Tom and Jerry (2021 movie)

Tom & Jerry[1][2][3] (marketed as Tom and Jerry: The Movie) is an American live-action/animated slapstick comedy adventure movie directed by Tim Story and produced by Warner Bros. Pictures and Turner Entertainment Co. and Warner Animation Group, The Story Company. The movie was released on February 26, 2021. This is the 15th film and reboot of the Tom and Jerry film series.

Tom & Jerry
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Directed byTim Story
Produced byChris DeFaria
Written byKevin Costello
Based on
Tom and Jerry
by
StarringChloë Grace Moretz
Michael Peña
Colin Jost
Rob Delaney
Pallavi Sharda
Jordan Bolger
Ken Jeong
Patsy Ferran
Kaiji Tang
Andre Sogliuzzo
Nicky Jam
Bobby Cannavale
Utkarsh Ambudkar
Lil Rey Howery
Narrated byTim Story
Music byChristopher Lennertz
CinematographyAlan Stewart
Edited byPeter S. Elliot
Production
companies
  • Warner Animation Group
  • The Story Company
  • Turner Entertainment Co.
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Release date
  • February 26, 2021 (2021-02-26) (United States)
Running time
102 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Cast

Live-action cast

  • Chloë Grace Moretz as Kayla, a young hotel employee and a wedding planner who hires Tom to get rid of Jerry before the wedding.[4]
  • Michael Peña as Terrance, the deputy general manager of the hotel and Kayla's boss.
  • Rob Delaney as Mr. DuBros, the wealthy hotel manager.
  • Colin Jost as Dwayne, the groom of the wedding.
  • Ken Jeong as Jackie, a chef at the hotel.
  • Pallavi Sharda as Preeta, the bride of the wedding and Dwayne's wife-to-be.
  • Jordan Bolger as Cameron, the hotel bartender.

Voice cast

  • William Hanna, Mel Blanc, June Foray (all through archival voice recordings), and Frank Welker, Brian Stepanek, Paget Brewster, T-Pain as:
    • Kaiji Tang as Tom, an alley cat rehired by Kayla to get rid of Jerry.
    • Andre Sogliuzzo as Jerry, a mouse who has taken up residence at the hotel.
  • Nicky Jam as Butch

additional voices included, Bobby Cannavale as Spike, Utkarsh Ambudkar as Real Estate Rat, Lil Rey Howery as Shoulder Angel/Devil Tom, Joey Wells as Lightning, Harry Ratchford, Na'im Lynn as Meathead, Spank Horton as Ash, Tim Story as Tiger, Elephant 1, Frank Welker as Elephant 2, Julia Mcilvaine as Toodles vocalizations, Kaiji Tang, Andre Sogliuzzo as Additional voices/Jerry, Scott Menville, Rajia Baroudi, Jason Griffith, Vicki Davis, Bridget Hoffman, etc.

References

  1. Coggan, Gerry (July 20, 2020). "Tom & Jerry logo gets Hollywood-style makeover (but is it the best yet?)". Creative Bloq (Future Publishing Limited). https://www.creativebloq.com/news/new-tom-and-jerry-logo. Retrieved November 18, 2020. "The only issue we have, and we're sorry to say this as we're usually big fans of the ampersand [...] is the replacement of the 'and' with an ampersand. The handwritten, underlined 'and' of previous iterations was spot on stylistically, and the style of this ampersand just doesn't seem to fit.". 
  2. Warner Bros. Pictures (November 17, 2020). TOM & JERRY - Official Trailer. YouTube. Google LLC. Event occurs at 2:01.
  3. Warner Bros. Germany (November 18, 2020). TOM & JERRY - Offizieller Trailer #1 Deutsch HD German (2020). YouTube. Google LLC. Event occurs at 2:01.
  4. Fernandez, Alexis (November 17, 2020). "Tom and Jerry First Look! Chloë Grace Moretz on Playing a 'Goofball' Opposite the Iconic Duo". People (Meredith Corporation). https://people.com/movies/tom-and-jerry-first-look-with-chloe-grace-moretz/. Retrieved November 18, 2020. 

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