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 Cat in the Hat there were a lot of Dick and Jane devotees, and my book was considered too fresh and irreverent. But Bennett Cerf at Random House had asked for trade rights, and it just took off in the bookstores." Geisel told the Morgans, "Parents understood better than school people the necessity for this kind of reader." After three years in print, "The Cat in the Hat" had sold nearly one million copies. By then, the book had been translated into French, Chinese, Swedish, and Braille. In 2001, "Publishers Weekly" placed it at number nine on its list of the best-selling children's books