TOP CAT BEGINS (U)

WHO’S IN IT?

Jason Harris Katz (The Guru), Chris Edgerly (The Wild), Bill Lobley (You Are Here), Hope Levy (Hop), David Hoffman (Bridesmaids), Ben Diskin (Norm of the North), Matthew Piazzi (Turtles Forever), Darin De Paul (Julie & Julia)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Andrés Couturier (Kung Fu Magoo), director; James Krieg (Ben 10: Alien Force), Douglas Langdale (The Book of Life) and Jorge Ramírez Suárez (Rabbit on the Moon), writers; Fernando de Fuentes (Top Cat: The Movie) and Jose C. Garcia de Letona (Wicked Flying Monkeys), producers; Leoncio Lara (Such Is Life), composer; Patrick Danse (Sens interdits), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Homeless feline Top Cat (Katz) forms a group of thieving but good-hearted pickpockets to get ahead in society, including Benny (Edgerly), Choo-Choo (Katz), Brain (Katz) and Fancy-Fancy (Piazzi). However, when they try to steal from underground criminal Mr. Big (De Paul), they find themselves in a whole heap of trouble…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

The classic Hanna-Barbera character is back in his second film, a prequel that shows his and his friends’ humble beginnings, before they became the coolest cats in town.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 27TH MAY 2016

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