Overview
- Sony’s TriStar Pictures has bought feature film rights to Trevor Henderson’s Cartoon Cat and is immediately fast-tracking development.
- Producers attached include Roy Lee, Steven Schneider, Scott Glassgold, J. Todd Harris, Thomas Pettinelli and Marc Marcum.
- TriStar executives Nicole Brown and Malcolm Gray will oversee development as the studio conducts a rapid search for a director.
- The Cartoon Cat concept is described in reports as an ‘ancient hollow rot’ that uses collective memory of old cartoons to manifest and cause violence.
- The deal follows Warner Bros.’ recent Siren Head acquisition and reflects a wider studio trend of adapting internet-born horror hits after recent box-office interest in creator-driven properties.