You read that right! Three-time Academy Award-winning actress Meryl Streep will be lending her voice to a Pixar movie for the very first time.
In a press release announcing the latest trailer for Disney/Pixar’s Hoppers, the studio also revealed the rest of the film’s voice cast. Streep was one of many new names to be added to the roster.
In addition to the previously announced Piper Curda (Disney Channel), Bobby Moynihan (SNL) and Jon Hamm (Mad Men), the film will also star Meryl Streep (as the Insect Queen), 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) and Tom Law (as Tom Lizard).
This marks the second Disney film Streep is scheduled to appear in after (well, chronologically before) The Devil Wears Prada 2!
You can check out the full new trailer here.
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Written and directed by Daniel Chong, the film stars the voices of Piper Curda, Bobby Moynihan, and Jon Hamm.
Directed by Daniel Chong, the film follows a college student named Mabel (played by Disney Channel star Piper Curda). She’s described as loving animals more than people, and she’s grown up near this forest area known as the Glade, which acts as a sanctuary to hundreds of animals. However, her town’s Mayor (played Jon Hamm) wants to destory the Glade and pave over it to make way for a new highway.
Mabel feels hopeless. That is, until she discovers this group of scientists who use this new technology to enter the minds of robots bodies that resemble animals. The technology is used by them to try and understand animals; however, Mabel sees the technology as an opportunity to try and save the Glade. She believes that if she can enter a robot animal’s body, she can convince the other animals to return back to the Glade so that it’s impossible to pave over.
Chong is best known as the creator of Cartoon Network’s hit television series We Bare Bears (2015–2019). He also directed, wrote and executive produced We Bare Bears: The Movie (2020).
Hoppers is scheduled to be released in theaters in the United States on March 6, 2026.
