A Case of the Mondays: Chris Pratt To Voice Another Classic Cartoon Character
You didn’t love him as Mario, now get ready to be disappointed again.
Chris Pratt will voice the lasagna-loving cartoon cat Garfield, taking the mantle from Bill Murray, who previously provided the voice for an animated Garfield’s inner thoughts. Sony Pictures and Alcon Entertainment announced that Pratt, star of Guardians of the Galaxy and Jurassic World, will provide the voice of the disagreeable orange cat Garfield in a brand new animated film based on the popular comic character.
In addition to snagging the role of Mario in the upcoming Super Mario Brothers animated film, Pratt has voiced Emmet in The Lego Movie and Barley in Onward.
Mark Dindal (Chicken Little, The Emperor’s New Groove) is directing the movie from a script written by David Reynolds (Finding Nemo). Andrew Kosove and Broderick Johnson’s company Alcon Entertainment is producing the new Garfield, which has been distributed worldwide (excluding China) by Sony Pictures.
Created by Jim Davis, Garfield comics debuted in newspapers in 1978, with the lazy orange tabby cat starring alongside his owner Jon Arbuckle, and adorable household dog Odie. Garfield, which debuted in 41 newspapers, currently holds the record as the most widely syndicated comic strip in the world.
Garfield previously appeared on the big screen for 20th Century Fox in live-action/animated hybrid Garfield in 2004 and its sequel, 2006’s Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties. Murray starred in both movies as the top cat.
Pratt was most recently seen in Amazon’s sci-fi feature The Tomorrow War and returns to theaters in June in the next installment Jurassic World: Dominion.
There is no release date set for the newly-announced Garfield feature.