The Garfield Movie

The Garfield Movie is an upcoming American computer-animated comedy film based on the Jim Davis comic strip of the same name, produced by Columbia Pictures and Alcon Entertainment (in the latter's first animated film), animated by DNEG Animation, and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing. Directed by Mark Dindal from a screenplay written by David Reynolds, the film stars Chris Pratt as the voice of the titular character, alongside the voices of Samuel L. Jackson, Nicholas Hoult, Cecily Strong, Hannah Waddingham, Brett Goldstein, Bowen Yang, and Ving Rhames. Development on a new animated Garfield film began in May 2016, with producers and writers already attached to the project. Dindal was announced as the film's director in November 2018, with production beginning in the following month. Despite Viacom acquiring the rights to Garfield in August 2019, the project was still in production, according to Dindal in December 2020. In November 2021, Sony purchased the distribution rights for the film, outside of China, and Pratt was cast as Garfield, while the animation would be provided by DNEG. The rest of the cast joined in 2022, followed by its official title in September 2023. The Garfield Movie will be theatrically released in the United States on May 24, 2024. Voice cast