It’s going to be merry Grinchmas once more. Common and Think about Leisure are creating a sequel to 2000’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas, with three key gamers anticipated to return.
Jim Carrey is in talks to reprise his position because the basic Dr. Seuss character the Grinch, with Ron Howard returning to direct. Howard will produce alongside his Think about Leisure associate Brian Grazer.
The untitled sequel can have a script by Alec Berg (Barry, Silicon Valley, Curb Your Enthusiasm), Jeff Schaffer (Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness; Dave; Curb Your Enthusiasm) and David Mandel (Veep, Curb Your Enthusiasm). The trio additionally labored on the 2003 Seuss adaptation The Cat within the Hat starring Mike Myers.
Launched simply forward of Thanksgiving in 2000, How the Grinch Stole Christmas was the highest film of the 12 months domestically with $260 million and earned a complete of $345 million worldwide.
It additionally took house one of the best make-up Oscar for Rick Baker and Gail Rowell-Ryan, who remodeled Carrey for the position. The method took round eight hours a day, and Carrey has recalled it being extraordinarily troublesome. As he told Vulture final 12 months, he needed to give up on day certainly one of manufacturing and return his $20 million price. He received via it with the assistance of a person who skilled CIA brokers to resist torture, and because of the make-up ultimately being lowered to a few hours a day.
The story of the Grinch dates again to 1957, with Theodor Geisel (Dr. Seuss) publishing the story impressed by his unhappiness with the commercialism overtaking Christmas. It instructed the story of the Grinch attempting to break Christmas for the residents of Whoville by stealing their presents. CBS made it as a 1966 animated particular, with Boris Karloff voicing the narrator and the Grinch. Co-director Chuck Jones opted to make the Grinch inexperienced, a departure from the guide’s black and white.
Taylor Momsen (left) and Jim Carrey in How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
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The 2000 film has grow to be a sturdy hit on streaming, and has been amongst Nielsen’s prime 10 most streamed vacation films in every of the previous 5 years. Final 12 months within the two weeks forward of and after Christmas (Dec. 15-Dec. 28), it peaked at No. 2 total on the flicks chart with 962 million minutes considered, slightly below the perennial No. 1 champ Residence Alone. Notably, Carrey’s Grinch film additionally ranked forward of the 2018 animated film in these key two weeks on final 12 months’s vacation streaming rankings chart. That Illumination and Common characteristic, Dr. Seuss’ the Grinch, hit No. 8 within the week forward of Dec. 25.
As for the brand new sequel, CEO Susan Brandt will oversee for Dr. Seuss Enterprises. Senior vp manufacturing improvement and particular tasks Britt Hennemuth and inventive government Christina Hoffrogge will oversee for Common.
Howard is represented by CAA and Greenberg Glusker. Carrey is represented by WME and legal professional Deborah Klein. Berg is represented by UTA and HJTH. Schaffer is represented by UTA and HJTH.
Mandel is represented by WME and HJTH. Think about Leisure is represented by CAA.
Dr. Seuss Enterprises is represented by CAA.
— Erik Hayden contributed to this story.
