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New Pixar movie Gatto announced at Annecy for June 2027.

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“Gatto”, expected in summer 2027, comes from the filmmaking team behind “Luca,” – director Enrico Casarosa and producer Andrea Warren.

This new Pixar film returns to Italy, Casarosa’s birth country, this time to Venice, where, after years of maneuvering the sea-side, extraordinary city, a black cat named Nero begins to question whether he’s lived the right lives.

A partial music-lover —at least, his tail is— and non-swimming feline who is indebted to a local feline mob boss, Nero finds himself in a quandary and is forced to forge a truly unexpected friendship with Maya, a street artist that adopts him against his will.

Together, those two individuals form an odd couple, but this relation might finally lead Nero to find his purpose…. unless the mysterious and dark side of Venice gets the better of him first.

The Annecy crowd cheered the announcement and went wild as Docter unveiled animation tests of a distinct, unique hand-painted look, something Pixar has never shown before. The film appears to be rich in colors from Venetian settings, and blends 2D hand paint textures with cutting-edge CG animation.
 
From the front page of AnimeSuperhero.com:

"Pixar Announces New Movie ‘Gatto’ At Annecy"​


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"Don’t fret over all the Toy Stories and Incredibleses you keep hearing about; Pixar still has plenty of original ideas. They just announced a new one at Annecy today: Gatto, the tale of a black cat in Venice with a lack of luck.

You see, in Italy even the cats are mixed up in organized crime. Nero, the “gatto” of the story, is in debt to a feline mob boss and looking for a place to hide. He’s got a passion for music, so he’s allured to the melodies of Maya, a Venice street musician. Nero and Maya form a tight friendship, which they’ll need to deal with Nero’s problems.

Enrico Casarosa, director of Luca (which you’ll remember also took place in Italy) is leading the charge on Gatto, and he shared one more bit of character lore with the audience: Nero hates water. Then he kinda picked the wrong place to live, wouldn’t you say? Gatto is scheduled to reach theaters in the summer of 2027."

Read the full article here.
 
I like the concept and artistic approach Pixar is taking for "Gatto". I hope this will be a huge game changer for stylized animation as WDAS can slowly move away from the Frozen / Tangled they have been stuck to for 15 years.

2D hand paint textures and cutting edge CG. I hope it does better than what we got with Wish at WDAS. That movie had a distinct identity but I feel like it would have benefited with some actual stylized 2D animation.

Hopefully it addresses that Pixar and WDAS have a distinctive style and not something homogenous with other 3D CG movies.
 
Hopefully this movie will be a success and bring on more movies in this art style.
 
Hopefully this movie will be a success and bring on more movies in this art style.
Hoping so. Bob Iger is retiring next year and I hope both Pixar and WDAS will try different art styles and not have that same semi realistic look. Let’s hope this convinces the world Pixar is not a franchise factory.
 
Hoping so. Bob Iger is retiring next year and I hope both Pixar and WDAS will try different art styles and not have that same semi realistic look. Let’s hope this convinces the world Pixar is not a franchise factory.
After reading this Hollywood Reporter article that makes it seem like Parks & Experiences chief Josh D’Amaro is the top choice for CEO, I’m hoping that Disney will take a page out of Netflix’s book and make Entertainment co-chief Alan Bergman co-CEO alongside Josh. Even though Disney fans are worried about him in charge after Bob Chapek’s tenure, I heard D'Amaro listens to what the park guests want.
 
The animation style they’re going with sounds interesting. I’m looking forward to seeing how it comes out!
I just hope they actually commit to the art style and not let executive meddling change it at the last minute to standard Pixar look we have been getting. More specifically, the semi realistic Frozen / Tangled WDAS has had for years which really blurred the lines and had me speculating the studios could consolidate.
 
So a animal has dealings with animal mob, teams up with a little girl, reminds a lot of All Dogs To Cat, instead of a dog it is a cat, and instead of death it is reincarnation, now tell me if there is going to be any alligators in this.

Nothing against this movie, I wish it well, but I am just saying. If Don Bluth is an influence, that is a good thing.
 
Do you think Gatto will go straight to Disney+ if Elio underperforms?
 
Do you think Gatto will go straight to Disney+ if Elio underperforms?
Why would they do that? You keep saying these "doom-and-gloom" things because of what happened to Soul, Luca, and Turning Red due to the COVID pandemic. It’s getting annoying.
 
Why would they do that? You keep saying these "doom-and-gloom" things because of what happened to Soul, Luca, and Turning Red due to the COVID pandemic. It’s getting annoying.
It’s flexible at the moment. Josh D’Amaro could repeat the same mistake that Chapek did if he replaces Iger. Still, a theatrical release is never out of the question. And the backlash from Chapek’s choices is enough to allow Pixar to prioritize theaters over streaming. Maybe I have read somewhere that after Andor, streaming ad a major focus over everything is sort of a failure.
 
‘Spider-Man: Beyond The Spider-Verse’ Swings Onto Pixar’s ‘Gatto’ Father’s Day Weekend 2027

Gatto could potentially become a major flop now that Spider-Man: Beyond the Spiderverse moved its release date to the same week, June 18th.

Disney needs to move the release date earlier or later as soon as possible.
Well, as much as I'll try my best not to get doom and gloom, but for once, I couldn't agree more. Pixar has two more years to think of something.
 
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Disney Moves Around ‘Ready Or Not 2’, ‘Dog Stars’ & Pixar’s ‘Gatto’ In 2026 & 2027 Release Calendars

"Gatto" has been moved from its June 2027 slot to March 5th, 2027. Spring could be Pixar's potential new slot for releasing new original IPs going forward while June can be reserved for existing IPs.
The first Disney animated feature I can remember submitting to any film from a competitor's claim on a preferred date.
 

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