Dr. Seuss's "The Cat in the Hat" will be the inspiration for a new theatrical film and adventure game.

Vivendi Universal Games will publish the 3D action-adventure game, which is scheduled for release in the fourth quarter. It will be developed by Magenta Software for console and Digital Eclipse Software for the handheld and PC.

Starring Mike Myers in the title role, the film adaptation of the literary classic from Academy Award winning producer Brian Grazer and director Bo Welch also stars Alec Baldwin, Kelly Preston, Dakota Fanning, Spencer Breslin, and Amy Hill. The film, from Universal Pictures/DreamWorks Pictures/Imagine Entertainment, is scheduled for release on November 21, 2003.

"The Cat in the Hat" by Dr. Seuss was first published in 1957. The mischievous feline visitor in the striped stove-pipe hat makes his big screen debut with this live-action production, which will bring the delightfully off-kilter Dr. Seuss characters – as well as some new ones created especially for the film – to life on the big screen.

Universal Studios Consumer Products Group, responsible for global licensing and retail strategies as well as building brand recognition, licenses Dr. Seuss' "The Cat in the Hat." USCPG is a unit of Universal Pictures, a division of Vivendi Universal Entertainment, the U.S.-based film, television and recreation entity of Vivendi Universal, a global media and communications company.