It’s about to be a month since Hoppers has been released in theaters, so all of the conversations about Pixar will go to Toy Story 5 and how much the reception/box office will do. What I want to do instead is to have a discussion about Pixar NEXT Original feature ‘Gatto’

Gatto’s the next original feature that Pixar will be releasing on March 5th, 2027 & it’s coming from the filmmakers who made ‘Luca’: Director Enrico Casarosa and Producer Andrea Warren. Although the only thing that Pixar released so far is concept art, I think we are getting closer to get some new information soon, perhaps at Cinemcon or a teaser in front of Toy Story 5

I’m feeling bullish on Gatto and I have some reason why

1. A Premise that’s easy to sell to the GA

The premise of Gatto’s easy to follow: a black cat in Venice named Nero get indebted to the cat mafia and get captive by a lonely street musician which will lead to his purpose in life. From reading that description, there’s a hook to that that’ll intrigue the general audience. Factoring in a new visual style that Pixar’s developing and I think that it’ll catch the eyes for people tones this film

2. Release Window & Word of Mouth

Originally, the film would’ve been released in June 2027 where I’ll be in the middle of a bloodbath: HTTYD 2, Beyond the Spider-Verse, & Shrek 5 and won’t have any breathing room. Now that it’s releasing in March, it would have that attention that could be similar to what we saw in HOPPERS

now if we looked at the March 2027 film calendar, we have films coming up that can be a problem for Gatto: the leftovers of Ice Age, Sonic 4 & Godzilla x Kong. Although I’d argue that if the word of mouth is strong, then it can withstand a hit like what we’re seeing with Hoppers & Mario…so far, we need to see how it does

What do you guys think about what we could see with Gatto?