Cartoon Cat, Trevor Henderson's Internet Horror Icon, Gets Hollywood Film Adaptation
The Cartoon Cat film continues Hollywood's recent pattern of adapting internet-born horror stories, with Trevor Henderson's creatures becoming a recurring source material across multiple projects.
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Trevor Henderson's internet-born horror character Cartoon Cat, first posted online in 2018, is being adapted into a film by TriStar Pictures under the Sony Group. Producers Roy Lee and Scott Glassgold, also involved in the Siren Head adaptation, are attached. The project follows a trend of Hollywood adapting internet horror folklore, including the recent Backrooms film.
Cartoon Cat originated from a single illustration posted by Canadian horror artist Trevor Henderson in 2018. The character's design-long, slender limbs, white gloves, and bloodstained teeth-echoes the rubber hose animation style of 1920s-30s America. Among the fan community, it is known as one of the most cruel and dangerous creatures in Henderson's universe.
The film adaptation is being produced by Roy Lee and Scott Glassgold, who are also working on the adaptation of Siren Head, another Henderson creation. Steven Schneider, J. Todd Harris, and Thomas Petineri are also attached as producers. The project fits a broader Hollywood pattern: the success of A24's Backrooms film, based on an internet urban legend, has spurred a wave of similar deals for online horror content.
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