Tom & Jerry (film)


 * For the 1992 animated film, see Tom and Jerry: The Movie.''

Tom & Jerry, also known as Tom & Jerry: The Movie, is an American live-action/2-D animated slapstick comedy film based on the animated Tom and Jerry theatrical shorts. It was distributed to theaters by Warner Bros. Pictures and released onto HBO Max on February 26, 2021. It is written by Kevin Costello, produced by Chris DeFaria, and directed by Tim Story.

Kayla has to prove herself at the most prominent hotel in New York during the wedding of the century, which is at the mercy of the hijinks of Tom and Jerry.

In the film, all the animals are animated, with the humans acting as if this is perfectly normal.

Characters
William Hanna (vocal effects)
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Pigeon announcer
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Tim Story
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tom Cat
 * style="background-color:#clear"| T-Pain (singing)
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tom Cat
 * style="background-color:#clear"| T-Pain (singing)
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Real estate rat
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Utkarsh Ambudkar
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Jerry Mouse
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Batman
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Droopy
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| John Legend (billboard)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Passing son
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jude Coward Nicoll
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Passing father
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| David Nolan
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Person in park
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Haley Bishop
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Male commuter
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Mark Wesley DeHaney
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Female commuter
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Norma Butikofer
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Kayla Forester
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Chloë Grace Moretz
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Job hopper supervisor
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Craig Stein
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Gavin
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Daniel Adegboyega
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Linda Perrybottom
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Camilla Arfwedson
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Ben Jacobson
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Colin Jost
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Preeta
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Pallavi Sharda
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Lola
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Christina Chong
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Butch
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Nicky Jam
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Lightning
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Joey Wells
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Topsy
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Harry Ratchford
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Meathead
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Na'im
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Clyde
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Animal control officer
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Joe Bone
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Terence Mendoza
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Michael Peña
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Henry Dubros
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Rob Delaney
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Goldie
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Josephine Pennybaker
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Ezra Cornell
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Drake
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Chef Jackie
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Ken Jeong
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Hector
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Francois
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Joy
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Patsy Ferran
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Cameron
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jordan Bulger
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Spike
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Bobby Cannavale
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Toots
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Leo
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Edward Judge
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Kayla's mother
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Devil Tom
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Lil Rel Howery
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Angel Tom
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Lil Rel Howery
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Secret Squirrel
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mr. Mehta
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Ajay Chhabra
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Joey
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Elephant trainer
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Edward Dogliani
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Cecil
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Malcolm
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Joe Buck (voice only)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| Himself
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Big Al Gordon
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| J.A Happ
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mrs. Mehta
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Somi De Souza
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mr. Jacobson
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Patrick Poletti
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mrs. Jacobson
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Janis Ahern
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jordan Bulger
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Spike
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Bobby Cannavale
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Toots
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Leo
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Edward Judge
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Kayla's mother
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Devil Tom
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Lil Rel Howery
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Angel Tom
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Lil Rel Howery
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Secret Squirrel
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mr. Mehta
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Ajay Chhabra
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Joey
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Elephant trainer
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Edward Dogliani
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Cecil
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Malcolm
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Joe Buck (voice only)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| Himself
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Big Al Gordon
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| J.A Happ
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mrs. Mehta
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Somi De Souza
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mr. Jacobson
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Patrick Poletti
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mrs. Jacobson
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Janis Ahern
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Joe Buck (voice only)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| Himself
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Big Al Gordon
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| J.A Happ
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mrs. Mehta
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Somi De Souza
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mr. Jacobson
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Patrick Poletti
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mrs. Jacobson
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Janis Ahern
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mr. Jacobson
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Patrick Poletti
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mrs. Jacobson
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Janis Ahern
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mrs. Jacobson
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Janis Ahern

Organizations

 * New York Yankees

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * New York
 * New York City
 * Manhattan
 * Lincoln Square Park
 * 59th Street-Columbus Circle Station
 * Madison Square Garden
 * Central Park
 * The Royal Gate Hotel
 * Chrysler Building
 * Museum
 * Katz's Delicatessen
 * Ithaca (mentioned)
 * Cornell University (mentioned)
 * Liberty Island
 * Statue of Liberty
 * The Bronx
 * Concourse
 * Yankee Stadium
 * South Carolina
 * Pennsylvania (mentioned)
 * Penn State (mentioned)
 * Pacific Ocean
 * Tahiti
 * England (indirectly mentioned)
 * London (mentioned)
 * Dorsey Hotel (mentioned)
 * France (mentioned)
 * The Moon

Objects

 * Acme Chainsaw
 * Hubba Bubba (mentioned)
 * Secret Squirrel #1

Vehicles

 * Nothing of importance

Development
A film was first announced in 2015, but didn't get real traction until 2018, when Tim Story was announced as director, using a script by Craig Wright, Katie Silberman, April Posser, and Kevin Costello.

Music
The music was composed and conducted by Christopher Lennertz and Allan Wilson, respectively.

Release
Warner Bros. Pictures originally had it set for December 21, 2020, before pushing it back to March 5, 2021, and then finally a week earlier on February 26. Due to the 2019 COVID pandemic still active, the film was released to both theaters and be streamed for subscribers of HBO Max.


 * United States: February 26, 2021

Behind the scenes

 * Incidentally, a young(er) blonde female character called Robyn Starling also befriended Tom and Jerry in Tom and Jerry: The Movie.
 * The billboard above the 59th Street-Columbus Circle Station advertises Droopy with clown make-up with the caption next to him reading "Put on a happy face," which is a reference to Warner Bros. 2019 film Joker. While in the pound, Droopy is wearing a mask like the one Hannibal Lector wears in the 1991 film The Silence of the Lambs.
 * The gag where Jerry punches Tom in the eye after pretending to hide something in his hands, is copied from the theatrical short Mouse Trouble.
 * When Tom tells Kayla that there's a mouse in the hotel, he makes the same mouse-like face he has when he thinks he's a mouse in the theatrical short Nit-Witty Kitty.
 * Tom and Jerry have an Instagram account, and other social media platforms Twitter, Facebook, and TikTok are mentioned. Most of these are used by the series in real-life.
 * Jerry watches a scene of the film Young Frankenstein with Gene Wilder.
 * Ben's surname isn't mentioned in the film but is used in the credits for his parents. Thank goodness.
 * The match at Yankee Stadium was pulled from a 2018 game between the Yankees and Royals.
 * This film strongly implies that Tom and Jerry are mute.

Errors

 * The end credits show a cat called Ash voiced by Spank Horton, even though no such character appears.

Everlasting influence

 * The movie was (kinda) spun off into its own TV series called Tom and Jerry in New York, which premiered on HBO Max on July 1, 2021.
 * A poster of the film is on view at Warner Bros.' Burbank studio lot in the film Space Jam: A New Legacy.
 * In the Weekend Update section of the Saturday Night Live episode "Owen Wilson/Kacey Musgraves," Pete Davidson joked about Chris Pratt being hated after one movie, referring to his casting as Mario in a Super Mario movie, which he compared to Colin Jost in Tom & Jerry. He went on to say it was the perfect pandemic movie because it made sure there would be no large gathering at movie theaters.

Marketing and promotion
During Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 2020, the film was promoted with its own parade float called Tom & Jerry's Tourist Trap.

On February 24, 2021, Colin Yost was interviewed on The Ellen Degeneres Show.

On the March 6, 2021 episode of the British variety show Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway, Tom and Jerry make special appearances in the End of the End Show segment. Tom Jones sings "Great Balls of Fire" while Jerry dances on the piano. Ant and Dec try to get rid of Jerry, and soon Tom gets in on the act, as well as Tom Jones himself. Ant and Dec thought he didn't want to perform with Tom and Jerry, but he didn't want to perform with Ant and Dec. Tom Jones then goes back to singing while the others dance.

Home availability

 * In the United States:
 * May 18, 2021: Warner Home Video releases Tom & Jerry on DVD.
 * May 18, 2021: Warner Home Video releases Tom & Jerry on Blu-ray Disc.
 * In the United Kingdom:
 * May 24, 2021: Warner Home Video releases Tom and Jerry: The Movie on DVD.
 * May 24, 2021: Warner Home Video releases Tom and Jerry: The Movie on Blu-ray.

Trailers
Teaser:

Main: