Bill Hader’s going from killer to cat.
Fresh off his Emmy-winning, four-season run in HBO’s Barry, Hader’s subsequent function will formally be voicing the Cat within the Hat in an upcoming animated film. Warner Bros. Pictures Animation and Dr. Seuss Enterprises introduced the information in the present day, and in addition revealed the discharge date for The Cat within the Hat: March 6, 2026.
Quinta Brunson (Abbott Elementary), Bowen Yang (SNL), Xochitl Gomez (Doctor Strange within the Multiverse of Madness), Matt Berry (What We Do within the Shadows), and Paula Pell (Girls5eva) will even be within the voice forged, though WB did not disclose who they will all be taking part in. See the official logline for the movie beneath:
In the splendidly whimsical custom of Dr. Seuss, The Cat within the Hat involves the massive display in his animated theatrical function movie debut, doing what he does greatest — spreading pleasure to “happyless” children. In the movie, The Cat takes on his hardest task but… to cheer a pair of siblings fighting their transfer to a brand new city.
Alessandro Carloni and Erica Rivinoja will write and direct The Cat and the Hat. In addition to starring, Hader can be serving as govt producer.
Interestingly, WB’s announcement teases that there could possibly be lots extra animated Dr. Seuss tasks to return. It says Cat within the Hat is the primary of “a slate of animated tasks that Warner Bros. Pictures Animation and Dr. Seuss Enterprises are creating collectively that builds out an in depth Dr. Seuss animated universe.”
While in the present day marked WB’s first official affirmation of the Cat within the Hat movie, the information that Hader can be starring got here out final week through The InSneider e-newsletter, and followers have been fast to level out that Hader truly has already performed the character earlier than… in an SNL sketch from 2014. It’s in all probability secure to imagine that the animated film will likely be a decidedly completely different take than Hader’s, properly, hornier portrayal of the character on SNL, nevertheless it’s a humorous a part of the story nonetheless.
The Cat within the Hat’s final big-screen adaptation got here in 2003, with one other SNL star, Mike Myers, moving into the title function in live-action. That film, nonetheless, was slammed by critics and upset on the field workplace.
Alex Stedman is a Senior News Editor with IGN, overseeing leisure reporting. When she’s not writing or enhancing, yow will discover her studying fantasy novels or taking part in Dungeons & Dragons.
