It’s about to be a month since Hoppers has been released in theaters, so all of the conversations about Pixar will go to Toy Story 5 and how much the reception/box office will do. What I want to do instead is to have a discussion about Pixar NEXT Original feature ‘Gatto’
Gatto’s the next original feature that Pixar will be releasing on March 5th, 2027 & it’s coming from the filmmakers who made ‘Luca’: Director Enrico Casarosa and Producer Andrea Warren. Although the only thing that Pixar released so far is concept art, I think we are getting closer to get some new information soon, perhaps at Cinemcon or a teaser in front of Toy Story 5
I’m feeling bullish on Gatto and I have some reason why
1. A Premise that’s easy to sell to the GA
The premise of Gatto’s easy to follow: a black cat in Venice named Nero get indebted to the cat mafia and get captive by a lonely street musician which will lead to his purpose in life. From reading that description, there’s a hook to that that’ll intrigue the general audience. Factoring in a new visual style that Pixar’s developing and I think that it’ll catch the eyes for people tones this film
2. Release Window & Word of Mouth
Originally, the film would’ve been released in June 2027 where I’ll be in the middle of a bloodbath: HTTYD 2, Beyond the Spider-Verse, & Shrek 5 and won’t have any breathing room. Now that it’s releasing in March, it would have that attention that could be similar to what we saw in HOPPERS
now if we looked at the March 2027 film calendar, we have films coming up that can be a problem for Gatto: the leftovers of Ice Age, Sonic 4 & Godzilla x Kong. Although I’d argue that if the word of mouth is strong, then it can withstand a hit like what we’re seeing with Hoppers & Mario…so far, we need to see how it does
What do you guys think about what we could see with Gatto?
by TiredWithCoffeePot
13 Comments
Pretty well if it has solid-enough critical reception. Besides, it really needs to worry about **Sonic the Hedgehog 4** only since **Ice Age: Boiling Point** would’ve made majority of its money by then and **Godzilla x Kong: Supernova** is going for different target audience.
I think this will likely do even better than Hoppers. Hopefully $500M +.
I think cute, talking animals might be the move for Pixar.
I think the new visual style will make GA think its not pixar and made by some other studio. Not sure if that’ll help it or hurt it. If film receives positive reviews, it should do Hoppers numbers.
Anyone else feel like “Gatto” is an unappealing title for the film? It says nothing about the movie, similar to “Elio”. Older titles were much more interesting, eg: Toy Story, A Bug’s Life, Monsters Inc, Ratatouille.
And Pixar must commit to marketing this movie, like how they did for Hoppers. Wonder if Gatto will have its own viral “Tom the Lizard” stunt.
The premise for this feels way more “classic Pixar hook” than some of their recent originals.
It all depends on the budget.
Hoppers was good – I thought it was great. It was a bolder movie than I’ve seen from.Pixar. Luca and even Onward had something to say. Elio was completely safe. The question is will Gato have something interesting to say?
I can see it doing better than Hoppers. $500M+
And I also like the premise of this one 🙂
It should have an international split closer to Elemental than Hoppers at least. Everyone loves cats and travelogues. I think it calls to mind Ratatouille more than anything.
More cat movies!
This reminds me a lot of Ratatouille. If it’s good and is very, very Italian (almost stereotypically so) it could be really good
Original animation is dead.