Film News Roundup: ‘Tom and Jerry’ Movie Moves Forward to 2020

October 25, 2019 Film News Roundup: ‘Tom and Jerry’ Movie Moves Forward to 2020 In today's film news roundup, Warner Bros. is giving an earlier date to "Tom and Jerry," "Inside the Rain" gets distribution, Lionsgate is launching a crime drama, and the Napa Valley Film Festival annnounces its honorees. RELEASE DATES Warner Bros. has moved its live-action hybrid comedy "Tom and Jerry" forward by four months to Dec. 23, 2020. The cat and mouse story, directed by Tim Story, was initially slated for release on April 16, 2021. The studio said Friday that it will fill that slot with a yet-to-be titled "event" film. "Tom and Jerry" stars Chloe Grace Moretz, Michael Pena, Ken Jeong, Jordan Bolger and Pallavi Sharda. The story centers on Tom the cat and Jerry the mouse getting kicked out of their home and relocating to a fancy New York hotel where Moretz's character is an employee who will lose her job if she can't evict Jerry. Warner Bros. also said that its moved up its fantasy adventure "The W... read