Warner Bros.’ animated movie is clearly expanding significantly on the Cat’s world and his background, while still retaining some of the framing from the original picture book, which has the Cat showing up to entertain a couple of kids on a rainy day when they’re home alone,

Audrey Stone Geisel, the widow of Dr. Seuss, was highly critical of 2003's live-action version of The Cat in the Hat At that time, Geisel proclaimed that her late husband’s works would never again be adapted into live-action films The Cat is back where he belongs: in animation.