Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory is the crossover nobody asked for, and with good reason. Roald Dahl penned several classic children's novels including The Witches, in addition to writing screenplays like James Bond adventure You Only Live Twice. 1964's Charlie And The Chocolate Factory is arguably his most famous book and sees the titular Charlie find a Golden Ticket and being taken on a tour of a chocolate factory by reclusive owner Willy Wonka.
The novel was later adapted as Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory with Gene Wilder playing Willy Wonka. The movie is considered a classic now, but Dahl famously hated the changes it made to his work and refused to allow an adaptation of sequel book Charlie And The Great Glass Elevator. Tim Burton later remade the movie in 2005 with Johnny Depp as Wonka, which was a huge success but hasn't quite reached the same classic status as the original.
Tom And Jerry are an animated cat and mouse duo whose hijinks have been entertaining audiences for decades. They haven't had much luck with feature-length adventures, however, with 1992's Tom And Jerry: The Movie being a dud. In recent years there was a run of STV adventures that mashed the characters up with random properties, such as Tom and Jerry and the Wizard of Oz. 2017's Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory could be their franchise low, which plays almost like a beat by beat redo of the 1971 movie that just happens to feature Tom and Jerry.
Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory cast JP Karliak (The Boss Baby: Back in Business) as Wonka, with the story essentially playing out exactly the same. While the animation isn't dreadful it does look rushed in places, particularly in regards to facial animations. Truly the strangest thing about it is the crossover element, with Tom and Jerry either fighting in the background of scenes that don't involve them or getting involved in misadventures while Charlie's story is playing out elsewhere.
Its doubtful fans of either the animated duo or Roald Dahl's classic tale will get much out of Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. There's no point for Willy Wonka fans to see it as it's a vastly inferior xerox of the 1971 movie, while it's not a satisfying Tom And Jerry outing either since they could easily be written out with little impact. It's probably the weakest out of the long-running series to date, with even the initial trailer being greeted with a harsh response in 2017. Chloe Moretz will front an upcoming live-action Tom And Jerry movie that will arrive in 2021 - though its trailer inspired a mixed reaction too.