Alongside new looks and details about Toy Story 5 and Hoppers, Pixar has announced that Luca director Enrico Casarosa will lead the charge on Gatto, a film set in Venice, Italy, that follows a black cat named Nero who is indebted to a feline mob boss.
The news was revealed at France’s Annecy International Animation Film Festival, where it was also shared that Nero hates water, which is very unfortunate considering where he calls home. He’ll also meet a lonely street musician named Maya and be “forced to forge an unexpected friendship that may finally lead him to his purpose.” Gatto will be released in summer 2027.
JUST ANNOUNCED: Coming to theaters in 2027 is Disney and Pixar’s “Gatto.” 🐈⬛ From “Luca” director Enrico Casarosa, the film returns to Italy, following a black cat named Nero. Indebted to a feline mob boss, Nero finds himself forced to forge an unexpected friendship that may… pic.twitter.com/gCEUocT8kx
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As for 2026’s Toy Story 5, we got a new look at the much-anticipated sequel and it was confirmed that Joan Cusack will return as Jessie. The concept image shared shows Jessie, Buzz, and Bullseye talking to a tech tablet called Lillypad. Ths iPad-like device looks friendly enough, but we know all won’t turn out well as its been previously annouced that Toy Story 5 will be all about “toys going against electronics” and “toy meets tech.”
Bonnie, who is now eight-years-old, has finally reached an age where her parents have gifted her a tablet, and Woody, Buzz, and all our favorite toy friends will have to navigate this new world of technology that is taking over the attention of this new generation of kids.
As reported by THR, Pixar also gave a sneak peek at the film’s opening scene, in which “a container full of Buzz Lightyears awakens on an isolated desert island and struggled to reconnect with Star Command.”
A new image of Hoppers, the upcoming movie set for March 6, 2026, was also revealed. It follows a young girl who is trying to stop a highway from being built that would ruin a local woodlands.
The little girl is named Mabel (Piper Curda), and she discovers that the way to stop local Mayor Jerry (Jon Hamm) from enacting his plan is to use a secret brain-swapping experiment to hop into the mind of a robot beaver.
She then goes to a local pond as this beaver where all the refugees from the highway project are gathering, and she has to convince another beaver named King George (Bobby Moynihan) and all the other animals that they need to work together to stop their homes from being destroyed.
Lastly, Annecy attendees were treated to a 27-minute preview of Elio, which is set to debut in theaters on June 20, 2025. For those unfamiliar, Elio is the tale of a boy who wants nothing more than to be abducted by aliens. His wish comes true, but he ends up being mistaken for the intergalactic ambassador of Earth in the process.
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