The Cat in the Hat (Ron Howard's take)

This is an alternate scenario where the live-action 2003 film adaptation of Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat was directed by Ron Howard instead of Bo Welch and was more in line with the book just like the cartoon special, while retaining its family-friendly subject matter and sticking to the source material.

List of changes

 * There would be four recasts:
 * Conrad Walden with Haley Joel Osment.
 * Sally Walden with Hayden Panettiere.
 * The Cat in the Hat with Robin Williams.
 * The Fish with Billy Crystal.
 * While having funny similarities with Jim Carrey's version of the Grinch, the Cat would act more like his book and TV special counterparts and would never be a selfish, sadistic threat.
 * He wouldn't cut his losses and ditch the kids.
 * Conrad and Sally would act more like their book counterparts as well.
 * Sally wouldn't be a bossy and hypocritical control freak.
 * Conrad wouldn't be a rule-breaking, irresponsible, and destructive brat
 * This film will follow the book's moral.
 * All adult-oriented humor, innuendos, product placement, forced and unconvincing conflicts, a scene where the Cat dresses up like a Jamaican stereotype and the infamous scene that gives an insult to the pro-democracy protesters in Taiwan were toned down or removed.
 * Even after the success of this film, Audrey Geisel (who is Dr. Seuss' widow) still decided not to allow any further live-action movie adaptations of his work, cancelling the sequel The Cat in the Hat Comes Back (which is a follow-up to the original book).
 * The GameCube version of its video game would be released.