Pixar's new Gatto trailer desperately asks if y'all still like cats

Which is, in fact the major takeaway from the teaser trailer for Pixar’s new film Gatto, which lightly feints toward a more complex “Mafia kitties” conceit before going all-in on just watching animated felines be goofballs. Besides featuring the voices of Forest Whitaker and Mark Ruffalo as two of the notable toe-bean possessors, the trailer does offer a good look at the movie’s animation style, which forgoes the studio’s more traditional 3D visuals in favor of a hybridized two-dimensional look that sets itself apart from Pixar’s usual output. This latest Pixar offering arrives courtesy of director Enrico Casarosa, who previously helmed 2021’s Luca, and apparently centers on Ruffalo’s Nero, a black cat living in Venice.

Pixar is, of course, currently gearing up for the release of its next film, Toy Story 5, which will likely be a pretty major hit. (The studio has struggled a lot more with original IP in recent years than its tried-and-true franchises, and hasn’t been shy about throwing the full weight of the Disney release machine behind this latest installment.) Gatto won’t be out in theaters until 2027, when it’ll slink its way into theaters in March.