Universal Pictures have released the first trailer for Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, marking the return to the big screen since his 2011 solo outing, after popping up in a number of the Shrek movies before that, check it out.

Puss in Boots discovers that his passion for peril and disregard for safety have taken their toll. Puss has burned through eight of his nine lives, though he lost count along the way. Getting those lives back will send Puss in Boots on his grandest quest yet.

Antonio Banderas returns as the voice of the notorious Puss as he embarks on an epic journey into the Black Forest to find the mythical Wishing Star and restore his lost lives. But with only one life left, Puss will have to humble himself and ask for help from his former partner and nemesis: the captivating Kitty Soft Paws who is voiced again by Salma Hayek.

The movie will hit Australian screens on September 15th, so there is a wait to go, but until then, we can marvel at just how much like a story book this movie looks, check out these stills to see what I mean.