The cat in the hat is becoming a new film – this animated one.
announced today that it was remaking the classic Dr. Seuss children’s story, this time as a big-budget animated film. Bill Hader will voice the title character; The film’s cast also includes Abbott Elementaryin Quinta Brunson, Saturday night liveBowen Yang, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness‘Xochitl Gomez, and Girls5evaIt’s Paula Pell.
The film should hit theaters in about two years.
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This excited Cat in the hat does not have a high barrier to overcome to become the best Cat in the hat film already made. The former film, starring Mike Myers in a very complex costume and prosthetic makeup, is one of the strangest and (in my opinion!) most unpleasant children’s films ever made. It was released in 2003, to terrible reviews and very lukewarm box office.
Made in the week of a much more financially successful live-action version of How the Grinch Stole Christmas, its failure pretty much killed the idea of turning Dr. Seuss books into live-action films. (Supposedly the Seuss estate was so unhappy with the project that they banned any new live-action versions of his books. And for good reason!)
Since then, every film made from Seuss’s stories has been animated, including The Lorax, Horton Hears a Who!and a new version of The Grinch. Now The cat in the hat will also have its own animated version.
The cat in the hat is scheduled to open in theaters on March 6, 2026.
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