‘The Grinch’ Trailer: The Mean Green Menace Returns
That mean green bastardThe Grinchis back in an all-new animated movie. Yes, that nasty wasty skunk is returning to ruin Christmas for the Whos down in Whoville, so you better get out of his way. The newThe Grinchtrailer awaits you below, in all its green glory.
Then he got an idea. An awful idea. The Grinch got a wonderful,awfulidea! And that idea wasanotherremake ofHow The Grinch Stole Christmas.
Dr. Suess’s classic about a really grumpy monster who hates the holidays was immortalized in a 1966 TV special animated by Chuck Jones and featuring the voice of Boris Karloff. The character got the big screen treatment in 2000 with Ron Howard’s live-actionHow The Grinch Stole Christmas. In that film, Jim Carrey was buried under ten tons of green makeup and hammed it up big time, giving audiences a headache in the process. Now we haveThe Grinch, an animated take on the tale fromPeter CandelandandThe Secret Life of PetsdirectorYarrow Cheney. Will this latest take live-up to the 1966 film? Watch the newThe Grinchtrailer and decide for yourself.
The Grinch Trailer
Well, that certainly looks colorful. One thing the newThe Grinchhas going for it: the Grinch is voiced byBenedict Cumberbatch. Cumberbatch has made a career playing jerks, and he has a distinct voice, so he’ll probably do a good job.The Grinchis the latest animated film from Illumination and Universal Pictures, the folks behind those endlessMinionsmovies, as well asThe Secret Life of PetsandSing.The Grinchlooks to be more of the same. Whether that’s a good thing or not is up to you!
The Grinchwas originally supposed to open November 2017, but will now hit theatersNovember 9, 2018.
Meanwhile, down in Who-ville, Cindy-Lou Who—a young girl overflowing with holiday cheer—plots with her gang of friends to trap Santa Claus as he makes his Christmas Eve rounds so that she can thank him for help for her overworked single mother. As Christmas approaches, however, her good-natured scheme threatens to collide with the Grinch’s more nefarious one. Will Cindy-Lou achieve her goal of finally meeting Santa Claus? Will the Grinch succeed in silencing the Whos' holiday cheer once and for all?
