Bill Hader on ‘Barry.’ Photograph by Merrick Morton/HBO.
Preview:
- Bill Hader is main the voices in a brand new ‘Cat in the Hat’ film.
- Quinta Brunson and Matt Berry are almost among the many forged.
- The film is due in theaters in March 2026.
Dr. Seuss’ ‘The Cat in the Hat’ has one thing of a checkered historical past in motion pictures. While the 1957 e book has been efficiently tailored in animated type for TV, the final time it was seen in theaters was the disastrous 2003 live-action model starring Mike Myers because the title character.
That might be greatest forgotten, however Warner Bros. Animation and the Seuss Enterprises firm are hoping to alter the feline’s filmic status by way of a brand new animated film, which has Bill Hader main the forged because the Cat.
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What’s the story of ‘The Cat in the Hat’?
2003’s ‘The Cat within the Hat.’ Photo: Universal Pictures.
Seuss’ tome sees two children who’re left home alone by their mom who’re stunned to have The Cat barge into their home. Far from screaming about Stranger Danger, they comply with his playful schemes, just for the household fish to place up a combat and order him to depart.
But The Cat nonetheless has loads of enjoyable, together with unleashing two equivalent “Things” upon the home and chaos ensues –– however as soon as ordered to depart, he returns with a machine to wash the place up.
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Who is within the new ‘The Cat in the Hat’ film?
Quinta Brunson on ABC’s ‘Abbott Elementary.’ Photo Courtesy of ABC’s YouTube Channel.
Alongside Hader (who performed a barely much less family-friendly Cat in a ‘Saturday Night Live’ sketch), the forged consists of ‘Abbott Elementary’ star/creator Quinta Brunson, ‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’ Xochitl Gomez, ‘Saturday Night Live’s Bowen Yang, Matt Berry of ‘What We Do in the Shadows’ and ‘Girls5Eva’s Paula Pell.
Is this the primary try at a brand new ‘The Cat in the Hat’ film?
2003’s ‘The Cat within the Hat.’ Photo: Universal Pictures.
This shouldn’t be the primary time an animated film based mostly on the Cat’s chaos was thought of. In 2012, following the monetary success of ‘The Lorax’, Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment introduced plans to supply a CGI adaptation. Rob Lieber was set to write down the script, however it by no means got here to fruition.
Warner Bros. picked up the rights to supply a ‘Cat’ animated journey, and Alessandro Carloni and Erica Rivinoja are writing and directing the film. Jeff Sneider at The InSneider first reported the information of Hader’s casting.
Here’s what Bill Damaschke, president of Warner Bros. Pictures Animation mentioned concerning the new plan:
“We are overjoyed to partner with our friends at Dr. Seuss to take audiences of all ages on an adventure into the beloved world of ‘The Cat in the Hat.’ With this incredible voice cast led by Bill Hader as the fun-loving, agent of chaos himself and our filmmakers Alessandro and Erica at the helm, we look forward to sharing this Seussian cinematic spectacle with audiences everywhere in 2026.”
When will the brand new ‘The Cat in the Hat’ film arrive in theaters?
The film can be launched on March sixth, 2026.
Mike Myer’s in 2003’s ‘The Cat within the Hat.’ Photo: Universal Pictures.
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