Meryl Streep Joins Pixar’s Hoppers as New Trailer Drops
Pixar has unveiled a new trailer for Hoppers, the animated sci-fi comedy from writer-director Daniel Chong, as Meryl Streep and more join the voice cast ahead of its March 2026 U.S. theatrical debut.
Pixar is going pretty weird with this one, in a good way. The first trailer for Hoppers just dropped, and it features a woman piloting a robotic beaver to stop a habitat demolition. Yes, you read all of that correctly.
So what is Hoppers, exactly?
It is Pixar and Walt Disney Pictures' next original animated sci-fi comedy, written and directed by Daniel Chong. The concept: scientists crack a way to 'hop' human consciousness into lifelike robot animals, which lets people interact with real animals by moving and speaking like one of them.
Our lead is Mabel (voiced by Piper Curda), who uses the tech to climb into a robo-beaver. Once she does, she stumbles onto a construction company's plan to wipe out a local habitat and decides she is not letting that slide. The movie also leans into the idea that once you can literally become an animal, there are a lot of secrets and oddities in their world humans simply have not seen.
"There are going to be things that are a little bit tongue-in-cheek, and it's going to be out there and chaotic."
Release timing
Hoppers opens in U.S. theaters on March 6, 2026.
The cast (and yes, that is Meryl Streep as Insect Queen)
- Piper Curda as Mabel
- Meryl Streep as Insect Queen
- Jon Hamm as Mayor Jerry
- Bobby Moynihan as King George
- Dave Franco as Titus
- Kathy Najimy as Dr. Sam
- Eduardo Franco as Loaf
- Melissa Villaseñor as Ellen
- Ego Nwodim as Fish Queen
- Vanessa Bayer as Diane
- Sam Richardson as Conner
- Aparna Nancherla as Nisha
- Nichole Sakura as Reptile Queens
- Isiah Whitlock Jr. as Bird King
- Steve Purcell as Amphibian King
- Karen Huie as Grandma Tanaka
- Tom Law as Tom Lizard
Why this one feels different (beyond the robo-beaver)
Chong straight up admits the premise is a little nuts, and the trailer backs that up with a playful, slightly chaotic tone. He also teased that Jon Hamm is going full comedy mode here (if you have only seen Mad Men, you might be surprised), and he clearly loves working with Bobby Moynihan again. The whole lineup leans funny, which makes sense for a movie where the animal kingdom has multiple queens and kings and humans visit by remote-driving animal bodies.