Overview
- Pixar unveiled new artwork and an extended clip for Gatto at D23 on Saturday, Aug. 15, 2026, giving attendees a first look at tone, characters and locations.
- The studio moved the film’s theatrical release to March 5, 2027 from an earlier June 18, 2027 date announced previously.
- Enrico Casarosa directs the Italy‑set comedy with Andrea Warren producing and Mark Ruffalo voicing Nero, the black cat at the story’s center.
- Reported story beats shown at the preview include Nero’s existential crisis, a task to steal a violin and the developing relationship with the violin’s owner, Maya, without revealing later plot details.
- Pixar leaders framed the project as an intentional experiment—Casarosa’s return to Italy follows Luca and Pete Docter’s onstage presence underlines studio backing for the new brushstroke‑and‑watercolor effects layered on CGI, a technique the studio is positioning as a major selling point.