Walt Disney Studios Unveils First Trailer For Pixar Animation Studios “Gatto”, Studio Adds Mark Ruffalo & Laurence Fishburne As Part Of The Cast

After the box-office success of “Hoppers” during the spring and a week before “Toy Story 5 ” hits theaters and dominates the summer box office. Walt Disney Studios and Pixar Animation Studios are revealing the first trailer for their next original animated movie, titled “Gatto. ”

Pixar Animation Studios has confirmed that Mark Ruffalo (Marvel Studios “Avengers” franchise) is set to play the main character Nero. Laurence Fishburne (“Moon Girl And Devil Dinosaur”) will play feline mob boss Rocco.

The teaser trailer shows a gang of cats hanging out on a rooftop, with one flicking its claws like a mobster would do with a knife before Nero interrupts by being distracted, though, by the dangling, bright lightbulb and string…. let’s just say that in classic Pixar fashion the vibe shifts from serious to funny.

“In ‘Gatto,’ after years of maneuvering the canal-ridden, superstitious city of Venice, Italy, Nero begins to question whether he’s lived the right lives,” the logline teases. “Indebted to Rocco, the local feline mob boss, Nero finds himself in a quandary and is forced to forge a truly unexpected friendship that may finally lead him to his purpose—unless Venice gets the better of him first.”

“Gatto ” is directed by Enrico Casarosa (“Luca”, “La Luna”) and produced by Andrea Warren (“Luca”, “Lava”) and will open on theaters worldwide March 5, 2027.

“Gatto” looks to continue Pixar’s hot original streak after this year’s sucessful “Hoppers”. The studio’s next original projects include “Ono Ghost Market ” slated for 2028 and a untilted musical-comedy film directed by Domee Shi (“Bao”, “Turning Red”, “Elio”) described as “ rebellion against the traditional Disney animated musical ”. Additionally, Aphton Corbin (“Twenty Something”), Madeline Sharafian (“Burrow”, “Elio”) , and Rosana Sullivan (“Kitbull”) have been working on their respective untitled feature films, all being original ideas.