Between The Super Mario Bros. Movie and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Chris Pratt accounts for about $2B at the box office. Fans obviously love him. You know what else people love? Cats. Even grumpy, orange, lasagna-eating cats. And Pratt gets to voice the most famous of them all in The Garfield Movie, which has just dropped a new trailer.
Pratt voices Jim Davis’ beloved comic strip feline, in a story that finds Garfield reunited with his long-lost father, who happens to be voiced by another Marvel vet, Samuel L. Jackson. Nobody voices Odie because, well, Odie doesn’t say shit.
Also in the voice cast are Hannah Waddingham, Ving Rhames, Nicholas Hoult, Cecily Strong, Harvey Guillén, Brett Goldstein, and Bowen Yang.
Behind the camera is Mark Dindal, directing his first movie since Chicken Little in 2005, so it’s been a while. Dindal also helmed Disney’s The Emperor’s New Groove.
Garfield has proven to be pretty hot business at the box office, with 2004 and 2006 films (with Bill Murray as Garfield) combining for $350M.
Here’s the synopsis: Garfield (voiced by Chris Pratt), the world-famous, Monday-hating, lasagna-loving indoor cat, is about to have a wild outdoor adventure! After an unexpected reunion with his long-lost father – scruffy street cat Vic (voiced by Samuel L. Jackson) – Garfield and his canine friend Odie are forced from their perfectly pampered life into joining Vic in a hilarious, high-stakes heist.
The Garfield Movie opens in theaters on May 24th 2024.
