Credit : Pixar's X
EMERYVILLE, November 12, 2026 – Disney and Pixar have released a new trailer and poster for Gatto, their original animated adventure set in a feline underworld in Venice, and confirmed that the film will open exclusively in cinemas on March 5, 2027. A new Pixar short, Loving Dory, will play in front of it.
Pixar posted the artwork on X on Thursday, asking, “have you made good use of your whiskers?”, and said the film would be seen only in theatres on that March date. A companion post unveiled the new trailer with the line, “this cat’s on his last life”. The Walt Disney Company amplified the poster on its own account shortly afterwards. An official Disney press note, dated November 12 in London, set out the expanded voice cast, the composer and the short that will precede the feature.
The story follows Nero, a scrappy black cat voiced by Mark Ruffalo, who, after years of manoeuvring the canal-ridden and superstitious city, begins to question whether he has lived the right lives. Indebted to Rocco, the local feline mob boss voiced by Laurence Fishburne, Nero is forced into a truly unexpected friendship with Maja, a local street musician voiced by Bianca Babaşa. With his last life on the line, and with Maja’s help, he may yet find his purpose — unless Venice gets the better of him first.
Gatto is directed by Enrico Casarosa and produced by Andrea Warren, the filmmaking team behind Pixar’s Academy Award-nominated feature Luca. Casarosa is also among the previously announced voice cast. The new press note adds a long supporting ensemble. Headline names include John Turturro as Capitano Briganti, Isabella Rossellini as Contessa, Jason Schwartzman as Vivaldi, Jason Mantzoukas as Rico, Rhys Darby as Focaccia, Sherry Cola as Regina, Natasia Demetriou as Charon and Jamie Demetriou as Plague Doctor, alongside Tracey Ullman, Matt Jones and others.
The original score is being written by Academy Award-winning composer Dario Marianelli, whose credits include Atonement, and will include music from violinist Barbora Botošová. The fresh poster, dominated by Nero’s green-eyed stare against a deep blue night, carries the line that the film comes from the studio behind Inside Out and Toy Story, and repeats the exclusive theatrical date.
Alongside the feature, Disney and Pixar confirmed that Loving Dory, a new animated short set in the world of Finding Nemo, will play in cinemas ahead of Gatto. Ellen DeGeneres returns as the voice of Dory, who finds herself in a hapless and unexpected romantic encounter. The short is written and directed by Lou Hamou-Lhadj, produced by Mary Alice Drumm, and executive produced by Academy Award winners Pete Docter and Andrew Stanton. Both Gatto and Loving Dory are scheduled for the same exclusive cinema opening on March 5, 2027.
Thursday’s trailer and poster do not change that date, which had already been attached to earlier teaser materials, but they do mark the first wide look at the finished design, the additional voice company and the companion short. Disney and Pixar have framed the release as a cinema-only event, with no streaming window announced in the latest briefing.
Source : Pixar, poster post and trailer post, amplified by Disney. Additional details from the official Disney press note and Pixar’s Gatto page.
Credit : Pixar’s X
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