Overview
- Pixar released the full Gatto trailer during a Nov. 12–13 rollout that revealed a Venice-set story, a new poster, and an expanded voice cast led by Mark Ruffalo as Nero and Laurence Fishburne as mob boss Rocco.
- The film follows Nero, a scrappy black cat who questions how he has spent his nine lives and forms an unexpected friendship that may give him purpose without resolving major plot twists.
- Enrico Casarosa directs and Andrea Warren produces in a reunion of the Luca team, and Oscar-winner Dario Marianelli composed the score with violin work by Barbora Botošová.
- Coverage highlights a deliberate visual departure for Pixar: outlets describe a hybrid approach that layers hand-painted, brushstroke and watercolor-like textures onto 3D models to create a ‘‘walking into a painting’’ effect.
- Disney/Pixar confirmed Gatto will play only in theaters on March 5, 2027 and that a new short, Loving Dory with Ellen DeGeneres returning as Dory, will screen before the feature, a pairing that could affect marketing and box-office plans for original Pixar projects.