Warner Bros. Pictures has announced two feature films for two children’s classics, Sesame Street and Tom and Jerry. Both films are currently set for a release in the year 2021.
Award winning actress Anne Hathaway is apparently slated to star in the feature length film adaptation of Sesame Street with Portlandia director Jonathan Krisel on board for it. Early reports are saying it’ll be a musical, so we wonder if this film will take a page out of 2011’s The Muppets movie starring Jason Segel.
The Tom and Jerry movie is being produced by Shawn Levy who worked on Arrival (2016). It seems to be taking the live-action hybrid route ala Space Jam (1996) and Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988).
An interesting point to note is that unlike the previous big screen adaptation with Tom and Jerry: The Movie (1992), this time the cat and mouse will have no speaking roles; likely in favour of relying on physical comedy instead.
It should be noted that there have been at least ten instances of either characters having speaking roles in the past rather than staying silent most of the time.
Are you excited for these movies? This would surely strike a strong nostalgia note with many people!
