A New Grinch on the Block

Chris here. Perhaps now that Christmas has ended and the holiday afterglow might prevent some from shouting "blasphemy!", it's safe to tell you that next Christmas will bring us a new animated Grinch. This retelling will be coming from Illumination Studios, which turned the minions of Despicable Me into a cash cow - so you can safely expect sturdly box office and cute goofiness. 

The Grinch will be voiced by Benedict Cumberbatch, whose dulcet tones are a fair choice if this film will be chasing the sound of Boris Karloff's original animated narration. Our first peek of the mean green one is above, and while it promises a "meaner" Grinch, he's looking awfully cuddly to me.

Comments

[beyaccount]

Yas, the Grinch is iconic. Santa who???

[Volvagia]

Okay, let's draw a conclusion from this: This is the design for a child Grinch and they're doing something similar to the 2000 movie. If so, does the Grinch have two voices...? Who'll do the younger, undamaged, Grinch, if so?

[par]

just what we need: a grinch origin story

[Joey]

I saw the poster at the theater this weekend, and I kind of squealed.

[jig]

dear god do I hate minions.