After mega hits like Inside Out 2 and Toy Story 5, and with Coco 2 and Incredibles 3 on the way, it’s easy to forget that Pixar was founded on original ideas. Before those titles became name brands, each had a part one. And while the company’s upcoming original film hadn’t quite grabbed our attention just yet, the latest trailer changed that.
Pixar’s next film is called Gatto, and it opens on March 5. That much we’ve known for a while, along with a few cute teases to highlight the film’s almost painterly animation. However, this new trailer finally digs its claws into this Italian, cat-centric story, and it’s much more emotional than we had anticipated. Check it out.
So yeah, in Gatto, a cat named Nero, voiced by Mark Ruffalo, realizes how precious life is after using up 8 of his 9 lives. And, it seems, it’s going to happen to the chagrin of his mentor and pseudo-mob boss Rocco, voiced by Laurence Fishburne.
While we aren’t exactly thrilled about watching a cat die eight times in a movie, the fact that those deaths change how he lives feels like very fertile ground to cover. Very Pixar. And because of that, we are officially very excited about Gatto.
