Chris Prattis one of the most popular actors in the industry, and he is set to voice one of the most famous felines of all time whenGarfieldreleases in theaters on Feb. 16th, 2024, according to reports fromDeadline. The film was initially set to release on Nov. 22nd, however, the project received a delay on Aug. 3rd, pushing the movie into 2024.
Not much is known surrounding the plot ofGarfield, with the description reading, ‘Animated feature film based on the popular comic strip about a sarcastic, lasagna-loving cat.’ Mark Dindal is set to helm the film, his first animated effort sinceChicken Little wasreleased in 2005. His other credits includeCats Don’t DanceandThe Emperor’s New Groove.
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Chris Pratt plays the titular character, withSamuel L. Jackson joining himin a role titled ‘Vic.’ This will be Garfield’s father, a character we’ve not seen in comic strips or previous movies. David Reynolds wrote the screenplay forGarfield, previously working onFinding Nemo.John Cohen, Tom Jacomb, Broderick Johnson, Andrew A. Kosove, Namit Malhotra, and Steven P. Wegner will produce the film. Sony Pictures is set to distributeGarfield.
This will be the first appearance of Garfield on the big screen since the live-action/animated hybrid moviesGarfieldin 2004 andGarfield: A Tail of Two Kittiesin 2006. Bill Murray would voice the titular cat in both iterations, and the films were met with negative reviews from audiences and critics alike.
Chris Pratt Has Recently Become More Prominent in Voice Acting
In 2014The Lego Movie wasreleased with Chris Pratt in the lead role as Emmet Brickowski, and he followed up withThe Lego Movie 2: The Second Partin 2019. In 2020 Pratt would star in another animated movie,Onward, alongside fellow Marvel Cinematic Universe star Tom Holland. The film follows two elven brothers as they embark on a quest to bring their father back for one day. In September last year,Nintendo and Illumination announcedthat Chris Pratt would star with Charlie Day in aSuper Mario Bros.animated movie, voicing the iconic plumber.
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Now the two Marvel heroes, Samuel L. Jackson, and Chris Pratt, will reunite forGarfieldbringing the Monday-hating, lasagna-loving character to the big screen once again. The cast and crew of the upcoming film will hope for a better reception than the previous feature-film outings, with the Bill MurrayGarfield’sreceiving a 15% and 12% respectively onRotten Tomatoes.
Audiences can decide whether they like the latest iteration of the beloved feline whenGarfieldreleases in theaters on Feb. 24th, 2024.
