Wedding planning is always a little stressful, but at least when you’re planning a non-movie wedding you only have to do things once. “We had to have multiple versions of everything,” says director Tim Story when describing the lavish Indian wedding that takes place in Tom & Jerry: The Movie. “Anytime you saw a centerpiece on a table we had to have three of them or four of them because we had to destroy it.”
In many ways, though, Story feels like movie weddings and real-life wedding planning are similar. “We picked out what most brides probably go through. We picked out colors. We picked out dresses. We did a lot of picture pointing and saying, ‘Hey let’s have this, let’s have that.'”
“There was a guest list, too,” according to Story. “We have all of the extras we had to pull in. There’s a lot to it that’s actually like a wedding.”
No wedding is complete without a cake. In the case of Tom & Jerry: The Movie, make that four cakes. That includes one cake made of styrofoam and frosting for all of the beauty shots, and three cakes made specifically to be destroyed. “The top two layers were made of cheesecake,” says Story. That’s so cake could go flying when Ken Jeong chases Jerry.
You can check out all of the fun wedding details for yourself when Tom & Jerry: The Movie heads to theaters and HBO Max on February 26, 2021!
Tom & Jerry: The Movie Interview With Director Tim Story
About Tom & Jerry: The Movie
One of the most beloved rivalries in history is reignited when Jerry moves into New York City’s finest hotel on the eve of “the wedding of the century,” forcing the event’s desperate planner to hire Tom to get rid of him, in director Tim Story’s “Tom & Jerry.” The ensuing cat and mouse battle threatens to destroy her career, the wedding and possibly the hotel itself. But soon, an even bigger problem arises: a diabolically ambitious staffer conspiring against all three of them.
An eye-popping blend of classic animation and live action, Tom and Jerry’s new big-screen adventure stakes new ground for the iconic characters and forces them to do the unthinkable… work together to save the day. “
Tom & Jerry” stars Chloë Grace Moretz (“Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising,” “The Addams Family”), Michael Peña (“Cesar Chavez,” “American Hustle,” “Ant-Man”), Rob Delaney (“Deadpool 2,” “Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw”), Colin Jost (“How to be Single,” “Saturday Night Live”), and Ken Jeong (“Crazy Rich Asians,” “The Hangover,” “Transformers: Dark of the Moon”). The film is directed by Tim Story (“Fantastic Four,” “Think Like a Man,” “Barbershop”) and produced by Chris DeFaria (“The LEGO Movie 2,” “Ready Player One,” “Gravity”).
It is written by Kevin Costello, based on characters created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. Serving as executive producers are Tim Story, Adam Goodman, Steven Harding, Sam Register, Jesse Ehrman, and Allison Abbate. The creative filmmaking team includes director of photography Alan Stewart, production designer James Hambidge, editor Peter S. Elliot, and costume designer Alison McCosh. The music is composed by Christopher Lennertz. A Warner Bros. Pictures and Warner Animation Group presentation, a Tim Story Film, “Tom & Jerry” will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures.
The film is rated PG for cartoon violence, rude humor and brief language.