First Look At Pixar's 'Gatto' And New Looks At 'Elio,' 'Hoppers' And 'Toy Story 5' At Annecy Festival 2025

Pixar Animation Studios presented to attendees at Annecy Festival 2025 a first look at their upcoming films from 2025 to 2027. The presentation shared various clips, new details on the film and an announcement of a new original Pixar movie.

A New Original Pixar Movie Has Been Announced

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With Elio just around the corner and Hoppers releasing early next year, Pixar surprised audiences at the Annecy Festival with the announcement of their next film, Gatto. Gatto will take place in Venice and follow a human named Maya who captures a black cat named Nero that doesn't like Venice due to the simple fact that it can't swim. Indebted to a feline mob boss, Nero finds himself forced to forge an unexpected friendship that may finally lead him to his purpose. The film will release in Summer 2027 and will be directed by Luca's very own Enrico Casarosa.

New Details Revealed On Pixar's Upcoming Films

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Aside from Elio, Pixar has a few upcoming films on their slate, one of which is Toy Story 5, the sequel to Pixar's most beloved franchise. Audiences at the Annecy Festival got a first look at the film where they were shown the opening scene. Toy Story 5 is going to feel more connected with today's world, as it focuses on what happens when toys come across technology, as Bonnie now has a lilypad (tablet) that she uses instead of playing with toys.

The opening scene begins with eyes opening to stormy weather on a beach. We see Buzz Lightyear in a package that has a label saying "High Tech Edition". As we look around, we see dozens of Buzz's in packaging all washed up on the beach. They begin to walk into the forest, walking like an army, and as they reach the end, they realize they're on an island. It's now night, and they are by the beach looking into the stars. One of the Buzz's says "Star", while another then proceeds to say "Command". They start repeating before one of them says "Rendezvous". They begin to start changing "Rendezvous with Star Command!" while making a boat and then sailing away. It pans to the stars, and they outline the Toy Story 5 logo.

It was also revealed that Joan Cusack would be returning as the voice of Jesse.

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Next up was Hoppers, which follows Mabel, voiced by Piper Curda, a nature- and animal-loving student. The film is about Mabel preventing an animal glade from being turned into a highway, but as she makes attempts to rescue it, she uses technology that scientists have created which allows you to hop into robot animals to study them and hops herself into an actual animal: a beaver.

A clip was shown where Mabel the Beaver doesn't know the rules; she tries to meet another beaver, but he floats away. A bear then attacks that beaver and is prepared to eat him. Mabel ends up fighting the bear and saves the beaver, but everyone is weirded out by her actions. The beaver was fine with being eaten, as it's part of life and everyone knows you've got to eat. Mabel tells the bear it's okay to continue eating him, but the bear says, "No, now it's weird." Throughout the film, scientists are trying to find Mabel, and Mabel is trying to keep it a secret from other animals that she is actually a human in an animal body.

Another clip was shown where Mayor Jerry, voiced by Jon Hamm, who is behind the highway project, wakes up full of joy, says bye to his mom and gets into his car. Mabel the Beaver, the other beaver and King George, voiced by Bobby Moynihan, are also in the car. They lock the doors while the crows are gathering outside. Mabel takes Jerry's phone and communicates with him with text-to-speech. Mabel then says he has to cancel the highway project and that his life is in danger. The animals we see have two slightly different looks. From each other's perspectives, they have bigger eyes and are more expressive. From the human's perspective in the movie, they look more like a regular animal.

Brand New Elio Footage Showcased At Annecy Festival

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With Elio releasing in just one week, audiences at the Annecy Festival were shown 25 minutes of footage to get them excited for what Pixar had in store. Elio, voiced by Yonas Kibreab is an 11-year-old orphan living with his aunt, Olga Solis, voiced by Zoe Saldaña. Olga is an analyst at the Space Center. She wanted to become an astronaut and join the programme, but Elio's parents dying stopped her from pursuing her dreams.

The clip showcased Elio at Olga's job. Olga tries to convince him to eat, but he is reluctant. When Olga talks with a friend, Elio disappears. He goes into the room with the Voyager Golden Record. He presses it and then hears all the messages people sent to space with Voyager, and Voyager visuals appear on the ceiling. Elio is in awe. After this, Elio feels like only aliens can understand him and that he will belong with them. He goes to the beach every day and draws a circle and writes down "ALIENS ABDUCT ME". One day his aunt Olga actually gets a message from space, and Elio answers. They think he is the leader of Earth. He is taken to Communivers, where the greatest minds come to exchange information.

A violent alien named Grigon, voiced by Brad Garrett, wants to join the Communivers, but no one wants that. He wants to join using force. Elio eventually befriends his son Glordon, voiced by Remy Edgerly, and uses him as a bargaining chip.

More details to come...