Writers, directors and cast will be announced at a later date
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| "The Garfield Movie" (Credit: Sony Pictures Releasing) |
Garfield is back.
Chris Pratt will return to voice the Monday-hating, lasagna-loving cat in Alcon Entertainment’s upcoming animated sequel to last year’s The Garfield Movie, based on Jim Davis’ beloved comic strip. Sony Pictures will once again distribute globally (excluding China).
The first film, which, released by Sony Pictures globally (save for China), saw Garfield reconnect with his father, was a solid hit, grossing over $260 million worldwide. That’s a lot of lasagna!
The Garfield Movie introduced Garfield’s long-lost father (voiced by Samuel L. Jackson), who enlists his kitten and canine pal Odie on a heist mission that takes them far from their comfortable house pet lives. The voice cast also featured Hannah Waddingham, Ving Rhames, Nicholas Hoult, Harvey Guillén, Snoop Dogg and more. The animation was provided by DNEG.
Alcon acquired the rights from Davis, who will serve as an executive producer on the sequel with Bridget McMeel from Amuse. John Cohen and Steven P. Wegner will serve as producers along with Alcon principals Andrew Kosove and Broderick Johnson, who made the announcement. Pratt will also serve in a producer role on the film.
Namit Malhotra’s production company Prime Focus Studios will co-produce the film alongside Alcon Entertainment, with Malhotra also serving as a producer. DNEG Animation will return as animation partner, which is a very good thing, considering their work on the first film is downright phenomenal.
Producers are currently in talks with potential writers and directors and additional casting will be announced shortly.
Pratt has a long association with animated features, beginning with The Lego Movie in 2014 (he returned for its sequel in 2019), Pixar’s Onward in 2020 and The Super Mario Bros. Movie in 2023. He starred in The Electric State for Netflix earlier this year (which was not animated but had plenty of animated characters) and has the thriller Mercy coming out in January from Amazon MGM Studios. Pratt will also return for the Super Mario Bros. sequel, scheduled for spring 2026, and will feature in Way Of The Warrior Kid from Apple and Skydance.
The Garfield comic strip debuted in June 1978 and quickly became one of the fastest-growing comic strips of all time, appearing in 2,580 newspapers and journals. (It started out with 41 newspapers.) The strip currently holds the record for the most widely syndicated comic strip in the world. Paramount (then Viacom) acquired the rights to the Garfield and U.S. Acres (Orson's Farm) franchises for Nickelodeon in 2019.
Pratt is repped by UTA, Rise Management, and Sloane, Offer, Weber and Dern. Jeannette Hill, Executive Vice President of Business and Legal Affairs at Alcon Entertainment, negotiated the deal on the company’s behalf.
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Originally published: July 09, 2025.
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