The new animated film CATS will be available exclusively on DIRECTV starting December 19th and in select theaters January 24th. The animated adventure touches on themes such as parenting, growing up, and leaving home for the first time. The film is a collaboration between DIRECTV and Viva Kids.

Dermot Mulroney is best known for starring roles in the critical hits My Best Friends Wedding, The Family Stone, and August: Osage County, along with acclaimed films such as About Schmidt, Zodiacand Edgar.

On television, Dermot currently has lead role in season 2 of Amazon’s Hanna, the HBO series The Righteous Gemstones and Old Story FKA Messiah on Netflix. His other TV credits include New Girl, Homecoming, Shameless, American Horror Story, Arrested Development and Station 19. He recently wrapped a lead role opposite Gary Oldman in the independent feature The Courier.

CATS features the voice of Mulroney as the overprotective father-cat “Blanket.” Blanket is an indoor cat who is too afraid to leave his apartment. But when his adventurous son, Cape, sets out to find a legendary cat paradise, Blanket must overcome his own fears and embark on the wildest ride of his life. CATS can best be described as Finding Nemo meets The Secret Life of Pets.

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