Pixar's next original movie finally has a full trailer, and it's a fun change of scenery. "Gatto," which means "cat" in Italian, is set in Venice among the stray cats who run the city's back alleys and canals. The trailer and poster dropped on Thursday, along with a big new cast.
The story follows Nero, a black cat voiced by Mark Ruffalo, who's in debt to Rocco, the local feline mob boss, played by Laurence Fishburne. Nero is starting to wonder if he's spent his life the right way, and it sounds like he's down to his last one. His way out comes from an unlikely friendship with Maja, a street violinist who might change everything for him.
The new cast list is stacked. Bianca Babașa plays Maja, and she's joined by John Turturro, Isabella Rossellini, Jason Schwartzman, Tracey Ullman, Rhys Darby, Sherry Cola, Jason Mantzoukas, and siblings Natasia and Jamie Demetriou, among others. Enrico Casarosa is directing and co-wrote the script, and he even has a small voice role. Pete Docter is an executive producer. The score comes from Dario Marianelli, who won an Oscar for "Atonement," with violin work by Barbora Botošová. Pixar says the film mixes a hand-painted look with its usual computer animation, and the poster, with Nero glowing in blue and sporting one crooked gold whisker, already looks great.
There's a bonus too. "Gatto" will play in theaters with a new short called "Loving Dory," set in the Finding Nemo world, with Ellen DeGeneres back as Dory. Reports from earlier this year say the plot involves Dory falling for a plastic bag, which is exactly the kind of thing only Pixar could pull off.
The movie opens only in theaters on March 5, 2027.