With the release of Toy Story 5 this summer, Pixar is making sure to keep the anticipation pump primed with the release of a teaser for its next big-screen production. Gatto is the second feature film — he also directed the 2011 short La Luna, which was nominated for an Academy Award — from Enrico Casarosa, who also helmed 2021’s Luca for Pixar. That film was praised for its unique and painterly animation style, and that carries through to our first look at his new movie as well.
Gatto was first announced last summer by Pixar chief creative officer Pete Docter at a presentation ahead of the Annecy Animation Festival in France. “We’re trying to bring the depth and dimension that you expect from a Pixar film; at the same time, capturing that painterly texture that you see in Venice,” he said at the time. “We are doing a bunch of new tests and experiments.”
