The popular
Tom and Jerry
cartoon is heading to the big screen. Warner Bros are planning to bring the warring cat and mouse to life as computer graphic characters, who would be running around in live-action settings.
The film will track the story of how
Tom and Jerry
first meet and form their rivalry before getting lost in Chicago and reluctantly working together during an arduous journey home, reports Variety. Dan Lin, currently producing the upcoming
Sherlock Holmes
and exec producer on
Terminator: Salvation
," will adapt the classic Hanna-Barbera property.
The studio had earlier successfully turned
Scooby-Doo
into a live-action franchise with two films that earned a combined 457 million dollars It had also cast the Looney Tunes characters opposite Michael Jordan in
Space Jam
.