Top Cat (live action remake)

Top Cat is a 2022 3D live-action/computer-animated comedy film based on the 1961 animated television series Top Cat and the character of the same name created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. Directed by Michael Dowse and written by Brad Copeland, Matt Lieberman, and Juel Taylor, it stars Ryan Reynolds as the voice of the title character, alongside Colin Jost, Finn Wolfard, Andy Samberg, Jacob Tobia, Taika Waitit, Ben Schwartz, Awkwafina, Jennfier Lawrence, John Goodman, and Alec Baldwin.

Development for a Top Cat film began in 2019, Dowse was brought in to direct in 2020. Most of the cast signed on by August 2021, Matthew McConaughey looked interested in the role of Officer Dibble but dropped it and passed it on to Jost, Principal filming took place between September and October that year in New York City and Baltimore.

Top Cat was theatrically released in the United States on July 22. It set the record for the biggest opening weekend for a film based on a cartoon in the United States and Canada and grossed $455.3 million worldwide, becoming the second-highest-grossing film of 2022, and the highest-grossing cartoon film adaptation of all time in North America. It received mixed reviews from critics, who praised the action sequences, humor, performances, and the Top Cat character, but criticized its Product Placement.

Cast
Ryan Reynolds as Top Cat (Voice)

Colin Jost as Officer Charles Dibble

Finn Wolfhard as Benny the Ball (Voice)

Jacob Tobia as Fancy Fancy (Voice)

Taika Waititi as Choo Choo (Voice)

Ben Schwartz as Spook (Voice)

John Goodman as The Sergeant

Awkwafina as Goldie

Jennifer Lawrence as Trixie (Voice)

Alec Baldwin as Andrew Collinbricks (New Character/Main Antagonist)