The Cat in the Hat (film) 15, 2012, a computer-animated "The Cat in the Hat" remake was announced by Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment following the success of "The Lorax". On January 24, 2018, Warner Animation Group announced that they have picked up the rights for the animated "Cat in the Hat" reboot movie, along with many of Seuss' works. The film also has a 2.5D platformer video game released by Vivendi Universal Games and developed by Magenta Software and Digital Eclipse. It is based on the film of the same name. The game was released for PlayStation 2, Xbox, and Game Boy Advance on November
The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat died a few months before this special had aired. Boris Karloff, the original voice of the Grinch, had died in 1969), while Mason Adams took over voicing the Cat in the Hat from the late Allan Sherman, who died in 1973. Since Friz Freleng was absent from production on "The Pink Panther" special "" due to his departure from DePatie–Freleng Enterprises to return to Warner Bros. Animation, this was the only other fully animated DFE production to be made by Marvel Productions and one of the last DFE cartoons Freleng was involved in. The special was first released on VHS