Chloe Grace Moretz in talks to feature in Warner Bros' live-action Tom and Jerry film
If finalised, Chloe Grace Moretz, 22, will portray Kayla, a new employee at a posh hotel where Jerry takes up residence
Chloe Grace Moretz is in negotiations to feature in live-action/animated hybrid film adaptation of classic cartoon series Tom and Jerry.
The project, which hails from Warner Bros stable, will see the animated versions of Tom Cat and Jerry Mouse. They will remain silent, just as they did in the original cartoon, reported Collider.
If finalised, Moretz, 22, will portray Kayla, a new employee at a posh hotel where Jerry takes up residence. She hires Tom, a struggling alley cat, to get rid of Jerry but the pair soon work together to get rid of Kayla's evil boss.
Moretz recently featured in The Addams Family where she plays Wednesday Addams.
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The Warner Bros project will be directed by Tim Story and he will also produce alongside The Story Company's Sharla Sumpter Bridgett.
(With inputs from Press Trust of India)
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