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5Hoppers is a 2026 American animated science fiction adventure comedy film[2] produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. Directed by Daniel Chong and written by Jesse Andrews, the film features an ensemble voice cast led by Piper Curda, Bobby Moynihan, Jon Hamm, Kathy Najimy, and Dave Franco. Its plot follows Mabel Tanaka, an animal lover, whose mind is transferred into a lifelike robotic beaver to communicate with animals and save their habitat from destruction.
Chong began working on a new original film at Pixar in December 2020, after returning to the studio. The film was first officially announced as Hoppers in August 2024, along with Curda, Moynihan, and Hamm revealed as part of the cast.
Hoppers premiered at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles. Plot:young Mabel Tanaka spends time with her grandmother. Mabel's devotion to activism causes her to disengage from her college studies, much to the irritation of her biology professor, Dr. Samantha "Sam" Fairfax. One night, while trying to encourage the beavers to return to the glade, Mabel discovers that Sam and her colleagues have secretly been developing a new technology to enhance study of the animal world. Dubbed the "Hoppers" program, the device enables a human consciousness to "hop" into a robotic animal and get up close to its respective species. Seeing this as an opportunity to save the glade, Mabel hops into a robotic beaver against Sam's wishes and flees the laboratory, only to be snatched up by an owl and dropped into the glade. Although initially upset that Mabel undermined him, George agrees to help her protect Jerry after she admits feeling powerless. Using text-to-speech software on Jerry's phone, the three of them manage to escape an attempt on his life carried out by the Council, now led by the vengeful Insect King Titus, who has succeeded his mother. In the chaos, a shark named Diane is dropped onto Jerry's car in an attempt to kill him, causing them to crash.
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