(Updated 05/23/2024)
For decades, Garfield, the orange comic strip cat created by cartoonist Jim Davis, was one of the most popular characters in the world. He's still one of the most recognizable, because a big-boned orange cat who is neck-deep in a place of lasagna cuts a memorable figure. Now he's going back to the big screen in THE GARFIELD MOVIE, a fully-animated feature.
Chris Pratt voices Garfield this time, taking over the role from Bill Murray (who voiced the character in two early-2000s movies) and putting him in line with veteran voice-acting masters Lorenzo Music and Frank Welker, both of whom put an indelible vocal stamp on the character.
Check out the final trailer for THE GARFIELD MOVIE, which shows off everything from the character designs to the animation style, Pratt's take on the classic cat's voice, and Garfield's shenanigans both classic and new.
What's The Garfield Movie's Release Date?
Sony Pictures Animation will release THE GARFIELD MOVIE in theaters on May 24, 2024.
Watch the New Trailer for The Garfield Movie
Did we just get rickrolled by Garfield? Not exactly, since Rick Astley is nowhere to be heard in this "final" trailer for THE GARFIELD MOVIE. (The song is "Let It Roll" by Keith Urban and Snoop Dogg.) But since the footage is basically a funny two minutes of Garfield and Odie riding around on a Roomba while Jon reads nearby, it's not exactly a trailer.
OK, here's the real trailer, which has the intro of baby Garfield, the beginning of his life with Jon, and a lead-in to the adventure that forms the movie's major story.
The Garfield Movie Is… A Heist Film?
Here's the official synopsis for the movie: Garfield, 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 - Garfield and his canine friend Odie are forced from their perfectly pampered life into joining Vic in a hilarious, high-stakes heist.
We don't know how the character's trademark refusal to do anything but eat (see the line "I've never jumped" in the first trailer) will mesh with the high-wire antics of taking part in a heist. Being able to finally build a relationship with a long-lost parent might get him to do just about anything, however reluctant he pretends to be.
Does Odie Talk in The Garfield Movie?
We don't know! The trailer shows Odie giving a couple of grunts and squeaks in response to stuff going on around him. That's not a huge deviation from the character, who traditionally doesn't speak. But Harvey Guillén provides the voice for Odie, which suggests that he'll get some lines, somehow.
The Garfield Cast Has a Few Heavy Hitters
We've mentioned that Chris Pratt provides the main voice of Garfield, and that Harvey Guillén voices his friend and/or foil, Odie. Samuel L. Jackson voices Garfield's father, Vic, who pulls the cat out of his house and into an adventure. And Nicholas Hoult voices Garfield and Odie's owner, Jon Arbuckle.
Additionally, there are characters voiced by Hannah Waddingham, Ving Rhames, Cecily Strong, Brett Goldstein, and Bowen Yang.
THE GARFIELD MOVIE opens on May 24.
All images courtesy of Sony Pictures Animation.