Grumpy Cat Movie: Famous Meme Feline Tarder Sauce Signs Deal for Live-Action Family Film Like 'Garfield'

Hot off of being crowned "Meme of the Year" at 2013's Webby Awards, Grumpy Cat (whose name is Tarder Sauce, or Tard for short) has just signed a deal to star in her own live-action movie. This film is already being pitched as a family comedy in the likes of Garfield and will feature the popular feline Internet celebrity in all of her glory. The film is being helmed by Tarder Sauce's manager Ben Lashes and rep Al Hassas as well as Todd Garner and Sean Robins of Broken Road Productions.

Just like the animated lead in Garfield, Grumpy Cat will be given the power of speech. But unlike the popular comical cat character, she will not have an animated stand-in. Tarder Sauce will be on screen in all of her grumpy glory.

"This started off as a picture of a cat, but rare is an image that evokes that much comedy," Garner 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."

Are you ready for this movie? It seems like a Grumpy Cat movie has always been on the horizon, considering the fame she has garnered.

According to Deadline (which first reported on the Grumpy Cat movie news):

"Grumpy Cat was named the most influential cat of 2012 by MSNBC, a most important Meme of 2012 by Mashable, and has appeared on such TV shows including Today, Good Morning America, CBS Evening News, Anderson Cooper Live, VH1 Morning Buzz and The Soup. In March, Grumpy Cat was deemed the star of South by Southwest-i by news outlets. The appearances drew lines of thousands of people that spanned for blocks. Grumpy Cat received more social mentions in four days than anyone else at SXSWi.The cat's official Facebook has more than 930,000 likes and a weekly reach well over 2 million. The official YouTube Channel has over 120,000 subscribers and over 20 million views. Grumpy Cat stars in a collection of webisodes in partnership with Friskies and the Will Kitty Play With It series. Grumpy Cat merchandise sells at Walmart, Hot Topic, Thinkgeek and many other retail stores. Licenses include Chronicle Books, Gund, Ripple Junction, Buckle Down, T Line, ATNY, Ultra Pro, 99 Cent Brains and more."