Before returning to the world of Pixar toys, it’s heading to the animal kingdom. hopper Will be released on March 6, 2026 and tells the story of humans who have finally found a way to communicate with animals. You simply “drop” your brain into an animal’s body. But it turns out that human thoughts in animals quickly turn into something else. Something scary. This potentially turns into war.
A new trailer for hopper was just released, and in it, we hear the voices of a ton of new characters. Meryl Streep, for example, is the Insect Queen, but Dave Franco, Kathy Najimy, Melissa Villasenor, Ego Nwodim, Vanessa Bayer, Sam Richardson, Isiah Whitlock Jr. and many more have also just been announced. They join previously announced leads Piper Curda as Mabel, Bobby Moynihan as King George, and Jon Hamm as Jerry. Hear about them in the new trailer, which goes into more detail about the film’s surprising story.
I must say, when hopper When first announced, the idea of humans transferring their consciousness to animals seemed like nothing more than a beautiful idea. What we didn’t expect was that the movie would actually be about one of the humans inspiring the animal kingdom to fight against humans. And the fact that the instant human ideology gets seeded into the animal community, their ideas immediately go to war, seems very depressing.
But we are sure everything will be fine in the end. It is a Disney movie after all. And, of course, that voice cast is killer.
“We have assembled a great cast for this hopperAnd the voice talent really gave the film everything they had. “Whether it was fiery humor, heartfelt emotion, or crazy animal sounds, he delivered beyond our expectations,” director Daniel Chong and producer Nicole Paradis Grindle said in a press release.
The film joins the flood of other 2026 films getting a trailer ahead of release this week Wicked: for gooddo you think hopper Will it live up to the Pixar standard? We’ll find out on March 6, 2026.
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