Tom and Jerry

The film uses archival recordings of William Hanna performing all the original screams, yells, gasps, howls and shrieks heard in the original Tom and Jerry cartoons from 1940 to 1958. This is the same technique previously used in The Peanuts Movie (2015), where Bill Melendez's recordings from the original cartoons made between 1965 and 2006 (including films, series and TV specials) were used.

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The film is dedicated to veteran animator Gene Deitch (1924 - 2020), who worked on many Tom & Jerry films over the course of his career.

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The film includes gags from earlier Tom & Jerry cartoons: Jerry poking Tom in the eye comes from Mouse Trouble (1944), the fishing rod gag comes from Cat Fishin' (1947), and Tom playing the piano comes from The Zoot Cat (1944).

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The film was first announced in 2009 and was to show how Tom and Jerry met and became rivals while staying behind in Chicago. It remained in development with unscheduled release years until work restarted in October 2018.

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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the post-production team worked from home.

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Concept art for the film depicted Jennifer Lawrence as a consideration for the role of Kayla, but the part ultimately went to Chloë Grace Moretz. Moretz, in turn, had been considered for the role of Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games (2012) film series, which went to Jennifer Lawrence.

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Not counting short films, this is the second theatrical Tom and Jerry film after Tom and Jerry: The Movie (1992), and also the first to combine live action and animation.

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Terrence tells Kayla that the Royal Gate Hotel was built in 1930, the year William Hanna began his animation career working on his first Merrie Melodies and Looney Tunes cartoons for Warner Brothers. Terrence also says the hotel moved to New York in 1962, the year the last Tom and Jerry cartoons made by Gene Deitch came to an end.

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Director Tim Story mentions the influence of the live-action/animation hybrid Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) on the film's visual effects.

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No real hotel or building was used for filming. The hotel, including its front section, was in fact a miniature built at a studio in the United Kingdom. The miniature is said to have been based on the Waldorf Astoria and Plaza Hotels in New York.

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This is the first live-action/animated Warner Bros. film. It is also the first film based on a Hanna-Barbera cartoon since Yogi Bear (2010), 11 years earlier.

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This is the first Warner Animation Group film to have an opening title sequence.

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When Spike gets excited to go for a walk, he says he's ready, just as the title character of the same name does in SpongeBob SquarePants (1999). Bobby Cannavale, who voices Spike, had previously played Tony the Sea Turtle in the SpongeBob episode Shell Games, which aired three years before this film's release.

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All the animal characters in the film, including those in the background, are animated.

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At 101 minutes, this is the longest Tom and Jerry feature film.

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Ben and Preeta's wedding was based on the wedding of Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra.

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The plot point in which Tom and Jerry team up with a girl is taken from Tom and Jerry: The Movie (1992) and from Droopy's cameo appearance.

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This is the first Warner Animation Group film produced in the 1.85:1 widescreen aspect ratio; all of the company's previous films were shot in 2.39:1.

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Zoey Deutch, Olivia Cooke, Jennifer Lawrence, Yara Shahidi, Kelly Marie Tran, Becky G and Isabela Merced were considered for the role of Kayla.

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It is the first film to carry the 2021 Warner Animation Group logo.

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This is the first Tom and Jerry feature film to include a post-credits scene. It is also the first live-action animated Warner Brothers film to do so since Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003), 18 years earlier.

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This is Michael Peña's second live-action family film adapted from an animated cartoon, after Dora and the Lost City of Gold (2019) two years earlier.

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Kiefer Sutherland, John Cena, Lewis Black and J. K. Simmons were all considered for the role of Spike.

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The drone Tom & Jerry use to chase Preeta is a modified DJI Spark (released in the second quarter of 2017 and discontinued in the third quarter of 2019).

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Peter Dinklage was the first choice for the role of Terrence before Michael Peña took the part. This would have been Peter's first role in a live-action animated film adapted from a cartoon since Underdog (2007).

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Warner Animation Group is the third animation studio, after Illumination Entertainment and Sony Pictures Animation, to produce both animated films and live-action/animation hybrid films.

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This is Michael Peña's second time playing the villain in a live-action family film, after A Wrinkle in Time (2018). Unlike his previous film, however, this is the first in which the villainous character later redeems himself.

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The film premiered in 2021, celebrating the 15th anniversary of Tom and Jerry Tales (2006).

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It is the first film of Chloë Grace Moretz's to be released in her birthday month. She turned 24 on 10 February 2021, just two weeks before the film's release.

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Produced with the participation of the Canadian Film or Video Production Services Tax Credit.

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This is the last Tom and Jerry film released on DVD and Blu-ray in Mexico.

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