Grumpy Cat Gets Her Own Movie With Will Ferrell and Jack Black to Co-Star

The grumpy kitty, voted Meme of the Year at
the 2013 Webby Awards, will speak in the
family-friendly comedy dubbed ' 'Garfield'-like
feature film.'
Garfield
days are
over as
Grumpy
Cat comes
and steals
the
spotlight
from him
now. The
web
sensation
kitty from
Arizona is
confirmed to have inked a deal with Broken
Road Productions for an untitled Grumpy Cat
movie. Tardar Sauce, the cat's real name, not
only lands an exclusive contract, but also gets
partners to act opposite. Deadline learns that
Will Ferrell and Jack Black are on board to co-
star.
The film itself is described as a " 'Garfield '-like
feature film." Todd Garner, who serves as a
co-producer, is confident that it will be a hit.
"This started off as a picture of a cat, but rare
is an image that evokes that much comedy," he
said. "You read all of the memes and the
comments, and one is funnier than the next.
We think we can build a big family comedy
around this character."
Grumpy Cat's manager Ben Lashes and rep Al
Hassas will join forces with Garner and Sean
Robins to produce the family-friendly pic.
Mark Steilen is hired to provide the
screenplay.
Grumpy Cat, the Meme of the Year at this
year's Webby Awards, will have "the power of
speech." Fans have made their choices of who
should provide the voice for the cat. Even
though the famous frowning feline is a female ,
several names of male celebs surface as fans'
favorites. Among them are Simon Cowell ,
Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson .