Pixar's Gatto (2027)

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Pixar Announces All New Original Film ‘Gatto’

Today, Disney and Pixar re-affirmed once again their commitment to France’s Annecy Animation Festival, a world-class event the studios now use annually to deliver exclusive news and preview screenings to a global audience of animation fans.

In what opened as a regular preview showcase of upcoming “Elio,” DisneyPixar’s Chief Creative Officer Pete Docter unveiled a packed-Pixar slate featuring an all-new film, breaking the news to an ecstatic audience.

“Gatto”, expected in summer 2027, comes from the filmmaking team behind “Luca,” – director Enrico Casarosa and producer Andrea Warren. Casarosa’s directorial debut feature now turned fan-favorite due to his loveable characters and lush Italian settings, “Luca” was the first Pixar film to be released exclusively on Disney+, as Hollywood execs struggled to adapt to the pandemic’s shifting tides.

Since then, DisneyPixar has —to all animation fans’ greatest pleasure— pivoted back to a worldwide theatrical release strategy, paired with exclusive premieres. Annecy crowds may well be the very first audience to discover “Gatto” in June 2027.

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.

Indebted to a local feline mob boss, Nero finds himself in a quandary and is forced to forge a truly unexpected friendship that may finally lead him to his purpose…. unless the mysterious and dark side of Venice gets the better of him first.

The Annecy crowd cheered the announcement, as “Luca” continues to delight Pixar fans and family audiences alike. The feature was re-released last year, along with two other COVID-struck Pixar films “Red Alert” and “Soul”, and is now streaming exclusively on Disney+.