The Grinch ( film ) - wikipedia The Grinch ( film ) Or see How the Grinch Stole Christmas ( 2000 film ), originally promoted as The Grinch. The Grinch Teaser poster Directed by Peter Candeland Yarrow Cheney Produced by Chris Meledandri Janet Healy Scott Mosier Written by Michael LeSieur Based on How the Grinch Stole Christmas ! by Dr. Seuss Starring Benedict Cumberbatch Music by Danny Elfman Edited by Chris Cartagena Production company Universal Pictures Illumination Entertainment Distributed by Universal Pictures Release date November 9, 2018 ( 2018 - 11 - 09 ) ( United States ) Country United States Language English The Grinch ( also known as Dr. Seuss ' The Grinch ) is an upcoming American 3D computer - animated Christmas comedy film produced by Illumination Entertainment. Based on the 1957 Dr. Seuss story How the Grinch Stole Christmas !, it is being directed by Peter Candeland and Yarrow Cheney, co-directed by Matthew O'Callaghan, written by Michael LeSieur and stars Benedict Cumberbatch. The film is scheduled to be released by Universal Pictures on November 9, 2018. The film will be given a Real D 3D and IMAX 3D release. Contents 1 Premise 2 Cast 3 Production 4 Release 5 See also 6 References 7 External links Premise The Grinch ( Benedict Cumberbatch ) hatches a scheme to ruin Christmas when the residents of Whoville plan their annual holiday celebration. Cast Benedict Cumberbatch as the Grinch Production In February 2013, it was announced that Illumination Entertainment is developing a 3D animated feature film based on the Dr. Seuss book, with Peter Candeland and Yarrow Cheney set to direct it and Benedict Cumberbatch voicing the title character. Release The film was originally scheduled to be released on November 10, 2017, but in June 2016 it was pushed back to November 9, 2018. A balloon of The Grinch and Max debuted in the 91st Macy 's Thanksgiving Day Parade in 2017 to promote the film. See also Dr. Seuss ' How the Grinch Stole Christmas ! ( TV special ) Dr. Seuss ' How the Grinch Stole Christmas ( 2000 film ) References Jump up ^ `` Danny Elfman to Score Illumination 's ' How the Grinch Stole Christmas ' ''. Film Music Reporter. November 20, 2017. Retrieved November 23, 2017. ^ Jump up to : `` Film releases ''. Variety Insight. Retrieved June 5, 2017. Jump up ^ Evry, Max ( December 20, 2017 ). `` The Grinch Poster Shows the Title Character Before He Got Mean ''. ComingSoon.net. Retrieved December 20, 2017. ^ Jump up to : Kroll, Justin ( April 13, 2016 ). `` Benedict Cumberbatch to Voice the Grinch in ' How the Grinch Stole Christmas ' ''. Variety. Jump up ^ Kit, Borys ( February 7, 2013 ). `` ' How the Grinch Stole Christmas ' Remake in the Works at Universal ''. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 7, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Universal Dates ' Despicable Me 3, ' New ' Grinch Who Stole Christmas ' ''. The Hollywood Reporter. 2011 - 11 - 17. Retrieved 2014 - 01 - 16. Jump up ^ Kroll, Justin ( June 7, 2016 ). `` Illumination 's ' The Grinch ' Pushed Back to 2018 ''. Variety. Retrieved June 7, 2016. External links The Grinch on IMDb Dr. Seuss Characters The Cat in the Hat The Grinch Horton the Elephant Bartholomew Cubbins Bibliography And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins The King 's Stilts The Seven Lady Godivas Horton Hatches the Egg McElligot 's Pool Thidwick the Big - Hearted Moose Bartholomew and the Oobleck If I Ran the Zoo Scrambled Eggs Super ! Horton Hears a Who ! On Beyond Zebra ! If I Ran the Circus How the Grinch Stole Christmas ! The Cat in the Hat The Cat in the Hat Comes Back Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories Happy Birthday to You ! Green Eggs and Ham One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish The Sneetches and Other Stories Dr. Seuss 's Sleep Book Dr. Seuss 's ABC Fox in Socks Hop on Pop I Had Trouble in Getting to Solla Sollew Come over to My House The Cat in the Hat Songbook The Foot Book I Can Lick 30 Tigers Today ! and Other Stories My Book about ME Mr. Brown Can Moo ! Can You ? : Dr. Seuss 's Book of Wonderful Noises ! The Lorax Marvin K. Mooney Will You Please Go Now ! Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are ? The Shape of Me and Other Stuff Wacky Wednesday Great Day for Up ! Oh, the Thinks You Can Think ! The Cat 's Quizzer I Can Read with My Eyes Shut ! Oh Say Can You Say ? Hunches in Bunches The Butter Battle Book You 're Only Old Once ! I Am Not Going to Get Up Today ! Oh, the Places You 'll Go ! There 's a Wocket in My Pocket I Wish That I Had Duck Feet Daisy - Head Mayzie My Many Colored Days Hooray for Diffendoofer Day ! The Bippolo Seed and Other Lost Stories Horton and the Kwuggerbug and More Lost Stories What Pet Should I Get ? Adaptations Television The Gerald McBoing - Boing Show ( 1956 -- 57 ) Dr. Seuss ' How the Grinch Stole Christmas ! ( 1966 ) Horton Hears a Who ! ( 1970 ) The Cat in the Hat ( 1971 ) The Lorax ( 1972 ) Dr. Seuss on the Loose ( 1973 ) The Hoober - Bloob Highway ( 1975 ) Halloween Is Grinch Night ( 1977 ) Pontoffel Pock, Where Are You ? ( 1980 ) The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat ( 1982 ) The Butter Battle Book ( 1989 ) In Search of Dr. Seuss ( 1994 ) Daisy - Head Mayzie ( 1995 ) The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss ( 1996 -- 98 ) ( episodes ) Gerald McBoing - Boing ( 2005 -- 07 ) The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That ! ( 2010 -- present ) ( episodes ) Green Eggs and Ham ( 2018 ) Film Horton Hatches the Egg ( short ; 1942 ) Gerald McBoing - Boing ( short ; 1950 ) How the Grinch Stole Christmas ( 2000 ) The Cat in the Hat ( 2003 ) Horton Hears a Who ! ( 2008 ) The Lorax ( 2012 ) The Grinch ( 2018 ) Other media Welcome ( Russian short film ) Seussical ( musical ) Dr. Seuss ' How the Grinch Stole Christmas ! The Musical The Grinch ( video game ) Dr. Seuss : How the Grinch Stole Christmas ! ( video game ) `` You 're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch '' ( song ) The Lorax ( play ) Other works Private Snafu The Pocket Book of Boners Your Job in Germany Our Job in Japan Design for Death The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. Hejji Society of Red Tape Cutters Flit Related A Fish out of Water Amazing World of Dr. Seuss Museum Beginner Books Dr. Seuss Goes to War The Secret Art of Dr. Seuss Dr. Seuss National Memorial Geisel Award Geisel Library Geisel School of Medicine Helen Palmer PM Political messages of Dr. Seuss Read Across America Seuss Landing as `` Theo. LeSieg ''. Posthumous. Dr. Seuss ' How the Grinch Stole Christmas ! Characters Grinch Book How the Grinch Stole Christmas ! ( 1957 ) Music `` You 're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch '' ( 1966 ) Adaptations Dr. Seuss ' How the Grinch Stole Christmas ! ( 1966, TV special ) Halloween Is Grinch Night ( 1977, TV special ) The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat ( 1982, TV special ) Dr. Seuss ' How the Grinch Stole Christmas ! The Musical ( 1994 ) Dr. Seuss ' How the Grinch Stole Christmas ( 2000 live action film ) Dr. Seuss ' The Grinch ( 2018 animated film ) Related Dr. Seuss Memorial Illumination Entertainment Feature films Released Despicable Me ( 2010 ) Hop ( 2011 ) Dr. Seuss ' The Lorax ( 2012 ) Despicable Me 2 ( 2013 ) Minions ( 2015 ) The Secret Life of Pets ( 2016 ) Sing ( 2016 ) Despicable Me 3 ( 2017 ) Upcoming Dr. Seuss ' The Grinch ( 2018 ) The Secret Life of Pets 2 ( 2019 ) Minions 2 ( 2020 ) Sing 2 ( 2020 ) Franchises Despicable Me ( 2010 -- present ) People Chris Meledandri See also Despicable Me : Minion Mayhem Mac Guff Illumination Mac Guff Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Grinch_(film)&oldid=820683824 '' Categories : Upcoming films 2018 films English - language films 2018 3D films 2018 computer - animated films 2010s American animated films 2010s comedy films 2010s fantasy films Upcoming animated films Upcoming English - language films American 3D films American animated films American children 's animated comedy films American children 's animated fantasy films American Christmas films American computer - animated films American fantasy - comedy films American films Animated comedy films Animated films based on children 's books Films based on works by Dr. Seuss Films featuring anthropomorphic characters Films scored by Danny Elfman Illumination Entertainment animated films Universal Pictures films Universal Pictures animated films Santa Claus in film Talk Contents About Wikipedia فارسی Русский 中文 Edit links This page was last edited on 16 January 2018, at 00 : 55. 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Question: who plays the grinch in the new movie
Answer: Benedict Cumberbatch