The hilarious family animated film Paws Of Fury: The Legend Of Hank, from Paramount Pictures, is available now to stream on Paramount+ in the U.S. and Canada. The exciting action-adventure stars Michael Cera, Ricky Gervais and Samuel L. Jackson.
Paws Of Fury: The Legend Of Hank also stars Mel Brooks, George Takei, Aasif Mandvi, Gabriel Iglesias, Djimon Hounsou, Michelle Yeoh, Cathy Shim and Kylie Kuioka.
A down-on-his-luck hound Hank (Michael Cera) finds himself in a town full of cats who need a hero to defend them from a ruthless villain’s (Ricky Gervais) evil plot to wipe their village off the map. With help from a reluctant teacher (Samuel L. Jackson) to train him, our underdog must assume the role of town samurai and team up with the villagers to save the day. The only problem… cats hate dogs!
Paws Of Fury: The Legend Of Hank is directed by Rob Minkoff,...
Paws Of Fury: The Legend Of Hank also stars Mel Brooks, George Takei, Aasif Mandvi, Gabriel Iglesias, Djimon Hounsou, Michelle Yeoh, Cathy Shim and Kylie Kuioka.
A down-on-his-luck hound Hank (Michael Cera) finds himself in a town full of cats who need a hero to defend them from a ruthless villain’s (Ricky Gervais) evil plot to wipe their village off the map. With help from a reluctant teacher (Samuel L. Jackson) to train him, our underdog must assume the role of town samurai and team up with the villagers to save the day. The only problem… cats hate dogs!
Paws Of Fury: The Legend Of Hank is directed by Rob Minkoff,...
- 9/5/2022
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The View Conference will host a virtual talk with the filmmakers behind Pixar’s “Lightyear” on Tuesday, June 28, and has announced the first speakers for its largely in-person event in Turin, Italy, from Oct. 16-21.
The free PreVIEW online event features director Angus MacLane, producer Galyn Susman, animation supervisor David DeVan and simulation and tailoring supervisor Fran Kalal. They’ll share a behind-the-scenes look at the animated adventure that follows the Space Ranger character that inspired the Buzz Lightyear action figure from Pixar’s “Toy Story” franchise.
“We are over the moon to join forces with our friends at Pixar for this special PreVIEW panel,” says conference director Maria Elena Gutierrez. “Meeting Angus MacLane and his creative team is a wonderful way to celebrate the launch of this much-anticipated film and also to whet the appetite for our main conference program in October.”
The View Conference highlights the top creative minds in visual effects,...
The free PreVIEW online event features director Angus MacLane, producer Galyn Susman, animation supervisor David DeVan and simulation and tailoring supervisor Fran Kalal. They’ll share a behind-the-scenes look at the animated adventure that follows the Space Ranger character that inspired the Buzz Lightyear action figure from Pixar’s “Toy Story” franchise.
“We are over the moon to join forces with our friends at Pixar for this special PreVIEW panel,” says conference director Maria Elena Gutierrez. “Meeting Angus MacLane and his creative team is a wonderful way to celebrate the launch of this much-anticipated film and also to whet the appetite for our main conference program in October.”
The View Conference highlights the top creative minds in visual effects,...
- 6/17/2022
- by Terry Flores
- Variety Film + TV
Universal City, California, December 4, 2019 – Everyone’s favorite creepy and kooky family is back in the “frighteningly funny and fresh” animated feature film, The Addams Family, arriving on Digital December 24, 2019 and on Blu-ray, DVD and On Demand January 21, 2020 from Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios (MGM) and Universal Pictures Home Entertainment.
The very first full-length animated film about the eccentric and unconventional family,
The Addams Family on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital showcase the wonderfully weird world of the Addams family with a variety of exclusive bonus features not seen in theaters including deleted and extended scenes, an interactive charades game with Thing, behind-the-scenes footage, music lyric videos and more! Filled with wildly funny moments and a fresh take on the beloved characters created by Charles Addams, The Addams Family celebrates the uniqueness of every family and delivers spooky fun all year long.
From directors Conrad Vernon and Greg Tiernan, The Addams Family boasts...
The very first full-length animated film about the eccentric and unconventional family,
The Addams Family on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital showcase the wonderfully weird world of the Addams family with a variety of exclusive bonus features not seen in theaters including deleted and extended scenes, an interactive charades game with Thing, behind-the-scenes footage, music lyric videos and more! Filled with wildly funny moments and a fresh take on the beloved characters created by Charles Addams, The Addams Family celebrates the uniqueness of every family and delivers spooky fun all year long.
From directors Conrad Vernon and Greg Tiernan, The Addams Family boasts...
- 12/5/2019
- by ComicMix Staff
- Comicmix.com
The creepiest, kookiest, and altogether ookiest cinematic family returned to the big screen in a new Addams Family animated movie this Halloween season, and if you missed it in theaters or you want to experience it again from the comfort of your own home this winter, you may be delighted to know that the family-friendly film is coming to Digital on December 24th, followed by a Blu-ray, DVD, and VOD release on January 21st (the same day Zombieland: Double Tap comes out on physical home media) via Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios (MGM) and Universal Pictures Home Entertainment:
Press Release: Universal City, California, December 4, 2019 – Everyone’s favorite creepy and kooky family is back in the “frighteningly funny and fresh” animated feature film, The Addams Family, arriving on Digital December 24, 2019 and on Blu-ray™️, DVD and On Demand January 21, 2020 from Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios (MGM) and Universal Pictures Home Entertainment.
The very...
Press Release: Universal City, California, December 4, 2019 – Everyone’s favorite creepy and kooky family is back in the “frighteningly funny and fresh” animated feature film, The Addams Family, arriving on Digital December 24, 2019 and on Blu-ray™️, DVD and On Demand January 21, 2020 from Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios (MGM) and Universal Pictures Home Entertainment.
The very...
- 12/4/2019
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
The 2019 View Conference has added several new speakers, including “Frozen 2” VFX supervisor Steve Goldberg, who will present a preview of the much anticipated “Frozen 2” at the conference ahead of the film’s Nov. 22 opening. Goldberg has worked on several other Disney Animation projects including “Frozen,” “Tangled” and 1992’s “Aladdin,” for which he received a BAFTA nomination.
It was also announced that View Conference will present its Visionary Award to Pixar’s Ralph Eggleston during the weeklong event next month in Turin, Italy. View Conference director Dr. Maria Elena Gutierrez said the conference was honoring Eggleston “for his many years of bringing unparalleled beauty to this world.”
Production designer and filmmaker Eggleston won an Oscar in 2002 for his short film “For the Birds,” and has won three Annie Awards as production designer on Pixar’s “Toy Story,” “Finding Nemo” and “Inside Out.” Earlier this year, he was honored at the Annie...
It was also announced that View Conference will present its Visionary Award to Pixar’s Ralph Eggleston during the weeklong event next month in Turin, Italy. View Conference director Dr. Maria Elena Gutierrez said the conference was honoring Eggleston “for his many years of bringing unparalleled beauty to this world.”
Production designer and filmmaker Eggleston won an Oscar in 2002 for his short film “For the Birds,” and has won three Annie Awards as production designer on Pixar’s “Toy Story,” “Finding Nemo” and “Inside Out.” Earlier this year, he was honored at the Annie...
- 9/25/2019
- by Terry Flores
- Variety Film + TV
Get ready to snap your fingers! The first family of Halloween, the Addams Family, is back on the big screen in the first animated comedy about the kookiest family on the block. Funny, outlandish, and completely iconic, the Addams Family redefines what it means to be a good neighbor. The movie will star Oscar Isaac, Charlize Theron, Chloë Grace Moretz, Finn Wolfhard, Nick Kroll, Snoop as “It” with Bette Midler and Allison JanneyAlso starring Martin Short, Catherine O’Hara, Tituss Burgess, Jenifer Lewis, Elsie Fisher, Aimee Garcia. The movie was executive produced by Kevin Miserocchi, Andrew Mittman, Joe Earley, Aaron L. Gilbert, Jason Cloth. Gail Berman p.g.a., Conrad Vernon p.g.a., Alex Schwartz p.g.a., Alison O’Brien. Based on characters created by Charles Addams. Story By Matt Lieberman and Erica Rivinoja and Conrad Vernon. Directed by Conrad Vernon and Greg Tiernan. The movie will hit theaters on October 11th.
- 9/17/2019
- by Stephen Nepa
- Age of the Nerd
It’s hideous. It’s horrible. It’s home, Addams Family-style. MGM’s new teaser trailer for the upcoming Conrad Vernon-Greg Tiernan reimagining of the macabre clan – amazingly, the first-ever animated feature version of The Addams Family – seems to breathe fresh life into the old graveyard gang.
The first significant look we’ve had at the resurrected clan, this teaser makes good on Vernon’s promise to dip into some Family history to show the early days (nights?) of Morticia (Charlize Theron) and Gomez (Oscar Isaac). The trailer begins – following a clever, line-drawn intro illustrating the modern family diversity – as the apparently newlywed Mr. and Mrs. Addams (notice the length of the latter’s hair) walk into a creepy mansion. “Get out!” howls a voice. Home.
Fans of the entire Charles Addams clan needn’t fear though – all are present and accounted for. Chloë Grace Moretz voices Wednesday,...
The first significant look we’ve had at the resurrected clan, this teaser makes good on Vernon’s promise to dip into some Family history to show the early days (nights?) of Morticia (Charlize Theron) and Gomez (Oscar Isaac). The trailer begins – following a clever, line-drawn intro illustrating the modern family diversity – as the apparently newlywed Mr. and Mrs. Addams (notice the length of the latter’s hair) walk into a creepy mansion. “Get out!” howls a voice. Home.
Fans of the entire Charles Addams clan needn’t fear though – all are present and accounted for. Chloë Grace Moretz voices Wednesday,...
- 4/9/2019
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
“Eighth Grade” star Elsie Fisher has joined the voice cast of MGM’s animated “The Addams Family,” which is in production in Vancouver.
Oscar Isaac and Charlize Theron are the respective voices of Gomez and Morticia Addams. Chloe Grace Moretz will voice their daughter, Wednesday Addams, and Finn Wolfhard is on board as brother Pugsley Addams. Nick Kroll is voicing Uncle Fester, with Bette Midler as Grandmama and Allison Janney as the family’s arch nemesis, Margaux Needler. Fisher will voice her daughter, Parker Needler.
Conrad Vernon and Greg Tiernan are co-directing from Matt Lieberman’s screenplay based on the Charles Addams’ cartoon series. The film will be produced by Vernon with Gail Berman, via her shingle the Jackal Group, and Alex Schwartz. The story will follow the Addams family, whose lives begin to unravel when they face off against a crafty reality TV host while also preparing for their...
Oscar Isaac and Charlize Theron are the respective voices of Gomez and Morticia Addams. Chloe Grace Moretz will voice their daughter, Wednesday Addams, and Finn Wolfhard is on board as brother Pugsley Addams. Nick Kroll is voicing Uncle Fester, with Bette Midler as Grandmama and Allison Janney as the family’s arch nemesis, Margaux Needler. Fisher will voice her daughter, Parker Needler.
Conrad Vernon and Greg Tiernan are co-directing from Matt Lieberman’s screenplay based on the Charles Addams’ cartoon series. The film will be produced by Vernon with Gail Berman, via her shingle the Jackal Group, and Alex Schwartz. The story will follow the Addams family, whose lives begin to unravel when they face off against a crafty reality TV host while also preparing for their...
- 8/30/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Photo Courtesy Of Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures/Cinesite
They’re Creepy and they’re Kooky, The voice cast for Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures (MGM) animated feature ‘The Addams Family‘ is set, it was announced today by Jonathan Glickman, MGM’s President, Motion Picture Group. Conrad Vernon and Greg Tiernan direct a voice cast led by Golden Globe winner Oscar Isaac as Gomez Addams, Academy Award winner Charlize Theron as Morticia Addams, Chloë Grace Moretz (The Miseducation of Cameron Post, If I Stay) as Wednesday Addams, Finn Wolfhard as Pugsley Addams, Nick Kroll as Uncle Fester, Bette Midler as Grandmama and Academy Award winner Allison Janney as the family’s arch nemesis Margaux Needler.
Vernon and Tiernan co-direct from Matt Lieberman’s screenplay based on the Charles Addams’ iconic cartoon series. The film will be produced by Vernon with Gail Berman, via her shingle The Jackal Group, and Alex Schwartz. It...
They’re Creepy and they’re Kooky, The voice cast for Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures (MGM) animated feature ‘The Addams Family‘ is set, it was announced today by Jonathan Glickman, MGM’s President, Motion Picture Group. Conrad Vernon and Greg Tiernan direct a voice cast led by Golden Globe winner Oscar Isaac as Gomez Addams, Academy Award winner Charlize Theron as Morticia Addams, Chloë Grace Moretz (The Miseducation of Cameron Post, If I Stay) as Wednesday Addams, Finn Wolfhard as Pugsley Addams, Nick Kroll as Uncle Fester, Bette Midler as Grandmama and Academy Award winner Allison Janney as the family’s arch nemesis Margaux Needler.
Vernon and Tiernan co-direct from Matt Lieberman’s screenplay based on the Charles Addams’ iconic cartoon series. The film will be produced by Vernon with Gail Berman, via her shingle The Jackal Group, and Alex Schwartz. It...
- 6/6/2018
- by Stephen Nepa
- Age of the Nerd
The creepiest, kookiest, and altogether ookiest cinematic family will return to the big screen in a new Addams Family animated movie next year, and MGM has now confirmed the voice cast for the gothic collection of beloved characters.
The Hollywood Reporter revealed the core voice cast of The Addams Family animated movie, including:
Charlize Theron as Morticia Oscar Isaac as Gomez Chloë Grace Moretz as Wednesday Finn Wolfhard as Pugsley Nick Kroll as Uncle Fester Bette Midler as Grandmama Allison Janney as the antagonist Margaux Needler
According to THR, the new film will "follow the creepy and kooky family as they face off against a crafty reality-tv host while also preparing for their extended family to arrive for a major celebration, Addams-style."
Conrad Vernon and Greg Tiernan, the co-directors behind the R-rated animated comedy Sausage Party, are directing The Addams Family animated movie from a screenplay by Matt Lieberman.
The...
The Hollywood Reporter revealed the core voice cast of The Addams Family animated movie, including:
Charlize Theron as Morticia Oscar Isaac as Gomez Chloë Grace Moretz as Wednesday Finn Wolfhard as Pugsley Nick Kroll as Uncle Fester Bette Midler as Grandmama Allison Janney as the antagonist Margaux Needler
According to THR, the new film will "follow the creepy and kooky family as they face off against a crafty reality-tv host while also preparing for their extended family to arrive for a major celebration, Addams-style."
Conrad Vernon and Greg Tiernan, the co-directors behind the R-rated animated comedy Sausage Party, are directing The Addams Family animated movie from a screenplay by Matt Lieberman.
The...
- 6/5/2018
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Oscar Isaac and Charlize Theron have been cast as the respective voices of Gomez and Morticia Addams in MGM’s animated comedy “The Addams Family.”
Chloe Grace Moretz will voice their daughter Wednesday Addams and Finn Wolfhard is on board as brother Pugsley Addams. Nick Kroll is voicing Uncle Fester, with Bette Midler as Grandmama and Allison Janney as the family’s arch nemesis, Margaux Needler.
Conrad Vernon and Greg Tiernan are co-directing from Matt Lieberman’s screenplay based on the Charles Addams’ cartoon series. The film will be produced by Vernon with Gail Berman, via her shingle The Jackal Group, and Alex Schwartz. It will be executive produced by Andrew Mittman, Kevin Miserocchi, and Joe Earley.
Tabitha Shick is overseeing the project on behalf of the studio. CG animation and digital visual effects production is underway in Vancouver at Cinesite Studios.
The story will follow the Addams family, whose...
Chloe Grace Moretz will voice their daughter Wednesday Addams and Finn Wolfhard is on board as brother Pugsley Addams. Nick Kroll is voicing Uncle Fester, with Bette Midler as Grandmama and Allison Janney as the family’s arch nemesis, Margaux Needler.
Conrad Vernon and Greg Tiernan are co-directing from Matt Lieberman’s screenplay based on the Charles Addams’ cartoon series. The film will be produced by Vernon with Gail Berman, via her shingle The Jackal Group, and Alex Schwartz. It will be executive produced by Andrew Mittman, Kevin Miserocchi, and Joe Earley.
Tabitha Shick is overseeing the project on behalf of the studio. CG animation and digital visual effects production is underway in Vancouver at Cinesite Studios.
The story will follow the Addams family, whose...
- 6/5/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
MGM has unveiled the voice cast for their upcoming animated adaptation of “The Addams Family,” with Oscar Isaac and Charlize Theron as the heads of the titular family, Gomez and Morticia.
Chloe Grace Moretz and Finn Wolfhard will play Gomez and Morticia’s children, Wednesday and Pugsley, while Nick Kroll will play the zany Uncle Fester and Bette Midler will play Grandmama. Newly minted Oscar winner Allison Janney will play the Addams’ arch-nemesis, Margaux Needler.
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Former DreamWorks director Conrad Vernon will direct the film with Greg Tiernan, with Matt Lieberman writing the script. The film will follow the Addams Family as they prepare for an extended family reunion, only to have their creepy estate intruded upon by a very 21st century antagonist: a reality TV host bent on giving their mansion an Hgtv-esque makeover into suburban normality.
Chloe Grace Moretz and Finn Wolfhard will play Gomez and Morticia’s children, Wednesday and Pugsley, while Nick Kroll will play the zany Uncle Fester and Bette Midler will play Grandmama. Newly minted Oscar winner Allison Janney will play the Addams’ arch-nemesis, Margaux Needler.
Also Read: James Bond 25 Distribution Rights Go to MGM Domestically and Universal Overseas
Former DreamWorks director Conrad Vernon will direct the film with Greg Tiernan, with Matt Lieberman writing the script. The film will follow the Addams Family as they prepare for an extended family reunion, only to have their creepy estate intruded upon by a very 21st century antagonist: a reality TV host bent on giving their mansion an Hgtv-esque makeover into suburban normality.
- 6/5/2018
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
MGM has set the voice cast for its Oct. 11, 2019 animated take on The Addams Family including Oscar winners Charlize Theron (Morticia), Allison Janney (arch nemesis Margaux Needler), two-time Oscar nominee Bette Midler (Grandmama), Chloë Grace Moretz (Wednesday), Finn Wolfhard (Pugsley), and Nick Kroll (Uncle Fester).
As previously announced, Oscar Isaac will play Gomez. Sausage Party director Conrad Vernon and Greg Tiernan are co-helming this brand new take on Charles Addams’ classic New Yorker cartoon series which has been adapted into various formats since its debut in 1938 including a black and white ABC TV series during the early 1960s, a Hanna-Barbera cartoon during the ’70s, two Paramount features which made over $240M Ww during the early 1990s and a recent Broadway show.
Matt Lieberman wrote the script, which follows the kooky Addams family as they face-off against a crafty reality-tv host voiced by Janney while also preparing for their extended family...
As previously announced, Oscar Isaac will play Gomez. Sausage Party director Conrad Vernon and Greg Tiernan are co-helming this brand new take on Charles Addams’ classic New Yorker cartoon series which has been adapted into various formats since its debut in 1938 including a black and white ABC TV series during the early 1960s, a Hanna-Barbera cartoon during the ’70s, two Paramount features which made over $240M Ww during the early 1990s and a recent Broadway show.
Matt Lieberman wrote the script, which follows the kooky Addams family as they face-off against a crafty reality-tv host voiced by Janney while also preparing for their extended family...
- 6/5/2018
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Author: Zehra Phelan
The perfect casting of Oscar Isaac in the role of Gomez Addams from The Addams Family has been a long-awaited dream for many film fans over the last few months, turns out The Last Jedi actor is currently in talks to take on the role, but in MGM’s animated feature.
The Sausage Party’s Conrad Vernon will take the helm on the project to adapt the screenplay by Pamela Pettler (“Corpse Bride”), with revisions by Matt Lieberman. Vernon, Gail Berman and Alex Schwartz will produce the project which is currently in production at Cinesite Studios in Vancouver.
Apparently, MGM is waiting to come to a deal with Isaac to cast the rest of the characters including Morticia, Wednesday, Pugsley, Lurch and Uncle Fester.
The Addams Family originally appeared as an unrelated group of 150 single-panel cartoons, about half of which were originally published in The New Yorker...
The perfect casting of Oscar Isaac in the role of Gomez Addams from The Addams Family has been a long-awaited dream for many film fans over the last few months, turns out The Last Jedi actor is currently in talks to take on the role, but in MGM’s animated feature.
The Sausage Party’s Conrad Vernon will take the helm on the project to adapt the screenplay by Pamela Pettler (“Corpse Bride”), with revisions by Matt Lieberman. Vernon, Gail Berman and Alex Schwartz will produce the project which is currently in production at Cinesite Studios in Vancouver.
Apparently, MGM is waiting to come to a deal with Isaac to cast the rest of the characters including Morticia, Wednesday, Pugsley, Lurch and Uncle Fester.
The Addams Family originally appeared as an unrelated group of 150 single-panel cartoons, about half of which were originally published in The New Yorker...
- 12/18/2017
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Simon Brew Dec 18, 2017
The new animated The Addams Family movie has started casting, with Star Wars' Oscar Isaac signing up.
A brand new movie of The Addams Family is on the way, and it’s just gone and found its Gomez Addams. Oscar Isaac is set to provide the voice for the character, in a new cinema-targeted full-length animated feature.
The movie is being penned by Pamela Pettler, Matt Lieberman, Conrad Vernon, Gail Berman and Alex Schwartz. It’s being made at the Cinesite Studios firm that recently oversaw The Star for Sony.
The director of the new The Addams Family is Conrad Vernon, who was the man at the helm for the animated hit, Sausage Party.
We’ve got no word yet on a release date, but we’ll keep you posted as we get more news. As of the moment, only the role of Gomez has been cast…...
The new animated The Addams Family movie has started casting, with Star Wars' Oscar Isaac signing up.
A brand new movie of The Addams Family is on the way, and it’s just gone and found its Gomez Addams. Oscar Isaac is set to provide the voice for the character, in a new cinema-targeted full-length animated feature.
The movie is being penned by Pamela Pettler, Matt Lieberman, Conrad Vernon, Gail Berman and Alex Schwartz. It’s being made at the Cinesite Studios firm that recently oversaw The Star for Sony.
The director of the new The Addams Family is Conrad Vernon, who was the man at the helm for the animated hit, Sausage Party.
We’ve got no word yet on a release date, but we’ll keep you posted as we get more news. As of the moment, only the role of Gomez has been cast…...
- 12/18/2017
- Den of Geek
The creepy, kooky, and altogether ooky family is set to return to the big screen in 2019, and it looks like a very popular actor from the new Star Wars movies could be the one to voice Gomez Addams.
According to The Tracking Board, Oscar Isaac (Ex Machina), who is currently enjoying time on the big screen as X-Wing pilot Poe Dameron in Star Wars: The Last Jedi, is in discussions to join the cast of the animated The Addams Family movie to voice Gomez Addams, the patriarch of the gothic family that first appeared on TV in the 1960s ABC series (John Astin played the first on-screen version of the iconic comic strip character created by Charles Addams).
On the heels of Isaac's potential casting, Variety reports that MGM has scheduled The Addams Family animated film for an October 11th, 2019 release—the same day that Paramount's Are You Afraid of the Dark?...
According to The Tracking Board, Oscar Isaac (Ex Machina), who is currently enjoying time on the big screen as X-Wing pilot Poe Dameron in Star Wars: The Last Jedi, is in discussions to join the cast of the animated The Addams Family movie to voice Gomez Addams, the patriarch of the gothic family that first appeared on TV in the 1960s ABC series (John Astin played the first on-screen version of the iconic comic strip character created by Charles Addams).
On the heels of Isaac's potential casting, Variety reports that MGM has scheduled The Addams Family animated film for an October 11th, 2019 release—the same day that Paramount's Are You Afraid of the Dark?...
- 12/16/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
One creepy, kooky, and altogether ooky family is heading back to the big screen. Following the news this past summer that The Munsters TV series reboot is in the works at NBC, the other gothic family from the ’60s TV era is looking to stake a new claim in the modern age with an animated Addams Family movie that now has a director.
According to THR, Conrad Vernon, the co-director behind the unforgettable R-rated animated comedy (or horror film, depending on how you look at it) Sausage Party, is now set to direct The Addams Family animated film for MGM.
Vernon will work from a screenplay by Pamela Pettler (Corpse Bride, Monster House) with additional work by Matt Lieberman (based on Charles Addams' iconic single-panel comics that first introduced readers to the frightening and fun family that would go on to include husband and wife Gomez and Morticia, their children Wednesday and Pugsley,...
According to THR, Conrad Vernon, the co-director behind the unforgettable R-rated animated comedy (or horror film, depending on how you look at it) Sausage Party, is now set to direct The Addams Family animated film for MGM.
Vernon will work from a screenplay by Pamela Pettler (Corpse Bride, Monster House) with additional work by Matt Lieberman (based on Charles Addams' iconic single-panel comics that first introduced readers to the frightening and fun family that would go on to include husband and wife Gomez and Morticia, their children Wednesday and Pugsley,...
- 10/13/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Conrad Vernon, who co-directed The Sausage Party, has come aboard to helm MGM’s animated feature version of The Addams Family.
Vernon will also produce the movie with Gail Berman, via her shingle The Jackal Group, and Alex Schwartz.
The Addams Family began their macabre life as single-panel gag illustrations by cartoonist Charles Addams that appeared primarily in The New Yorker. Their popularity led to The Addams Family becoming a television show in the 1960s that starred John Astin and Carolyn Jones, as well as an animated series in the early 1970s. The family enjoyed a revival in the early 1990s...
Vernon will also produce the movie with Gail Berman, via her shingle The Jackal Group, and Alex Schwartz.
The Addams Family began their macabre life as single-panel gag illustrations by cartoonist Charles Addams that appeared primarily in The New Yorker. Their popularity led to The Addams Family becoming a television show in the 1960s that starred John Astin and Carolyn Jones, as well as an animated series in the early 1970s. The family enjoyed a revival in the early 1990s...
- 10/12/2017
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Alpha Animation has named former DreamWorks Animation development executive Alex Schwartz as their new head of production overseeing creative development on the company’s animated feature slate. The division of the China-based Alpha Group will produce animated features for worldwide distribution and will look to develop original material as well as leverage existing IP. The company’s other label, its Alpha Pictures shingle, was a co-producer on The Mermaid, which became…...
- 10/19/2016
- Deadline
The Chinese consumer electronics company kicked off its Us consumer business in San Francisco on Wednesday.
LeEco unveiled phones and smart TVs as well as a plan for its own video business with content partners such as Lionsgate, Seeso, Vice, Machinima, Mitu and Cinedigm.
Select content will be available free to consumers through LeEco’s Le app. LeEco also plans to sell an EcoPass subscription plan that will offer unlimited access to Fandor’s video library as well as access to a “major content partner” to be announced next month.
IMAX Corporation and Warner Bros Pictures have announced a multi-film worldwide agreement that includes up to 12 new films from the studio’s upcoming slate as an extension of their existing partnership. Titles will include Wonder Woman, Minecraft, the Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them sequel, Dunkirk and Blade Runner 2049 (in the Us only.)Universal Pictures will release Larrikins on February 16, 2018, and How To Train Your Dragon 3 on May...
LeEco unveiled phones and smart TVs as well as a plan for its own video business with content partners such as Lionsgate, Seeso, Vice, Machinima, Mitu and Cinedigm.
Select content will be available free to consumers through LeEco’s Le app. LeEco also plans to sell an EcoPass subscription plan that will offer unlimited access to Fandor’s video library as well as access to a “major content partner” to be announced next month.
IMAX Corporation and Warner Bros Pictures have announced a multi-film worldwide agreement that includes up to 12 new films from the studio’s upcoming slate as an extension of their existing partnership. Titles will include Wonder Woman, Minecraft, the Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them sequel, Dunkirk and Blade Runner 2049 (in the Us only.)Universal Pictures will release Larrikins on February 16, 2018, and How To Train Your Dragon 3 on May...
- 10/19/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Because of Sausage Party co-director Conrad Vernon, moviegoers will never look at groceries the same way. The filmmaker's next project will take him from store aisles to the town of Tromaville, as Vernon is now set to helm the remake of 1984's The Toxic Avenger.
Variety (via Deadline) reports that Vernon will direct The Toxic Avenger remake from a screenplay by Mike Arnold and Chris Poole, who will rewrite a previous remake script penned by D.C. Mitchell and Steve Pink. In addition to co-writing the prior script for the remake, Pink was at one point lined up to direct the film as well.
For those unfamiliar with the beloved Troma film, The Toxic Avenger followed bullied janitor Melvin Ferd, who fell into toxic waste after being pursued by his tormentors, only to rise from certain death and become transformed into a disfigured defender of Tromaville.
Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz,...
Variety (via Deadline) reports that Vernon will direct The Toxic Avenger remake from a screenplay by Mike Arnold and Chris Poole, who will rewrite a previous remake script penned by D.C. Mitchell and Steve Pink. In addition to co-writing the prior script for the remake, Pink was at one point lined up to direct the film as well.
For those unfamiliar with the beloved Troma film, The Toxic Avenger followed bullied janitor Melvin Ferd, who fell into toxic waste after being pursued by his tormentors, only to rise from certain death and become transformed into a disfigured defender of Tromaville.
Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz,...
- 9/12/2016
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Sundance top brass celebrate the tenth anniversary of the New Frontier programme with an exhibition of new work that includes Vr projects involving Björk and Ridley Scott’s global hit The Martian.Scroll Down For Full List
The dynamic roster encompasses features, a live performance, documentary and narrative mobile virtual reality experiences and a look inside the innovations at some of world’s leading media research labs.
Tenth anniversary exhibitions will also be presented with MoMA in New York City in April, and the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis as part of Northern Spark in June.
The New Frontiers line-up will take place in Park City’s Claim Jumper, The Gateway, a large-scale installation on Swede Alley by Chris Milk and a performance by Gingger Shankar at Festival Base Camp Presented by Canada Goose.
Beyond the dedicated physical exhibition spaces, audiences can experience more than 20 virtual reality pieces on mobile Vr headsets. This year’s...
The dynamic roster encompasses features, a live performance, documentary and narrative mobile virtual reality experiences and a look inside the innovations at some of world’s leading media research labs.
Tenth anniversary exhibitions will also be presented with MoMA in New York City in April, and the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis as part of Northern Spark in June.
The New Frontiers line-up will take place in Park City’s Claim Jumper, The Gateway, a large-scale installation on Swede Alley by Chris Milk and a performance by Gingger Shankar at Festival Base Camp Presented by Canada Goose.
Beyond the dedicated physical exhibition spaces, audiences can experience more than 20 virtual reality pieces on mobile Vr headsets. This year’s...
- 12/3/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
As the world continues to mourn the death of Leonard Nimoy, his grandchildren Morgan Pearson, 36, Alex Schwartz, 30, Dani Schwartz, 25, Maddy Nimoy, 24, Spencer Schwartz, 23, and Jonah Nimoy, 22, remember the man they called "Poppi" in a tribute written exclusively for People:He was a renaissance man. He knew how to do everything from flying a plane to fixing a vacuum to setting up aquariums. Our favorite memory is when he would drive us around on his boat on Lake Tahoe every summer. He would let us each drive the boat, with him right next to us if something went wrong. He would take...
- 3/5/2015
- by Patrick Gomez, @PatrickGomezLA
- PEOPLE.com
Twentieth Century Fox is the new distributor of all of DreamWorks Animation's films from here on out, and today they unveiled their feature film release line-up for 2013 through 2016. The schedule includes twelve CG animated films being released over the course of the next four years. Here's what they have in the pipeline...
The Croods - March 22, 2013
Turbo – July 19, 2013
Mr. Peabody & Sherman - November 1, 2013
Me And My Shadow – March 14, 2014
How To Train Your Dragon 2 – June 20, 2014
Happy Smekday! – November 26, 2014
The Penguins Of Madagascar – March 27, 2015
Trolls (working title) – June 5, 2015
B.O.O.: Bureau of Otherworldly Operations – November 6, 2015
Mumbai Musical (working title) – December 19, 2015
Kung Fu Panda 3 – March 18, 2016
How To Train Your Dragon 3 – June 18, 2016
Fox Filmed Entertainment CEOs and Chairmen Jim Gianopulos and Tom Rothman had this to say in a statement,
We have had the privilege not only to view many of these films in their various stages but...
The Croods - March 22, 2013
Turbo – July 19, 2013
Mr. Peabody & Sherman - November 1, 2013
Me And My Shadow – March 14, 2014
How To Train Your Dragon 2 – June 20, 2014
Happy Smekday! – November 26, 2014
The Penguins Of Madagascar – March 27, 2015
Trolls (working title) – June 5, 2015
B.O.O.: Bureau of Otherworldly Operations – November 6, 2015
Mumbai Musical (working title) – December 19, 2015
Kung Fu Panda 3 – March 18, 2016
How To Train Your Dragon 3 – June 18, 2016
Fox Filmed Entertainment CEOs and Chairmen Jim Gianopulos and Tom Rothman had this to say in a statement,
We have had the privilege not only to view many of these films in their various stages but...
- 9/10/2012
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Turbo
Get your movie calendars out. Twentieth Century Fox has unveiled DreamWorks Animation’s feature film release slate for 2013 to 2016, which includes twelve CG animated films in four years . a major industry first. For those of you who are keen to the animation genre, below is a look ahead at what you’re in store for. I’m very excited to see what these unique filmmakers produce – some of these lovable characters and movies like Dragon, Panda and Penguins look to be franchises that people will embrace for a long time to come.
The following DreamWorks Animation films will be distributed by Fox along with additional detail on each of DreamWorks Animation’s 2013-2016 releases:
The Croods will be released on March 22, 2013. It is being written and directed by Academy-Award® nominee Chris Sanders (How to Train Your Dragon) and Kirk DeMicco (Space Chimps) and produced by Kristine Belson (How to Train Your Dragon...
Get your movie calendars out. Twentieth Century Fox has unveiled DreamWorks Animation’s feature film release slate for 2013 to 2016, which includes twelve CG animated films in four years . a major industry first. For those of you who are keen to the animation genre, below is a look ahead at what you’re in store for. I’m very excited to see what these unique filmmakers produce – some of these lovable characters and movies like Dragon, Panda and Penguins look to be franchises that people will embrace for a long time to come.
The following DreamWorks Animation films will be distributed by Fox along with additional detail on each of DreamWorks Animation’s 2013-2016 releases:
The Croods will be released on March 22, 2013. It is being written and directed by Academy-Award® nominee Chris Sanders (How to Train Your Dragon) and Kirk DeMicco (Space Chimps) and produced by Kristine Belson (How to Train Your Dragon...
- 9/10/2012
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
DreamWorks Animation has announced that Stephen Colbert (The Colbert Report), Emmy Award® winner Allison Janney (The Help, The West Wing), Ellie Kemper (Bridesmaids, The Office), Ariel Winter (Modern Family) and Stephen Tobolowsky (Californication, Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax) have joined previously announced cast members, Emmy Award® winner Ty Burrell (Modern Family) and Max Charles (The Amazing Spider-Man, The Three Stooges) in the studio’s Mr. Peabody & Sherman, which is now scheduled to be released on November 8, 2013. The film had previously been slated for March 14, 2014, a release date now planned for the studio’s Me & My Shadow.
“These incredible casting additions have elevated Mr. Peabody & Sherman to a new level of excitement and we are truly fortunate to work with so many talented actors,” said DreamWorks Animation Chief Creative Officer Bill Damaschke. “I’m certain that their collective passion and enthusiasm for the film will bring the classic characters of Mr. Peabody...
“These incredible casting additions have elevated Mr. Peabody & Sherman to a new level of excitement and we are truly fortunate to work with so many talented actors,” said DreamWorks Animation Chief Creative Officer Bill Damaschke. “I’m certain that their collective passion and enthusiasm for the film will bring the classic characters of Mr. Peabody...
- 6/12/2012
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
HollywoodNews.com: DreamWorks Animation Skg, Inc. today announced that Gregg Taylor has been named head of development for the studio, a role previously held by Alex Schwartz. Schwartz will serve as a producer on the studio’s upcoming feature film, Mr. Peabody & Sherman, which is scheduled to be released onMarch 14, 2014. Taylor will oversee the development of all projects at DreamWorks Animation.
“Gregg is an exceptional executive with a wide range of creative experience that will positively influence our future slate. I am confident that he will thrive as the new leader of DreamWorks Animation’s development team,” said DreamWorks Animation Chief Creative Officer Bill Damaschke. “Alex’s exemplary work in development over the years makes her an ideal choice to assume the role of producer on Mr. Peabody & Sherman and I look forward to her continued creative input and leadership. On behalf of the entire studio, I offer heartfelt congratulations...
“Gregg is an exceptional executive with a wide range of creative experience that will positively influence our future slate. I am confident that he will thrive as the new leader of DreamWorks Animation’s development team,” said DreamWorks Animation Chief Creative Officer Bill Damaschke. “Alex’s exemplary work in development over the years makes her an ideal choice to assume the role of producer on Mr. Peabody & Sherman and I look forward to her continued creative input and leadership. On behalf of the entire studio, I offer heartfelt congratulations...
- 1/24/2012
- by Josh Abraham
- Hollywoodnews.com
Previsualization innovator Rpin Suwannath will make his directorial debut on Walden Media's adaptation of the John Christopher novel The Lotus Caves.
The story is set in 2068, with humans living on the moon in vast colonies of airtight bubbles. Here, two daring teens break out of the confines of their colony to go looking for paradise-like caves that are only spoken about in legends, and the search takes them to a magical place.
Steven Granat is attached as the executive producer on the project, which is in development. Walden Media executive vp production Alex Schwartz and creative executive Bonnie Solomon will oversee the project for the company.
Said Walden Media CEO Cary Granat: "We are thrilled that Rpin Suwannath will be directing his first film with Walden Media. His innovative and dynamic vision is the perfect fit for a film that requires the creation of the vast intricate worlds depicted in the story."...
The story is set in 2068, with humans living on the moon in vast colonies of airtight bubbles. Here, two daring teens break out of the confines of their colony to go looking for paradise-like caves that are only spoken about in legends, and the search takes them to a magical place.
Steven Granat is attached as the executive producer on the project, which is in development. Walden Media executive vp production Alex Schwartz and creative executive Bonnie Solomon will oversee the project for the company.
Said Walden Media CEO Cary Granat: "We are thrilled that Rpin Suwannath will be directing his first film with Walden Media. His innovative and dynamic vision is the perfect fit for a film that requires the creation of the vast intricate worlds depicted in the story."...
- 7/26/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
NEW YORK -- Tim Robbins, Martin Landau, Marianne Jean-Baptiste and Harry Treadaway will star opposite Bill Murray and Toby Jones in 20th Century Fox's fantasy City of Ember from Walden Media/Playtone and producers Gary Goetzman and Tom Hanks.
In Gil Kenan's film, Robbins will play an inventor holding a secret to the magical, glitteringly lit city whose power generator is failing. Landau will play the boss of Robbins' character's teen son (Treadaway), who works at the city's mysterious Pipeworks as the son seeks to save the city with a fellow teen. Jean-Baptiste will play a tough greenhouse worker.
Walden head of production Alex Schwartz and creative executive Bonnie Solomon are overseeing the film, which is set for an October 2008 theatrical release through Fox. Fox Walden, a joint venture of the studio and production company, will handle marketing.
Shooting is under way in Belfast, Ireland. Summit Entertainment is handling international sales.
Robbins, an Oscar winner for Mystic River, will appear in Lionsgate Films' upcoming The Return. Landau, an Oscar winner for Ed Wood, has appeared in Crimes and Misdemeanors and in guest appearances on HBO's Entourage and the upcoming indie Harrison Montgomery. Jean-Baptiste, an Oscar-nominee for Secrets and Lies, stars on CBS' Without a Trace. Treadaway starred with his twin brother Luke Treadaway in Brothers of the Head and now appears on Showtime's Meadowlands.
Walden executive vp business and legal affairs Jim Meenaghan negotiated the deals for the company.
In Gil Kenan's film, Robbins will play an inventor holding a secret to the magical, glitteringly lit city whose power generator is failing. Landau will play the boss of Robbins' character's teen son (Treadaway), who works at the city's mysterious Pipeworks as the son seeks to save the city with a fellow teen. Jean-Baptiste will play a tough greenhouse worker.
Walden head of production Alex Schwartz and creative executive Bonnie Solomon are overseeing the film, which is set for an October 2008 theatrical release through Fox. Fox Walden, a joint venture of the studio and production company, will handle marketing.
Shooting is under way in Belfast, Ireland. Summit Entertainment is handling international sales.
Robbins, an Oscar winner for Mystic River, will appear in Lionsgate Films' upcoming The Return. Landau, an Oscar winner for Ed Wood, has appeared in Crimes and Misdemeanors and in guest appearances on HBO's Entourage and the upcoming indie Harrison Montgomery. Jean-Baptiste, an Oscar-nominee for Secrets and Lies, stars on CBS' Without a Trace. Treadaway starred with his twin brother Luke Treadaway in Brothers of the Head and now appears on Showtime's Meadowlands.
Walden executive vp business and legal affairs Jim Meenaghan negotiated the deals for the company.
- 7/13/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
NEW YORK -- Penguin Young Readers Group and Walden Media jointly acquired North American rights to Ingrid Law's debut novel, Savvy, with Walden Media set to adapt the book into a feature film.
Savvy, set for publication in May by Dial Books for Young Readers/Walden Media, follows family members who gain different magical powers (such as making the world windy or rainy) on their 13th birthdays. But before a young daughter learns what her power will be, tragedy strikes the family, leading the children to race against time to avoid a perilous situation.
The acquisition is part of a pre-emptive multibook deal with book agency Writers House. Walden Media head of production Alex Schwartz will oversee development of the film adaptation for his company.
Law wrote and illustrated two e-books for children, The Faerie Wedding Tale and A Quilt for Uncle Paul.
Executive vp business and legal affairs Jim Meenaghan negotiated the film rights on behalf of Walden Media.
Savvy, set for publication in May by Dial Books for Young Readers/Walden Media, follows family members who gain different magical powers (such as making the world windy or rainy) on their 13th birthdays. But before a young daughter learns what her power will be, tragedy strikes the family, leading the children to race against time to avoid a perilous situation.
The acquisition is part of a pre-emptive multibook deal with book agency Writers House. Walden Media head of production Alex Schwartz will oversee development of the film adaptation for his company.
Law wrote and illustrated two e-books for children, The Faerie Wedding Tale and A Quilt for Uncle Paul.
Executive vp business and legal affairs Jim Meenaghan negotiated the film rights on behalf of Walden Media.
- 7/12/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Todd Graff, the writer-director behind the indie film Camp, is back to investigate the pathos of adolescence in the film Will for Walden Media.
Graff will direct the coming-of-age dramedy and is working on a rewrite of the original screenplay by Josh Kagan.
Will centers on a high school outcast and a popular girl who form an unlikely bond through their shared love of music. Assembling a like-minded crew of misfits, the friends form a rock group and perform in the battle of the bands competition at their school.
Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas and Marisa Yeres will produce through Goldsmith-Thomas Prods.
Executive vp production Alex Schwartz and creative executive Jared Mass will represent Walden. Senior vp business legal Frank Smith negotiated the deal on behalf of Walden.
Camp, released by IFC in 2003, was his first directorial effort.
Graff is repped by WMA.
Graff will direct the coming-of-age dramedy and is working on a rewrite of the original screenplay by Josh Kagan.
Will centers on a high school outcast and a popular girl who form an unlikely bond through their shared love of music. Assembling a like-minded crew of misfits, the friends form a rock group and perform in the battle of the bands competition at their school.
Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas and Marisa Yeres will produce through Goldsmith-Thomas Prods.
Executive vp production Alex Schwartz and creative executive Jared Mass will represent Walden. Senior vp business legal Frank Smith negotiated the deal on behalf of Walden.
Camp, released by IFC in 2003, was his first directorial effort.
Graff is repped by WMA.
Anschutz Film Group has announced a slew of promotions and hirings for its Walden Media Group.
In development and production, Jackie Levine has been upped to senior vp production, while Evan Turner was promoted to vp development and production. Both executives continue to report to executive vp production Alex Schwartz.
Douglas Jones, who became head of Anschutz Film Group's physical production department in 2006, also was promoted to executive vp physical production. He oversees new hires Mylan Stepanovich and Kimberly Rach, both vp physical production, and Jonas Thaler, vp postproduction.
Levine, who joined the company in 2004, has overseen production on Bristol Bay's recent release Amazing Grace and the upcoming The Great Buck Howard, Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium and The Water Horse. Before her current role, Levine was vp of Cobalt Media Group and vp development at Michael Douglas' Further Films.
Turner is a six-year veteran of the company, most recently serving as director of development. He is overseeing production on The Dark Is Rising and Nim's Island.
Jones has overseen production for more than four years, most recently on "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe," Hoot and How to Eat Fried Worms. He is readying "The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian" for production.
In development and production, Jackie Levine has been upped to senior vp production, while Evan Turner was promoted to vp development and production. Both executives continue to report to executive vp production Alex Schwartz.
Douglas Jones, who became head of Anschutz Film Group's physical production department in 2006, also was promoted to executive vp physical production. He oversees new hires Mylan Stepanovich and Kimberly Rach, both vp physical production, and Jonas Thaler, vp postproduction.
Levine, who joined the company in 2004, has overseen production on Bristol Bay's recent release Amazing Grace and the upcoming The Great Buck Howard, Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium and The Water Horse. Before her current role, Levine was vp of Cobalt Media Group and vp development at Michael Douglas' Further Films.
Turner is a six-year veteran of the company, most recently serving as director of development. He is overseeing production on The Dark Is Rising and Nim's Island.
Jones has overseen production for more than four years, most recently on "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe," Hoot and How to Eat Fried Worms. He is readying "The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian" for production.
- 2/27/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Horror master Clive Barker is partnering with Walden Media to create an original young adult thriller centered on the ghost of Edgar Allan Poe.
Barker is set to develop the story and produce the project, with Barker's Seraphim Films' Anthony DiBlasi and Joseph Daley executive producing.
The film will revolve around a group of teenagers who attempt to uncover what happened during the last two weeks of Poe's life. They inadvertently trigger a curse that unlocks Poe's nightmares from which they must escape.
"This project is an opportunity for us to reimagine a genre that is generally associated with an older audience," Walden Media executive vp production Alex Schwartz said. "By focusing on mood and atmosphere rather than blood and guts, Clive Barker brings a smart, literate take on the horror genre that will expose young audiences to its great literary underpinnings. It is only appropriate that the grandfather of modern horror fiction, Edgar Allan Poe, provides the fulcrum for the story."
The Poe project marks the first pairing of Barker and Walden Media.
Barker is set to develop the story and produce the project, with Barker's Seraphim Films' Anthony DiBlasi and Joseph Daley executive producing.
The film will revolve around a group of teenagers who attempt to uncover what happened during the last two weeks of Poe's life. They inadvertently trigger a curse that unlocks Poe's nightmares from which they must escape.
"This project is an opportunity for us to reimagine a genre that is generally associated with an older audience," Walden Media executive vp production Alex Schwartz said. "By focusing on mood and atmosphere rather than blood and guts, Clive Barker brings a smart, literate take on the horror genre that will expose young audiences to its great literary underpinnings. It is only appropriate that the grandfather of modern horror fiction, Edgar Allan Poe, provides the fulcrum for the story."
The Poe project marks the first pairing of Barker and Walden Media.
- 11/30/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Why the latest Jackie Chan movie is called "Around the World in 80 Days" is a mystery. Better to call it "Lau Xing and the Jade Buddha". Any resemblance between Jules Verne's marvelous science fiction novel or Mike Todd's enjoyable 1956 movie is pure happenstance. This is simply a Jackie Chan movie pitched to youngsters who enjoy slapstick fights and goofy caricatures. When Verne's hero, stalwart British sporting gentleman Phileas Fogg, gets turned into a second banana to his French valet played by Chan, and Indian Princess Aouda and her dramatic rescue by Fogg get replaced by a French hat-check girl, you know the filmmakers have pretty much chucked old Jules out the window.
Which would be all right if the all-David writing team of David Titcher, David Benullo and David Goldstein sticks to any coherent story or director Frank Coraci ("The Waterboy") establishes a consistent tone. Instead, the film meanders between lackluster fights and overly broad comedy, some embarrassingly bad. This "Around the World" will have a tough time appealing to general audiences because the comedy is juvenile and the action largely uninspired.
In this incarnation, Fogg (British TV comedy vet Steve Coogan) is a turn-of-the-century inventor of "future retro" gadgets. Fogg makes a bet that he can circumnavigate the world in 80 days with the head of the Royal Academy of Science (Jim Broadbent). This serves as mere backdrop to the story of Lau Xing (Chan), who burgles the Bank of England to re-acquire a jade Buddha stolen from his village by a gang of bandits led by General Fang (actress-singer Karen Joy Morris).
Lau hitches a ride with Fogg, figuring this will be his quickest way home. That Fogg, supposedly one of the brainiest men in Britain, would believe Chan to be a French valet is fairly consistent with the lackadaisical style of the screenplay. Another addition to the group picked up in Paris is Monique (pert Cecile de France), who figures a world tour will help her nascent artistic career.
Throughout the feeble adventures, the script lacks the connective tissue that explain how a character stranded in China suddenly materializes in San Francisco or how, having missed a boat in New York, the intrepid heroes suddenly wind up on that very same boat sailing for England. Similarly, characters change from imbecile to clever depending on a particular sequence's needs. The key problem is this: If you are going to rewrite one of the most imaginative adventure novelists ever, you cannot substitute such lame situations and tedious characters as the three Davids do.
Todd coined the expression "cameo" to describe the more than 40 brief appearances by stars and celebrities of the day in his "Around the World". Here the success of these cameos is in inverse relationship to the amount of screen time affording the celebrity. Richard Branson turning up as a guy tending a hot-air balloon is worth a chuckle. Arnold Schwarzenegger as a Turkish prince in an extended and unnecessary sequence is borderline grotesque. Seldom has an actor looked more in need of a career change.
The movie contains one inventive sequence: A fight breaks out at an Impressionists exhibition. As Chan defends himself against a horde of Chinese assassins amid paint buckets, a canvas behind him gets pummeled and spattered until -- voila! -- it becomes an Impressionist painting. Alas, this kind of wit swiftly evaporates. Mostly, the film traffics in cheap sets -- an Indian sequence created in Thailand compares unfavorably with the sets in Bob Hope/Bing Crosby road pictures -- to seriously awful acting from usually decent performers such as Broadbent and Ewen Bremner.
De France has plenty of charm and at times makes you forget the awful dialogue and lame bits. Coogan plays a British twit who falls somewhere between Hugh Grant and Peter Cook. Chan works hard, but this is one of his least inspired performances.
Production values overall are poor. The constant swing between real and fake sets establishes no tone for the comedy. The music begins with a theme reminiscent of John Williams' "Star Wars" and concludes with the Walt Disney Co. inserting "It's a Small World" by the Baha Men over the end titles. Ouch! Visual effects by Rhythm & Hues and Jim Henson's Creature Shop are uneven.
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS
Buena Vista Pictures
Walt Disney Pictures and Walden Media
Credits:
Director: Frank Coraci
Screenwriters: David Titcher, David Benullo, David Goldstein
Based on the novel by: Jules Verne
Producers: Hal Lieberman, Bill Badalato
Executive producers: Jackie Chan, Willie Chan
Solon So, Alex Schwartz, Phyllis Alia
Director of photography: Phil Meheux
Production designer: Perry Andelin Blake
Music: Trevor Jones
Co-producers: Henning Molfenter, Thierry Potok
Costume designer: Anna Sheppard
Editor: Tom Lewis
Cast:
Passepartot/Lau Xing: Jackie Chan
Phileas Fogg: Steve Coogan
Lord Kelvin: Jim Broadbent
Prince Hapi: Arnold Schwarzenegger
Monique La Roche: Cecile de France
Inspector Fox: Ewen Bremner
General Fang: Karen Joy Morris
Hobo: Rob Schneider
Queen Victoria: Kathy Bates
MPAA rating PG
Running time -- 120 minutes...
Which would be all right if the all-David writing team of David Titcher, David Benullo and David Goldstein sticks to any coherent story or director Frank Coraci ("The Waterboy") establishes a consistent tone. Instead, the film meanders between lackluster fights and overly broad comedy, some embarrassingly bad. This "Around the World" will have a tough time appealing to general audiences because the comedy is juvenile and the action largely uninspired.
In this incarnation, Fogg (British TV comedy vet Steve Coogan) is a turn-of-the-century inventor of "future retro" gadgets. Fogg makes a bet that he can circumnavigate the world in 80 days with the head of the Royal Academy of Science (Jim Broadbent). This serves as mere backdrop to the story of Lau Xing (Chan), who burgles the Bank of England to re-acquire a jade Buddha stolen from his village by a gang of bandits led by General Fang (actress-singer Karen Joy Morris).
Lau hitches a ride with Fogg, figuring this will be his quickest way home. That Fogg, supposedly one of the brainiest men in Britain, would believe Chan to be a French valet is fairly consistent with the lackadaisical style of the screenplay. Another addition to the group picked up in Paris is Monique (pert Cecile de France), who figures a world tour will help her nascent artistic career.
Throughout the feeble adventures, the script lacks the connective tissue that explain how a character stranded in China suddenly materializes in San Francisco or how, having missed a boat in New York, the intrepid heroes suddenly wind up on that very same boat sailing for England. Similarly, characters change from imbecile to clever depending on a particular sequence's needs. The key problem is this: If you are going to rewrite one of the most imaginative adventure novelists ever, you cannot substitute such lame situations and tedious characters as the three Davids do.
Todd coined the expression "cameo" to describe the more than 40 brief appearances by stars and celebrities of the day in his "Around the World". Here the success of these cameos is in inverse relationship to the amount of screen time affording the celebrity. Richard Branson turning up as a guy tending a hot-air balloon is worth a chuckle. Arnold Schwarzenegger as a Turkish prince in an extended and unnecessary sequence is borderline grotesque. Seldom has an actor looked more in need of a career change.
The movie contains one inventive sequence: A fight breaks out at an Impressionists exhibition. As Chan defends himself against a horde of Chinese assassins amid paint buckets, a canvas behind him gets pummeled and spattered until -- voila! -- it becomes an Impressionist painting. Alas, this kind of wit swiftly evaporates. Mostly, the film traffics in cheap sets -- an Indian sequence created in Thailand compares unfavorably with the sets in Bob Hope/Bing Crosby road pictures -- to seriously awful acting from usually decent performers such as Broadbent and Ewen Bremner.
De France has plenty of charm and at times makes you forget the awful dialogue and lame bits. Coogan plays a British twit who falls somewhere between Hugh Grant and Peter Cook. Chan works hard, but this is one of his least inspired performances.
Production values overall are poor. The constant swing between real and fake sets establishes no tone for the comedy. The music begins with a theme reminiscent of John Williams' "Star Wars" and concludes with the Walt Disney Co. inserting "It's a Small World" by the Baha Men over the end titles. Ouch! Visual effects by Rhythm & Hues and Jim Henson's Creature Shop are uneven.
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS
Buena Vista Pictures
Walt Disney Pictures and Walden Media
Credits:
Director: Frank Coraci
Screenwriters: David Titcher, David Benullo, David Goldstein
Based on the novel by: Jules Verne
Producers: Hal Lieberman, Bill Badalato
Executive producers: Jackie Chan, Willie Chan
Solon So, Alex Schwartz, Phyllis Alia
Director of photography: Phil Meheux
Production designer: Perry Andelin Blake
Music: Trevor Jones
Co-producers: Henning Molfenter, Thierry Potok
Costume designer: Anna Sheppard
Editor: Tom Lewis
Cast:
Passepartot/Lau Xing: Jackie Chan
Phileas Fogg: Steve Coogan
Lord Kelvin: Jim Broadbent
Prince Hapi: Arnold Schwarzenegger
Monique La Roche: Cecile de France
Inspector Fox: Ewen Bremner
General Fang: Karen Joy Morris
Hobo: Rob Schneider
Queen Victoria: Kathy Bates
MPAA rating PG
Running time -- 120 minutes...
Why the latest Jackie Chan movie is called "Around the World in 80 Days" is a mystery. Better to call it "Lau Xing and the Jade Buddha". Any resemblance between Jules Verne's marvelous science fiction novel or Mike Todd's enjoyable 1956 movie is pure happenstance. This is simply a Jackie Chan movie pitched to youngsters who enjoy slapstick fights and goofy caricatures. When Verne's hero, stalwart British sporting gentleman Phileas Fogg, gets turned into a second banana to his French valet played by Chan, and Indian Princess Aouda and her dramatic rescue by Fogg get replaced by a French hat-check girl, you know the filmmakers have pretty much chucked old Jules out the window.
Which would be all right if the all-David writing team of David Titcher, David Benullo and David Goldstein sticks to any coherent story or director Frank Coraci ("The Waterboy") establishes a consistent tone. Instead, the film meanders between lackluster fights and overly broad comedy, some embarrassingly bad. This "Around the World" will have a tough time appealing to general audiences because the comedy is juvenile and the action largely uninspired.
In this incarnation, Fogg (British TV comedy vet Steve Coogan) is a turn-of-the-century inventor of "future retro" gadgets. Fogg makes a bet that he can circumnavigate the world in 80 days with the head of the Royal Academy of Science (Jim Broadbent). This serves as mere backdrop to the story of Lau Xing (Chan), who burgles the Bank of England to re-acquire a jade Buddha stolen from his village by a gang of bandits led by General Fang (actress-singer Karen Joy Morris).
Lau hitches a ride with Fogg, figuring this will be his quickest way home. That Fogg, supposedly one of the brainiest men in Britain, would believe Chan to be a French valet is fairly consistent with the lackadaisical style of the screenplay. Another addition to the group picked up in Paris is Monique (pert Cecile de France), who figures a world tour will help her nascent artistic career.
Throughout the feeble adventures, the script lacks the connective tissue that explain how a character stranded in China suddenly materializes in San Francisco or how, having missed a boat in New York, the intrepid heroes suddenly wind up on that very same boat sailing for England. Similarly, characters change from imbecile to clever depending on a particular sequence's needs. The key problem is this: If you are going to rewrite one of the most imaginative adventure novelists ever, you cannot substitute such lame situations and tedious characters as the three Davids do.
Todd coined the expression "cameo" to describe the more than 40 brief appearances by stars and celebrities of the day in his "Around the World". Here the success of these cameos is in inverse relationship to the amount of screen time affording the celebrity. Richard Branson turning up as a guy tending a hot-air balloon is worth a chuckle. Arnold Schwarzenegger as a Turkish prince in an extended and unnecessary sequence is borderline grotesque. Seldom has an actor looked more in need of a career change.
The movie contains one inventive sequence: A fight breaks out at an Impressionists exhibition. As Chan defends himself against a horde of Chinese assassins amid paint buckets, a canvas behind him gets pummeled and spattered until -- voila! -- it becomes an Impressionist painting. Alas, this kind of wit swiftly evaporates. Mostly, the film traffics in cheap sets -- an Indian sequence created in Thailand compares unfavorably with the sets in Bob Hope/Bing Crosby road pictures -- to seriously awful acting from usually decent performers such as Broadbent and Ewen Bremner.
De France has plenty of charm and at times makes you forget the awful dialogue and lame bits. Coogan plays a British twit who falls somewhere between Hugh Grant and Peter Cook. Chan works hard, but this is one of his least inspired performances.
Production values overall are poor. The constant swing between real and fake sets establishes no tone for the comedy. The music begins with a theme reminiscent of John Williams' "Star Wars" and concludes with the Walt Disney Co. inserting "It's a Small World" by the Baha Men over the end titles. Ouch! Visual effects by Rhythm & Hues and Jim Henson's Creature Shop are uneven.
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS
Buena Vista Pictures
Walt Disney Pictures and Walden Media
Credits:
Director: Frank Coraci
Screenwriters: David Titcher, David Benullo, David Goldstein
Based on the novel by: Jules Verne
Producers: Hal Lieberman, Bill Badalato
Executive producers: Jackie Chan, Willie Chan
Solon So, Alex Schwartz, Phyllis Alia
Director of photography: Phil Meheux
Production designer: Perry Andelin Blake
Music: Trevor Jones
Co-producers: Henning Molfenter, Thierry Potok
Costume designer: Anna Sheppard
Editor: Tom Lewis
Cast:
Passepartot/Lau Xing: Jackie Chan
Phileas Fogg: Steve Coogan
Lord Kelvin: Jim Broadbent
Prince Hapi: Arnold Schwarzenegger
Monique La Roche: Cecile de France
Inspector Fox: Ewen Bremner
General Fang: Karen Joy Morris
Hobo: Rob Schneider
Queen Victoria: Kathy Bates
MPAA rating PG
Running time -- 120 minutes...
Which would be all right if the all-David writing team of David Titcher, David Benullo and David Goldstein sticks to any coherent story or director Frank Coraci ("The Waterboy") establishes a consistent tone. Instead, the film meanders between lackluster fights and overly broad comedy, some embarrassingly bad. This "Around the World" will have a tough time appealing to general audiences because the comedy is juvenile and the action largely uninspired.
In this incarnation, Fogg (British TV comedy vet Steve Coogan) is a turn-of-the-century inventor of "future retro" gadgets. Fogg makes a bet that he can circumnavigate the world in 80 days with the head of the Royal Academy of Science (Jim Broadbent). This serves as mere backdrop to the story of Lau Xing (Chan), who burgles the Bank of England to re-acquire a jade Buddha stolen from his village by a gang of bandits led by General Fang (actress-singer Karen Joy Morris).
Lau hitches a ride with Fogg, figuring this will be his quickest way home. That Fogg, supposedly one of the brainiest men in Britain, would believe Chan to be a French valet is fairly consistent with the lackadaisical style of the screenplay. Another addition to the group picked up in Paris is Monique (pert Cecile de France), who figures a world tour will help her nascent artistic career.
Throughout the feeble adventures, the script lacks the connective tissue that explain how a character stranded in China suddenly materializes in San Francisco or how, having missed a boat in New York, the intrepid heroes suddenly wind up on that very same boat sailing for England. Similarly, characters change from imbecile to clever depending on a particular sequence's needs. The key problem is this: If you are going to rewrite one of the most imaginative adventure novelists ever, you cannot substitute such lame situations and tedious characters as the three Davids do.
Todd coined the expression "cameo" to describe the more than 40 brief appearances by stars and celebrities of the day in his "Around the World". Here the success of these cameos is in inverse relationship to the amount of screen time affording the celebrity. Richard Branson turning up as a guy tending a hot-air balloon is worth a chuckle. Arnold Schwarzenegger as a Turkish prince in an extended and unnecessary sequence is borderline grotesque. Seldom has an actor looked more in need of a career change.
The movie contains one inventive sequence: A fight breaks out at an Impressionists exhibition. As Chan defends himself against a horde of Chinese assassins amid paint buckets, a canvas behind him gets pummeled and spattered until -- voila! -- it becomes an Impressionist painting. Alas, this kind of wit swiftly evaporates. Mostly, the film traffics in cheap sets -- an Indian sequence created in Thailand compares unfavorably with the sets in Bob Hope/Bing Crosby road pictures -- to seriously awful acting from usually decent performers such as Broadbent and Ewen Bremner.
De France has plenty of charm and at times makes you forget the awful dialogue and lame bits. Coogan plays a British twit who falls somewhere between Hugh Grant and Peter Cook. Chan works hard, but this is one of his least inspired performances.
Production values overall are poor. The constant swing between real and fake sets establishes no tone for the comedy. The music begins with a theme reminiscent of John Williams' "Star Wars" and concludes with the Walt Disney Co. inserting "It's a Small World" by the Baha Men over the end titles. Ouch! Visual effects by Rhythm & Hues and Jim Henson's Creature Shop are uneven.
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS
Buena Vista Pictures
Walt Disney Pictures and Walden Media
Credits:
Director: Frank Coraci
Screenwriters: David Titcher, David Benullo, David Goldstein
Based on the novel by: Jules Verne
Producers: Hal Lieberman, Bill Badalato
Executive producers: Jackie Chan, Willie Chan
Solon So, Alex Schwartz, Phyllis Alia
Director of photography: Phil Meheux
Production designer: Perry Andelin Blake
Music: Trevor Jones
Co-producers: Henning Molfenter, Thierry Potok
Costume designer: Anna Sheppard
Editor: Tom Lewis
Cast:
Passepartot/Lau Xing: Jackie Chan
Phileas Fogg: Steve Coogan
Lord Kelvin: Jim Broadbent
Prince Hapi: Arnold Schwarzenegger
Monique La Roche: Cecile de France
Inspector Fox: Ewen Bremner
General Fang: Karen Joy Morris
Hobo: Rob Schneider
Queen Victoria: Kathy Bates
MPAA rating PG
Running time -- 120 minutes...
- 6/16/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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