Pixar has released the official trailer for Gatto, its new original animated feature set in Venice, Italy. The trailer, posted by Pixar, introduces Mark Ruffalo as the voice of Nero, a scrappy black cat who has spent his lives running errands for the city's feline mob.
The footage shows Nero burning through his nine lives on stealing, partying and rooftop chases under the protection of Rocco, the powerful white cat who runs Venice's feline underworld. A brush with a mysterious plague-doctor figure leaves Nero facing the fact that he is down to his last life, and an unexpected friendship with a young street violinist starts him questioning whether he has lived any of his lives the right way.
Check out the trailer below:
Ruffalo leads the voice cast as Nero, with Laurence Fishburne as Rocco, the ruthless local feline mob boss Nero is indebted to. Bianca Babaşa voices Maja, with Sherry Cola as Regina, John Turturro as Capitano Briganti, Isabella Rossellini as Contessa, Jason Schwartzman as Vivaldi and Jason Mantzoukas as Rico.
The ensemble also includes Rhys Darby as Focaccia, Natasia Demetriou as Charon, Jamie Demetriou as Plague Doctor and Tracey Ullman as Luisa. Saverio Raimondo voices Ugo, Matt Jones voices Enzo, Rumen Sali Shopov voices Papu Janko and Marco Calvani voices Maestro Foscari, with Austin Madison as Fishmonger, Beatrice Manfredi as Martinelli and Jesse Andrews as Bartolomeo.
Gatto is directed by Enrico Casarosa and produced by Andrea Warren, the filmmaking team behind Pixar's Oscar-nominated Luca. Academy Award winner Dario Marianelli, who won his Oscar for Atonement, composed the original score, with violin compositions co-written and performed by Slovak violinist Barbora Botošová.
Here's Pixar's description of Gatto:
In Disney and Pixar's original animated adventure Gatto , the scrappy black cat Nero (voiced by Mark Ruffalo) begins to question whether he's lived the right lives after years of maneuvering the canal-ridden, superstitious city of Venice, Italy. Indebted to Rocco (voiced by Laurence Fishburne), the ruthless 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 Venice gets the better of him first.
Gatto opens in theaters on March 5, 2027.
Sources: Pixar, Gatto on Pixar's official website
