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  • We stayed true to original ‘Tom and Jerry’: Tim Story on live-action adaptation

    By PTI
    MUMBAI: As somebody who has grown up watching “Tom and Jerry”, filmmaker Tim Story says it was important for him to stay true to the vibe of the popular animated characters, created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, in his upcoming live-action adaptation.

    The director, best known for “Fantastic Four” movies, believes with their slapstick, over-the-top physical comedy, “Tom and Jerry” transcend time when it comes to humour.

    “What we’ve done with this film is to take this historical pair as you would normally see them in, say, a house, but put them on a much bigger canvas. Now, they’re inside a huge hotel and in the presence of actual humans. Not necessarily talking with them, of course, but definitely interacting with them. We stayed true to the original characters,” Story said in a statement.

    The film will see Jerry move into New York City’s finest hotel on the eve of ‘the wedding of the century’, forcing the event’s desperate planner (Chloe Grace Moretz) to hire Tom to get rid of him. The Warner Bros. Pictures project also features actors Michael Pena, Colin Jost, Rob Delaney, Ken Jeong and Pallavi Sharda.

    “Tom & Jerry” is scheduled to be released in India on February 19 in English, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu.

  • Working on the sets of ‘Tom & Jerry’ was fun: Ken Jeong

    By Express News Service
    Actor Ken Jeong says working in the upcoming film, Tom & Jerry, was fun because he is a fan of Michael Pena and Chloe Grace Moretz, who topline the cast of the live action-CGI animation comedy.

    In the film, Jeong will be seen in the role of a Chef Jackie. “He is a stressed-out person with anger issues, catering the biggest wedding of his career – of his life – and everything is riding on this one day,” he said, about his character.

    Pena essays a hotel owner named Terence, who wants good publicity, while Moretz will be seen as event planner Kayla in the film.

    The actor’s first day of filming involved a confrontation between his character, Kayla and Terence. “It was so much fun because I am a fan of both Chloe and Michael. And I had worked with (the film’s director) Tim Story before, so we’re old friends,” he said.

    The film also features Rob Delaney, Colin Jost and Ken Jeong and Pallavi Sharda, and re-loads the escapades of the mischievous duo of Tom the cat and Jerry the mouse. The Warner Bros. project will release on February 19.