Tom and Jerry....the movie?

[The Mike]

Tom and Jerry Coming to the Big Screen
Source: Variety January 22, 2009

Warner Bros. is planning to bring "Tom and Jerry" to life as CG characters that run around in live-action settings, says Variety.

The studio-based Dan Lin, currently producing the upcoming Sherlock Holmes and executive producer on 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.

Eric Gravning is penning the script.

Warners owns the rights to Hanna-Barbera's slate of popular animated properties and has several of them in development for bigscreen adaptation. Those include Robert Rodriguez's version of The Jetsons and producer Donald De Line's Yogi Bear.

"Tom and Jerry" originated as a series of 114 animated shorts, produced by MGM's toon studio between 1940 and 1960, and won seven Academy Awards. New toons were produced after that, and Warner Bros. released Tom and Jerry: The Movie in 1992 as a feature-length toon.

 

[uscmhicks]

could turn out great.
Always loved the cartoon as a kid.

 

[Morbach]

this was my favorite cartoon I hope they do something good with it.

 

[Agent0028]

I'm skptical of how good a movie based on a cartoon where the characters did little more than hit each other with household objects could be.

But then the list of good movies made from cartoons and TV shows is a very short list.

 

[Kuzeh]

I'm not sure this is a good idea..
we'll see...

 

[praxitas]

I don't think I could get used to a CG Tom and Jerry.

 

[karamazov80]

This sounds like a horrible idea. The original cartoons are great, they don't need to be turned into some crappy movie like Garfield or Alvin and the Chipmunks. But, it would probably make money, which is the only thing that matters to studios. Plus, it won't affect my feelings toward the original cartoons, so I don't really care if it gets made.

And edgier, Itchy and Scratchy-type CGI movie could be cool in a Roger Rabbit kind of way, but I really don't see it going in this direction.

 

[DinoLast]

They did a movie before where they talked.
It sucked.

Tom and Jerry should stick to the format we know and love. I got three words for anybody thinking this will be good, Garfield and Scooby do

 

[Nocturne]

Noooooooo!

The first one was bad enough, for anyone who missed it, this will fill you in
The Nostalgia Critic on Tom and Jerry the Movie

 

[uscmhicks]

Noooooooo!

The first one was bad enough, for anyone who missed it, this will fill you in
The Nostalgia Critic on Tom and Jerry the Movie

indiana jones !!!!!!!!.

 

[EVILFACE]

Vintage Tom & Jerry for me only.

 

[Nick]

as a kid i loved the shorts. as an adult i still do, bought the collections. great entertainment but this sounds gay

 

[Nocturne]

indiana jones !!!!!!!!.

It's so true isn't it and what the ^^^^ was up with the creepy advance on the Ice Cream bike

 

[The Ween]

I wonder if Tom and Jerry will be foes or friends like they made them out to be later on, which stunk!

 

[DinoLast]

Hey, Pugsey in the 1992 Tom and jerry movie reminds me of this guy.
Do you think the Simpsons creators hated the movie too?
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[Nocturne]

In all fairness I think everyone who saw that movie hated it

 

[The Ringer]

Interesting.........................................................