Top Cat Begins
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| Directed by | Andrés Couturier |
| Produced by | Fernando de Fuentes Jose C. Garcia de Letona |
| Screenplay by | James Krieg Doug Langdale Jorge Ramírez-Suárez |
| Based on |
Top Cat by William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
| Starring | Raúl Anaya Mauricio Pérez Jesús Guzmán Gerardo Alonso Mario Filio Octavio Rojas |
| Music by | Leoncio Lara Bon |
| Edited by | Patrick Danse |
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Ánima Estudios
Discreet Arts Production |
| Distributed by |
Warner Bros. Pictures (Mexico/Latin America) Kaleidoscope Film Distribution (United Kingdom) |
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Running time
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90 minutes |
| Country | India Mexico |
| Language | English Spanish |
| Budget | $8 million |
| Box office | $4.6 million |
Top Cat Begins (also known in Spanish as Don Gato: El Inicio de la Pandilla, translated to Top Cat: The Start of the Gang) is an Indian-Mexicancomputer-animated comedy film, produced by Ánima Estudios and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures in Mexico. Based on the animated television series, Top Cat, made by Hanna-Barbera, this film will be a prequel to both the series and the movie, taking place before Top Cat met his gang.
The film premiered in Mexican theaters on October 30, 2015. The film was later released in the United Kingdom on May 27, 2016, distributed by Kaleidoscope Film Distribution and Warner Bros. UK. The film has received generally negative reviews, with critics criticizing the cheap animation and writing, and was a box office bomb, grossing $4.6 million on an $8 million budget.
To date, there is currently no word on whether the film would be released in the United States.
The film is an origin story, explaining how Top Cat met Benny and how he created his gang.
Unlike the previous film, which was animated in 2D Adobe flash, the film was animated entirely in computer-generated imagery, according to producer Jose Garcia de Letona. Animation production is handled by Discreet Arts Productions in India.
The film's screenplay is written by James Krieg, (known for writing the Scooby-Doo television shows), Doug Langdale, and Jorge Ramírez-Suárez.
For the English version, Jason Harris Katz, the voice of Top Cat and other characters from the first film, has announced via his Twitter that he will reprise his role as the same character. It was also announced that voice actors Chris Edgerly, Bill Lobley, Hope Levy, and David Hoffman, have also joined the English cast.
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