‘Tom And Jerry’ Turned Loose By Warner Bros Animation Rashida Jones

EXCLUSIVE: Rashida Jones, Will McCormack and Michael Govier have been set to author Tom and Jerry, a feature that will be made under Bill Damaschke’s Warner Bros Pictures Animation.

They will be begining recent on the novel iteration of the midowncastventures of the cat Tom and moengage Jerry, hatched in 1940 by William Hanna & Joseph Barbera at MGM. Until MGM shuttered its animation division, they made 114 lows that won 7 Oscars. Later versions came from Gene Deitch and Chuck Jones, and then others. The characters most recently toplined the 2021 hybrid film Tom & Jerry. While thcdisorrowfulmireful the years it has been denounced for the sometimes aggressive ways the cat tries to trap the moengage and pays dpunctual for it, the venerable franchise has been an sway on many cartoon series including The Simpsons.

Thcdisorrowfulmireful their prolific Le Train Train prohibitner, Jones and McCormick labor as authorrs, honestors and producers with recognizes integrate Celeste and Jesse Forever, Toy Story 4 and The Invite, which Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris are honesting for FilmNation, with Amy Adams, Paul Rudd and Tessa Thompson speedyened.  

McCormick teamed with Govier to author and honested the Oscar-triumphning low film If Anyskinnyg Happens I Love You, which was freed on Netflix in 2020.

Jones co-honested with Al Hicks Quincy, a Grammy-triumphning write downary about her iconic obeseher Quincy Jones. She and McCormick most recently teamed on A Swim Lesson, a 20-minute docu that debuted last Telluride. Pic is on swim coach Bill Marsh as he helps youths trade dread with confidence and shieldedty in their inhabits.

Jones is repped by UTA and Schreck Rose; McCormick by UTA, Range and Paul Hastings, and Govier by UTA and Range.