We hate Mondays, too, but not when there’s a new trailer for The Garfield Movie. The world-famous, lasagna-loving cat is making the jump from comic strips to the big screen, due out on Memorial Day Weekend. In the upcoming animated feature from Sony Pictures, Garfield and Odie’s perfect lives are turned up-side-down when he unexpectedly reunites with his long-lost father, Vic.
The trailer opens on a large tabby cat saying to a kitten “Wait here Junior, I’ll be right back.” Left alone in the rain, the hungry kitten followed the scent of pizza to a nearby restaurant, where he met Jon. As the tiny kitten devoured an entire pizza, plates of spaghetti and meatballs, and desserts, Jon decided to take him home and name him Garfield.
Fast forward to years later, Garfield and his canine friend Odie are living the luxurious pet life of sleeping, eating, and watching TV. All was perfect until one night, Garfield and Odie are cat-napped/dog-napped. A mysterious figure shows up to free Garfield and Odie, later revealed to be Garfield’s long-lost father, Vic, “I don’t see you for years, and when I do, you’re on the run from a deranged cat.” Together, Garfield, Odie, and Vic must figure out a way out of this sticky situation, and hilarity ensues.
Watch the brand new trailer here:
The Cast of The Garfield Movie
Chris Pratt (The Super Mario Movie, Guardians of the Galaxy) as Garfield, Samuel L. Jackson (The Marvels) as Vic, Harvey Guillen (What We Do In The Shadows) as Odie, and Nicholas Hoult (Renfield) as Jon. The film also includes the voice talent of Hannah Waddingham, Brett Goldstein, Ving Rhames, Bowen Yang, Cecily Strong, and Luke Cinque-White.
The trailer also reveals rapper Snoop Dogg as a cat – Snoop Catt, to be exact.
The official synopsis for The Garfield Movie is as follows:
Garfield (voiced by Chris Pratt), the world-famous, Monday-hating, lasagna-loving indoor cat, is about to have a wild outdoor adventure! After an unexpected reunion with his long-lost father – scruffy street cat Vic (voiced by Samuel L. Jackson) – Garfield and his canine friend Odie are forced from their perfectly pampered life into joining Vic in a hilarious, high-stakes heist.
Exclusively in theaters on May 24, 2024.
