Warner Bros. Pictures Animation's first feature film, "The Cat in the Hat," has been scheduled for release in Japan in 2026, and a trailer for the film has been released.
The film is based on "The Cat in the Hat," a masterpiece by Dr. Seuss, a famous American picture book author who also created "The Grinch" and "The Lorax." It depicts a novel, edgy, epic adventure filled with mischief, magic, and mayhem. The voice of the main character, Cat, is provided by Bill Hader, known for "IT: Chapter Two" and "Buzz Lightyear." The film is directed by Alessandro Carloni and Erica Livino, who worked on "Kung Fu Panda 3" and "The Bot."
The mission of the fun-loving and playful Cat is to "entertain sad children!" The trailer shows IIII (Imagination and Inspiration Laboratory), a "noisy imagination creation laboratory." It is a place that can be called the source of the world of "imagination" and "creation," filled with a wide variety of characters such as giraffes, pigs, and insects, whose mission is to entertain sad children just like Cat. Cat visits a family that has just moved to a certain town to "entertain" them, but is quickly turned away by the family's young siblings. Will Cat be able to fulfill his mission of "entertaining children"?