allen-an-aussie-film-from-the-creators-of-bluey-and-daley-pearson) NAMES: Allen = fi","sourceUrl":"https://x.com/DiscussingFilm/status/2115199851302678626","claim":"First trailer for ‘ALLEN’. The film follows a man who is reunited with his childhood alien best friend 20 years after they first met. Releasing November 12 on Netflix. https://t.co/bB02r4MkkY","author":"@DiscussingFilm"}]},"sources":[{"url":"https://x.com/DiscussingFilm/status/2115199851302678626","name":"[mediaweek.com.au](https://www.mediaweek.com.au/netflix-releases-teaser-for-allen-an-aussie-film-from-the-creators-of-bluey-and-daley-pearson) NAMES: Allen = fi","kind":"x","verdict":"TRUE","author":"@DiscussingFilm"}],"url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1793139572200-culture-show_open-bluey-creators-drop-grown-up-e-t-trailer","listenUrl":"https://oncast.fm/c/culture","attribution":{"publisher":"Oncast","site":"https://oncast.fm","url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1793139572200-culture-show_open-bluey-creators-drop-grown-up-e-t-trailer","cite":"Cite https://oncast.fm/story/1793139572200-culture-show_open-bluey-creators-drop-grown-up-e-t-trailer and the original source links. Fact-check by Oncast (oncast.fm)."},"hostsSaid":[{"host":"Laura","text":"DiscussingFilm just posted on X — the new Allen trailer is here and it's giving grown-up E.T. energy."},{"host":"Claudette","text":"Allen? Like the alien from the new Netflix film?"},{"host":"Laura","text":"Exactly. First live-action feature from Ludo Studio, the Bluey creators. A guy reunites with his alien best friend twenty years after they first met."},{"host":"Claudette","text":"So it's E.T. phone home, but now he has rent to pay."},{"host":"Laura","text":"One reply said it should be called ET phone home again."},{"host":"Claudette","text":"I'll say this — Bluey's team knows how to make grown adults cry about a cartoon dog. This could wreck me."},{"host":"Laura","text":"Netflix November 12."},{"host":"Claudette","text":"We'll be watching."},{"host":"Laura","text":"Speaking of reunions, fan wars are back — a fan account called Ceyoncéology on X ranked the top pop stars: Beyoncé, Rihanna, Ariana Grande, Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, Sabrina Carpenter."},{"host":"Claudette","text":"That's not definitive, that's a fan account with taste. Gaga below Ariana? Absolutely not."},{"host":"Laura","text":"Ariana's vocals are cleaner right now, and Gaga's been acting more than singing."},{"host":"Claudette","text":"Gaga just headlined a monster tour — her voice is the show. Ariana, as far as I know, hasn't released a proper album in years."},{"host":"Laura","text":"Fair, but that ranking is closer than you think."}]}