Pixar's GATTO Full Trailer Sends a Black Cat Into Venice's Criminal Underworld

Pixar is getting into the cat mob business, and its latest animated adventure looks like a pretty fun ride. The studio has released the full trailer for Gatto, a new movie that takes us into the canals and back alleys of Venice, Italy, where a black cat with one life left is desperately trying to get out of trouble with a ruthless feline crime boss.

The film comes from Enrico Casarosa, the Italian filmmaker who gave us Pixar's wonderful Luca, and he's returning to his home country for another colorful adventure. This time, however, we're trading sea monsters for mobsters, and the stakes are a little more dangerous.

Mark Ruffalo voices Nero, a scrappy black cat who has spent years navigating the superstitious streets of Venice. Unfortunately, he's burned through eight of his nine lives and owes a serious debt to Rocco, a feline mob boss voiced by Laurence Fishburne.

The new trailer reveals that Nero's luck might finally be changing when he meets an Italian woman who offers him something he's apparently been missing his entire life. With his final life on the line, Nero decides to ditch the criminal underworld and take a shot at something better.

Of course, Rocco isn't exactly the kind of guy who lets someone walk away from a debt. Nero's decision puts him on a collision course with the mob boss and his gang, turning his search for a better life into a dangerous escape through Venice.

The voice cast also includes Bianca Babaşa, Sherry Cola, John Turturro, Rumen Sali Shopov, Rhys Darby, Isabella Rossellini, Natasia Demetriou, Jamie Demetriou, and Jason Schwartzman.

Casarosa has a great eye for bringing Italian locations to life through animation, and Venice looks like a fantastic playground for this story. The city's winding waterways, old buildings, and narrow streets give Nero plenty of places to run, hide, and hopefully avoid getting his furry little ass kicked by Rocco's crew.

Casarosa previously directed Pixar's La Luna short and worked as a story artist on Ratatouille, Up, Cars 2, and Coco. His work on Luca showed how much personality he can bring to an Italian setting, and Gatto looks like another opportunity for him to have some fun with that.

The movie is produced by Andrea Warren, with Pete Docter serving as executive producer.

I really like what Pixar is doing with this one. A black cat trying to escape a feline crime syndicate in Venice is a great premise, and the animation has a cool visual personality that makes it stand out.

There's also something pretty entertaining about watching a cat who has already blown eight lives suddenly realize he might want to make the ninth one count.

Disney will release Pixar's Gatto in theaters worldwide on March 5, 2027.