Pixar's 'Gatto' Gets a Trailer: Mark Ruffalo Voices a Venice Cat in Trouble
Pixar has released the first trailer for Gatto, its new original animated feature, and the hero is a cat with a debt to a mob boss. The trailer was published on 12 November 2026, according to Variety.
Mark Ruffalo voices Nero, a scrappy black cat who lives in Venice, Italy. Laurence Fishburne voices Rocco, a local feline mob boss. Nero owes Rocco a debt, and he starts to wonder whether he has been living the right kind of life.
The film is directed by Enrico Casarosa and produced by Andrea Warren. The pair also made Luca, the Pixar feature that earned an Oscar nomination, which means it was shortlisted for an Academy Award.
The voice cast is large. Bianca Babaşa plays Maja, Sherry Cola plays Regina, and John Turturro plays Capitano Briganti. Isabella Rossellini voices the Contessa, Rhys Darby plays Focaccia, and Jason Schwartzman plays Vivaldi. Jason Mantzoukas plays Rico, Tracey Ullman plays Luisa, and Natasia Demetriou plays Charon. Her brother Jamie Demetriou plays the Plague Doctor.
The score is by Dario Marianelli, who composed the original music. The film also features violin pieces co-written and performed by Barbora Botošová.
Gatto opens in cinemas on 5 March 2027. That gives the studio a little under four months from the trailer's release to the opening date.
For Pixar fans, the trailer is the first real look at a new story rather than a continuation of an existing one. It also offers a first glimpse of how the film sounds, with a score and violin music set against a Venetian backdrop.
