Cat and mouse game upgrades "Tom and Jerry" live-action movie is in preparation

The familiar Tom and Jerry are about to start a new cat and mouse game! According to foreign media The Hollywood Reporter, filmmaker Tim Story is in talks with Warner Bros. Animation Film Group to direct a live-action Tom and Jerry movie for the latter.

Tom and Jerry is a series of long-running animated shorts created by animation pioneers William Hanna and Joseph Barbera and first launched in 1940. The story mainly revolves around the endless battle between the house cat Tom and the mouse Jerry. Seven of the animated shorts released by MGM Pictures won Oscars from 1943 to 1953. Over the years, this pair of happy enemies has been one of the enduring elements of pop culture, and the 1993 film Tom and Jerry: The Movie was their first performance on the big screen.

Tim Story is best known for directing the 2014 film, The 2016 Sequel. He also directed two Fantastic Four films, as well as Think Like a Man. His latest project is the reboot of The Hard Knocks, which is set to be released in June 2019.

There is no specific news about the movie yet, but in recent years, many film companies, led by Disney, have adapted their classic animations into live-action movies, and there are many excellent ones among them. What do you think about Tom and Jerry also having a live-action movie?