Aubrey Plaza lends voice to Grumpy Cat in “Worst Christmas Ever”September 18, 2014 - 15:34 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Lifetime has found the voice for Grumpy Cat: Aubrey Plaza. The actress behind Parks and Recreation's April Ludgate is set to voice the surly kitty in Lifetime's TV movie Grumpy Cat's Worst Christmas Ever, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. Tim Hill (SpongeBob SquarePants) and Jeff Morris wrote the script about a pet-store cat that is perpetually overlooked and the 12-year-old girl, Chrystal, who can communicate with her. Hill also directs. The TV movie will premiere on Saturday, Nov. 29, at 8 p.m. ET/PT. The live-action project is set to feature cameos from other famous Internet memes. Grumpy Cat — whose name is Tardar Sauce (purposely misspelled), for the color of her fur — became Internet famous in 2012 and has already spawned a book, a coffee product and even a short-lived theatrical movie deal with Broken Road Productions (Here Comes the Boom). For Plaza's part, Grumpy Cat marks her latest small-screen gig. In addition to the seventh and final season of Parks and Recreation — set for a likely midseason return — Plaza's TV credits include NBC's Welcome to Sweden and The Legend of Korra. On the big screen, her credits include Safety Not Guaranteed and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. Plaza's casting comes after Glee star Jane Lynch was set to voice the role but rebuffed the gig after taking home the Emmy for NBC's Hollywood Game Night. Grumpy Cat's Worst Christmas Ever airs Saturday, Nov. 29 at 8 p.m. Photo: AP Images/Invision; Courtesy of Lifetime Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |