Top Cat Begins (film)

Top Cat Begins is a 2015 Mexican-Indian(?)-American computer generated animated comedy film, acting as a prequel to the Top Cat TV series between 1961-1962, with the blessing of the copyright holders, Time Warner. It was written by Jim Krieg, Doug Langdale, and Jorge Ramírez-Suárez, and directed by Andrés Couturier. It was animated by Mexican studio Ánima Estudios, and distributed theatrically by Warner Bros. Pictures in Mexico on October 30, 2015, then a theater release in the United Kingdom on May 27, 2016, followed by a direct-to-video release in the United States on September 29, 2017.

Due to Top Cat: The Movie being a moderate success in Mexico, they were given rewarded with the opportunity for this second film, but it didn't perform as well its predecessor and was a box office bomb in the UK, so that's you haven't seen them make a third one since.

The film reveals how circumstances brought together each of the alley cats of Hoagy's Alley under Top Cat's leadership.

Locations

 * New York
 * Starlight Club

Behind the scenes

 * The movie title is a reference to the film Batman Begins, also owned and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures.

Trailers
UK trailer:

US trailer: