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  • ‘SNL’ Star Colin Jost Joins Live-Action ‘Tom and Jerry’

    ‘SNL’ Star Colin Jost Joins Live-Action ‘Tom and Jerry’

    NBC

    The latest live-action reboot of a familiar animated property, classic cartoon “Tom and Jerry,” is shoring up its cast, with a TV star joining the ensemble.

    Colin Jost — who’s known to “Saturday Night Live” fans as one of the show’s longtime co-head writers and the co-host of its Weekend Update segment (and known to “Avengers” fans as Scarlett Johansson’s finance) — has signed on for the big screen version of “Tom and Jerry.” Deadline first reported the news, though there are no details yet about what role the comedian will be playing, and whether it will be a live-action character, or animated like the titular cat and mouse.

    Jost joins the previously-cast Chloe Grace Moretz and Michael Pena. The flick follows Kayla (Moretz), a new hire at a posh hotel, who enlists the help of Tom the cat to get rid of Jerry the mouse. She eventually ends up banding together with both critters, however, against her bully of a manager, Terrance (Pena).

    Tim Story (“Ride Along,” “Fantastic Four,” “Think Like a Man,” “Shaft“) is directing and executive producing the feature. No word yet on a potential release date, but “Tom and Jerry” is expected to start shooting sometime later this year.

    [via: Deadline]

  • ‘Ant-Man’ Star Michael Pena Joins ‘Tom and Jerry’ Movie

    ‘Ant-Man’ Star Michael Pena Joins ‘Tom and Jerry’ Movie

    Marvel Studios

    Classic cartoon “Tom and Jerry” is getting a modern update, with an upcoming CGI/live-action hybrid flick. Now, a familiar face to superhero fans has joined the cast.

    “Ant-Man” star Michael Pena is set to play the antagonist in the film, according to Deadline. He joins the recently-cast Chloe Grace Moretz, who’s starring in the flick as Kayla, a new hire at a posh hotel who’s trying to get rid of Jerry the mouse, and hires Tom the cat to do the deed — and help save her job.

    Deadline reports that Pena will be playing Terrance, the hotel’s deputy general manager, described as “a bit of a bully.” Terrance initially hires Kayla as a temp, “only to end up pitted against her and Tom/ Jerry once she starts impressing upper management,” per Deadline.

    Pena and Moretz will be doing most of the heavy lifting in the flick, since Tom and Jerry do not speak in the film, in keeping with how the characters are portrayed in the original series. That formula seems to have worked for the cat and mouse, with the Hanna-Barbera cartoon spanning more than 100 shorts, winning seven Oscars, and spawning multiple additional series, shorts, and a 1992 feature.

    “Tom and Jerry” is expected to start shooting sometime this year.

    [via: Deadline]