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The film, a hybrid of animation and live
action, debuts Friday in theaters and on the HBO Max streaming
service. It stars Chloe Grace Moretz as a newly hired hotel
worker who tries to curb the pair's long-standing behavioral
problems.
"It really does harken back to the Tom and Jerry that we love,"
Moretz told Reuters in an interview. "They don't shy away from
them bonking each other on the head and dropping the weights on
each other and really going at each other."
Tom and Jerry, created in 1940 by William Hanna and Joseph
Barbera, starred in a series of animated short films followed by
various TV shows and feature films over eight decades.
"Saturday Night Live" comedian Colin Jost, who stars in the new
movie as one half of the engaged celebrity couple, said he
believed it was the right time for the warring animals to return
to screens given the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. He described the
film as "pure, goofy comedy."
"They just take out all their feelings with violence," Jost
said. "I think it’s very refreshing to see right now, and people
can let out a lot of their frustrations through these
characters."
The production posed challenges for the actors, who filmed many
of their live action scenes opposite puppets that were created
as stand-ins for the animated animals.
"Every day we had to show up with our A-game and show up with
our energy and be able to leave our inhibitions at the door and
just kind of walk in and either fail flat on your face or fail
forward," Moretz said.
(Reporting by Rollo Ross; Writing by Lisa Richwine; Editing by
Lisa Shumaker)
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