TriStar Pictures Lands Feature Film Rights to Trevor Henderson’s Creepy ‘Cartoon Cat’

Artist Trevor Henderson is back in the news again, as Deadline reports that Sony’s TriStar Pictures has landed feature film rights to his creepy viral meme, Cartoon Cat.

The news comes just a week after it was announced that Warner Bros. would adapt Henderson’s Siren Head meme.

It also acts as further proof that studios are scrambling to find the next internet sensation after YouTube creators Curry Barker and Kane Parsons smashed the box office with Obsession and The Backrooms, respectively.

Producers on Cartoon Cat are Roy Lee, Steven Schneider, Scott Glassgold, and J. Todd Harris, along with Thomas Pettinelli and Marc Marcum.

Deadline notes that TriStar’s search for a filmmaker to adapt Cartoon Cat has already begun.

The Outlet also notes that Henderson’s cat is “described as an ancient hollow rot that uses the collective human awareness and memories of old cartoons as a passageway to manifest into our reality – and wreak violent havoc.“

Of course, this isn’t the first time Henderson has worked with Sony. The highly unique artist also designed all of the creatures for Screen Gems’ Tarot (easily the best part of an otherwise forgettable film).

I’ve been a fan of Henderson’s for years. It seems every time I log onto socials, I come across yet another unsettling creation from the artist. With such a strong portfolio of monsters and other entities, I would not expect this to be the last we hear of a studio snatching up the rights to Henderson’s work. Frankly, it’s about time they all took notice of what he can do.

Here’s to the mind of Trevor Henderson haunting audiences for years to come.