The first teaser for Gatto, Pixar’s upcoming animated film, was released on Jun. 11, following a description of the movie’s general plot and some cast members. Fans learned that Gatto is set in the Italian city of Venice, and it follows the adventures of a feral black cat named Nero, who’s spent most of his nine lives recklessly working for mobster cat Rocco.
The story sounded promising, and the animation style was charming, to say the least. Fans were eager to get another mobster cat adventure movie. On Thursday, Nov. 12, Pixar published a 2-minute trailer that gives us a better look at each character in Gatto and dives deeper into the plot.
Mobster cat Nero changes his ways through his love for music in Pixar’s Gatto
According to the trailer, after losing eight of his nine lives and coming down to a single whisker, Nero starts to question whether he’s wasted them. When Rocco tells him to steal a street musician’s violin, Nero discovers his love for music and forms a friendship instead. This is a turning point, and Nero realizes he must survive the dangers that lurk in Venice and find his purpose.
Written and directed by Enrico Casaroca and produced by Andrea Warren, Gatto is being developed by the same creators who made Luca (2021), a beloved Pixar film that was nominated for Best Animated Feature. Academy Award winner Dario Marianelli (Atonement, Pride & Prejudice) is in charge of the score. He is working alongside Slovak violinist Barbora Botošová.
As for the main cast, Mark Ruffalo will take on the role of Nero, and Laurence Fishburne will play Rocco, the mobster boss Persian cat. Other feline and human characters will be played by Bianca Babaşa, Sherry Cola, John Turturro, Rumen Sali Shopov, Rhys Darby, Isabella Rossellini, Natasia Demetriou, Jamie Demetriou, Jason Schwartzman, Saverio Raimondo, Jason Mantzoukas, Matt Jones, Austin Madison, Beatrice Manfredi, Jesse Andrews, Tracey Ullman, and Marco Calvani.
Gatto premieres in theaters on March 5, 2027. Before the movie begins, Disney and Pixar’s Loving Dory, a new animated short in the Finding Nemo series, will play. Loving Dory is a story about Dory falling in love with… a plastic bag that she mistakes for a jellyfish. Unfortunately, the relationship turns toxic and obsessive, and someone must step in to help.