The director of the new Tom & Jerry revealed the movie’s biggest influences. Tim Story is excited for the world to see the latest version of these 80-year-old characters. The filmmaker talked to IGN about how Who Framed Roger Rabbit made a major imprint on him. Tom & Jerrymarries the live-action and animation together in a similar fashion. If you’re going to go for a kids movie that mixes both styles, Roger Rabbit would be a clear end goal. But, that wouldn’t stop with just the special effect, the older film also had to make us of some legacy cartoon icons. So, you have to be respectful to the legacy of Hanna-Barbera when approaching a new take. He says that they made a special effort to go and look back before embarking on this journey.