It’s going to be merry Grinchmas all over again. Universal and Imagine Entertainment are developing a sequel to 2000’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas, with three key players expected to return.
Jim Carrey is in talks to reprise his role as the classic Dr. Seuss character the Grinch, with Ron Howard returning to direct. Howard will produce alongside his Imagine Entertainment partner Brian Grazer.
The untitled sequel will have a script by Alec Berg (Barry, Silicon Valley, Curb Your Enthusiasm), Jeff Schaffer (Life, Larry and The Pursuit of Unhappiness, Dave, Curb Your Enthusiasm) and David Mandel (Veep, Curb Your Enthusiasm). The trio also worked on the 2003 Seuss adaptation The Cat in the Hat starring Mike Myers.
Released just ahead of Thanksgiving in 2000, How The Grinch Stole Christmas was the top movie of the year domestically with $260 million and earning a total of $345 million worldwide.
It also took home the best makeup Oscar for Rick Baker and Gail Rowell-Ryan, who transformed Carrey for the role. The process took around eight hours a day, and Carrey has recalled it being extremely difficult. As he told Vulture last year, he wanted to quit on day one of production and return his $20 million fee. He got through it with the help of a man who trained CIA agents to withstand torture, as well as thanks to the makeup eventually being reduced to three hours a day.
The story of the Grinch dates back to 1957, with Theodor Geisel (Dr. Seuss) publishing the story inspired by his unhappiness with the commercialism overtaking Christmas. It told the story of the Grinch trying to ruin Christmas for the residents of Whoville by stealing their gifts. CBS made it as a 1966 animated special, with Boris Karloff voicing the narrator and The Grinch. Co-director Chuck Jones opted to make the Grinch green, a departure from the book’s black and white.
The 2000 movie has become a durable hit on streaming, and has been among Nielsen’s top 10 most streamed holiday movies in each of the last five years. And, last year in the two weeks ahead of and after Christmas (Dec. 15-Dec. 28), it peaked at No. 2 overall on the movies chart with 962 million minutes viewed, just below the perennial No. 1 champ Home Alone. Notably, Carrey’s Grinch movie also ranked ahead of the 2018 animated movie in those key two weeks on last year’s holiday streaming ratings chart. That Illumination and Universal feature, Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch, hit No. 8 in the week ahead of Dec. 25.
As for the new sequel, CEO Susan Brandt will oversee for Dr. Seuss Enterprises. Senior vice president of production development and special projects Britt Hennemuth and creative executive Christina Hoffrogge will oversee for Universal.
Howard is represented by CAA and Greenberg Glusker. Carrey is represented by WME and attorney Deborah Klein. Berg is represented by UTA and HJTH. Schaffer is represented by UTA and HJTH.
Mandel is represented by WME and HJTH. Imagine Entertainment is represented by CAA.
Dr. Seuss Enterprises is represented by CAA.
—Erik Hayden contributed to this story.

AEW rolled into Smart Financial Centre in Sugar Land, Texas, for yesterday’s episode of Dynamite, where they also taped Saturday’s (June 20) episode of Collision.
AEW has advertised multiple matches for this weekend’s show. Let’s see how the results panned out, courtesy of spoilers from Wrestling Observer Radio.
“Jungle” Jack Perry & Young Bucks defeated The Lethal Twist in a trios match.
Maya World beat ROH Women’s World Champion Athena to advance to the final match of the women’s Owen Hart tournament. Athena and Mercedes Mone attacked the underdog babyface after the match was over.
Zack Sabre Jr. picked up a win over Adam Priest in a match that “went too long.”
Chris Jericho and Tommaso Ciampa had a face-to-face confrontation to set up a match on July 8 at AEW Dynamite Beach Break.
The Hurt Syndicate quickly beat two jobbers. Afterwards, MVP’s group said they are no longer interested in winning championships, they just want to make money.
Mistico returned to AEW and defeated Dante Martin. Mistico got a “giant reaction” during his entrance.
PAC beat Jay Alexander. It was announced that PAC will fight IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship Shota Umino at Forbidden Door.
Kris Statlander advanced to the Survival of the Fittest match with a win over Mina Shirakawa. Harley Cameron was on commentary for this bout.
Do you plan to check out Collision on Saturday night on TNT and/or Max? Let me know in the comments below, Cagesiders.

Health and fitness influencer Carly Douglas, a married mom of three, has died just three months after tearfully revealing she’d been diagnosed with cancer. She was 36.
The South Carolina mom died on Saturday after being diagnosed in March with stage 4 gastric cancer, her family announced in a heartbreaking Instagram post Wednesday.
“Carly fought cancer with grit and determination; while being full of hope and always pointing anyone who would listen, back to God, the One who held her in the palm of His hand,” the lengthy post said.
“Carly was joy personified, pure sunshine. It felt as though her smile was permanently stitched on her face and her laugh was constantly waiting to bubble out of her. To be known by Carly Faye, was to be loved by Carly Faye,” it continued, adding how “she treasured her children.”
Douglas shared three children – River, Faye and Townes – with her husband David.
A series of photos included in the post showed her beaming widely with her husband and kids.
“We are devastated for us here, without her. The Carly sized hole left in her family and friends’ lives will never be filled. But, we do not grieve without hope,” the emotional post said.
“We know she is whole, complete, and the most joyful radiant version of herself. More than anything, Carly would want everyone who reads this to pursue God and the eternal peace she has now. Carly Faye Douglas is home. Joshua 1:9.”
Douglas – who boasted more than 137,000 followers on Instagram where she posted about her children, health routines and workouts – had revealed in a tearful March video that doctors found a large bleeding tumor on her stomach.
She called the diagnosis “living in a nightmare” and went on to share videos and updates of her chemotherapy treatments and hospital visits.
“I think I’ve walked through every stage of grief possible, but one thing that has never left is just this overwhelming sense of peace that I’m going to be okay and that I’m gonna fight,” Douglas said while donning a hospital gown in the March 24 video.
“I have to for my kids and for so many people I love. I just know that the Lord is going to sustain me every step of the way. I’m so lucky and so appreciative for the village I have. I’m going to beat this.”

Comedian Carlos Mencia is in some trouble with the law … the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office says they’ll soon be announcing criminal charges against him.
D.A. Nathan J. Hochman says he will announce the charges against Mencia at 2 PM PT in a Thursday press conference outside the Hall of Justice in downtown Los Angeles.
It’s unclear what exactly the charges will be … but the D.A.’s office says they’ve been filed as the first case by L.A.’s newly created Business Tax Fraud Unit.
This isn’t Mencia’s first time in hot water. According to NR Today, the IRS filed a lien in July 2021 that claimed he and his wife, Amy, owed almost $1.2 million for 3 years of unpaid federal income tax.
TMZ will be live streaming the press conference later today.

Taylor Swift’s Rhode Island estate appeared to be the site of a wedding-related event on Wednesday evening.
In photos obtained by TMZ and published on Thursday, June 18, the beachside escape was seemingly buzzing with activity on Wednesday, June 17. The bride’s best friend from childhood, Abigail Anderson Berard, was seen on the back deck of the home in one snap, carrying her nearly 2-year-old child.
Another image appeared to show three women dressed in black standing on one of the home’s balconies, with a blonde woman who was wearing white.
A neighbor of the pop star told TMZ that there was a large security presence surrounding the home.
Swift and Travis Kelce, both 36, have been romantically linked since the summer of 2023, when he called her out on his podcast, New Heights. They went public with their relationship when she was spotted attending one of his games at Arrowhead Stadium that September.
After two years of dating, Kelce popped the question in the back garden of his Kansas City home in August 2025.
In Touch was the first to break the news that they’ll be getting married at Madison Square Garden in New York City over the Fourth of July weekend.
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