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How the Grinch Stole Christmas
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Teaser poster
Directed byPeter Candeland
Yarrow Cheney
Written byMichael LeSieur
Produced by
StarringBenedict Cumberbatch
Production
companies
Distributed byUniversal Pictures[1]
Release date
  • November 9, 2018 (2018-11-09) (US)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas (promoted theatrically as Dr. Seuss' The Grinch) is an upcoming American 3D computer-animated Christmas comedy film produced by Illumination Entertainment. It is based on the 1957 Dr. Seuss' story of the same name. The film will be released on November 9, 2018, by Universal Pictures.

Premise

The Grinch (Benedict Cumberbatch) plans to steal Christmas for all the citizens of Whoville.[2]

Cast

Production

In February 2013, it was announced that Illumination Entertainment is developing a 3D animated feature film based on the Dr. Seuss book,[3] with Peter Candeland and Yarrow Cheney set to direct it and Benedict Cumberbatch voicing the title character.[2]

Release

The film was originally scheduled to be released on November 10, 2017,[4] but in June 2016, it was pushed back to November 9, 2018.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Film releases". Variety Insight. Retrieved June 5, 2017.
  2. ^ a b Kroll, Justin (April 13, 2016). "Benedict Cumberbatch to Voice the Grinch in 'How the Grinch Stole Christmas'". Variety.
  3. ^ Kit, Borys (February 7, 2013). "'How the Grinch Stole Christmas' Remake in the Works at Universal". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 7, 2013.
  4. ^ "Universal Dates 'Despicable Me 3,' New 'Grinch Who Stole Christmas'". The Hollywood Reporter. 2011-11-17. Retrieved 2014-01-16.
  5. ^ Kroll, Justin (June 7, 2016). "Illumination's 'The Grinch' Pushed Back to 2018". Variety. Retrieved June 7, 2016. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
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