It’s not just like Avatar. Except it really kind of is.
An animal lover uses technology that places her consciousness into a robotic beaver to uncover mysteries within the animal world beyond her imagination.
This isn’t a big sweeping epic so far as we can tell from this vantage point. It does look pretty darn good. The character design is a bit on the bland side, but stylistic sideways jags can be disconcerting as well. It stars Jon Hamm, Bobby Moynihan and Piper Curda, directed by Daniel Chong from a script by Daniel Chong and Jesse Andrews.
Hoppers will have a Disney’s Lilo & Stitch-esque teaser trailers, but with Mabel and Pixar characters allowed for 10 parody teaser trailers to be made, in which Mabel crashes memorable moments of films from the Pixar: Toy Story, A Bug’s Life, Monsters, Inc., Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Cars, WALL-E, Inside Out, Coco and Luca.
Hoppers is Pixar’s 30th feature film. The release of Hoppers is anticipated to be March 6, 2026.
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