Disney and Pixar have released the first teaser and poster for Gatto, offering the first look at what may be the most significant visual departure in Pixar\u2019s 30-year history.<\/p>\n
Directed by Luca filmmaker Enrico Casarosa, the film is set in a feline-run version of Venice and follows Nero, a black cat indebted to local mob boss Rocco. When an unexpected friendship forces him to reconsider the path his life has taken, Nero embarks on a journey through the city\u2019s canals and back alleys in search of purpose.<\/p>\n
The teaser itself is light on story, centering on a comedic interrogation scene between Nero and Rocco, voiced by newly announced cast members Mark Ruffalo and Laurence Fishburne.<\/p>\n
When Pixar first announced Gatto at Annecy last year, the studio described the project as a major artistic experiment. The finished footage suggests just how far that experiment goes.<\/p>\n
Gone is the polished realism that has defined Pixar since Toy Story. In its place is a painterly aesthetic filled with visible brushstrokes, flattened perspectives, textured lighting, and imagery that often resembles an illustrated storybook brought to life. It\u2019s an aesthetic that more than a few studios have embraced in recent years.<\/p>\n
Gatto reunites Casarosa with producer Andrea Warren, his collaborator on the Oscar-nominated Luca, and arrives in theaters on March 5, 2027. The release date places the film in the same early March window that Pixar used for Hoppers this year, a notable departure from the studio\u2019s traditional summer release strategy and a likely indication that Disney was pleased with the results of\u00a0Daniel Chong\u2019s well-received family film.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Disney and Pixar have released the first teaser and poster for Gatto, offering the first look at what…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":472388,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[156,409,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-472387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=472387"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472387\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/472388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=472387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=472387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=472387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}