Finally, a Monday that Garfield can feel good about.
On the lasagna-loving cat’s least favorite day of the week, Chris Pratt has been set to voice the famous feline in a new animated feature film.Alcon Entertainment is producing the movie, with Sony Pictures on board to release Garfield’s latest adventure in theaters globally (excluding China).
A release date will be announced at another time.Though plot details haven’t been confirmed, the movie draws inspiration from the long-running comic strip created by cartoonist Jim Davis.
The exploits of the cynical and lazy orange cat Garfield, his owner Jim Arbuckle and fellow pet Odie have appeared in more than 2,580 newspapers and journals since the comic strip first debuted in June 1978.
Garfield currently holds the record for being the most widely syndicated comic strip in the world.The still-untitled project will be written by David Reynolds (“Finding Nemo”) and directed by Mark Dindal.
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