Tom and Jerry Set For The Big Screen

Warner Bros. is planning to turn cat and mouse duo “Tom and Jerry” to life as CG characters to run around in live-action settings with the hopes to turn it into its own Alvin and the Chipmunks-like family franchise. Tom and Jerry originated as a series of 114 animated shorts, produced by MGM between 1940 and 1960, and won seven Academy Awards. New cartoons were produced after that, and Warner Bros. previously released the animated flick, “Tom and Jerry: The Movie,” in 1992. The adaptation of the Hanna-Barbera property, Tom and Jerry, will provide an origin story that reveals how Tom and Jerry first meet and form their rivalry before getting lost in Chicago and reluctantly working together during an arduous journey home. Eric Gravning (B-Minor, Mr. Burnout, Class Act) is penning the script. Dan Lin, who is currently producing the upcoming Guy Ritchie‘s “Sherlock Holmes” and executive producing “Terminator: Salvation,” will adapt the classic Hanna-Barbera property as an origin story that reveals how Tom and Jerry first meet and form their rivalry before getting lost in Chicago and reluctantly working together during an arduous journey home. Warner Bros. is also developing films based on The Jetsons and Yogi Bear.