There’s been an animated feature adaptation in the works centered on Dr. Suess’ The Cat in the Hat, and today we found out that it has an impressive voice cast and will grace a screen near you… in about two years.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Bill Hader (Barry, It: Chapter Two) is on board to play The Cat himself, an anthropomorphic feline who sports a red-and-white-striped top hat and brings adventurous chaos to unwitting children. Hader’s vocal talents will be joined by Quinta Brunson (Abbott Elementary), Bowen Yang (SNL), Xochitl Gomez (Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness), Matt Berry (What We Do in The Shadows), and Paula Pell (Girls5eva).
This, of course, is not the first time The Cat and the Cat has been adapted for the big screen. In 2003, we were subjected to a live-action adaptation, with Mike Myers playing the lead cat (pictured above). The children’s movie was, in a word, terrible. On the bright side, the bar is low for this animated adaptation to be better than the one that came twenty years before it.
The Cat in the Hat animated adaptation is written and directed by Alessandro Carloni, an animation veteran who directed Kung Fu Panda 3, and Erica Rivinoja, whose previous credits include writing the screenplay for Borat Subsequent Moviefilm(!) and 2016’s Trolls. Warner Bros. Pictures Animation is partnering with Dr. Suess Enterprises to make this movie happen, and The Cat in the Cat is reportedly the first of multiple projects the two companies will be working on together.
“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,” Warner Bros. Animation president Bill Damaschke said in a statement. “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.”
The Cat in the Hat is scheduled to hit theaters on March 6, 2026.
