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Pixar Debuts 'Hoppers' Trailer With Avatar Wink

The trailer previews a high-concept adventure starring Piper Curda as a college student who transfers her mind into a robotic beaver to save a threatened habitat.

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Hoppers

Overview

  • The first official trailer for Hoppers dropped July 16, revealing a technology that transfers human consciousness into robotic animal bodies.
  • The film follows Mabel, voiced by Piper Curda, as she inhabits a robotic beaver to thwart a development project threatening her childhood habitat.
  • The trailer includes tongue-in-cheek dialogue such as “This is like ‘Avatar’” to signal the film’s self-aware humor.
  • Bobby Moynihan and Jon Hamm join Curda in the voice cast as a beaver king and a greedy mayor, respectively.
  • Directed by Daniel Chong and produced by Nicole Paradis Grindle, Hoppers is set to hit theaters on March 6, 2026.