Friday, September 15, 2006
The first image from Blue Sky's next feature, Horton Hears a Who, based on a Dr. Seuss character.
Jim Carrey and Steve Carell provide the primary voices for the big-screen adaptation of Horton Hears a Who!, and here is its first look:
"Carrey, who is doing his first voice for an animated film, will play Horton, an elephant who hears the cries from a tiny civilization living on a speck of dust. Carell will play the mayor of Who-ville.
Horton Hears a Who, due March 14, 2008, will be the third film adaptation of a book by Ted Geisel, aka Dr. Seuss. And so far, the ventures have been money in the hat, er, bag.
How the Grinch Stole Christmas, also starring Carrey, raked in a cool $260 million in 2000. In 2003, The Cat in the Hat, starring Mike Myers, did $101 million.
Both films, however, took heat from some critics and fans for employing live action as opposed to the traditional animation that made both stories hits on television in the late 1960s and early '70s.
Chris Meledandri, head of 20th Century Fox's animated division, says that Horton will not employ any live action, though it will use computer-generated animation by Blue Sky Studios, which also did Ice Age.
"I certainly was aware of some fan criticism that had occurred" with the live-action films, Meledandri says. "But this will be all animated, and true to the style of Ted Geisel. I think our (animation) and our artists will transport an audience into this man's imagination in a way that hasn't been done before."
"That's the most important thing in getting his story right."
- source "USA TODAY"
Wicked! I thought that the real life movies where shit. I watched "The Grinch" where carry as usual give his goofy face preformance and hand gestures accompaniment with awkward noises. It had the style but they got to hung up in the story and dident use the enviroment to its advantage. Ohh, how I wished Burton could have done that one.. And "The cat in the hat" I just scrolled trough. All in all I think that 3d/animation is the way to go with this new "Seuss" movie and Im really looking forward to it. Especially since its a well known firm as Blue Sky thats taking care of it.. yay!
"Carrey, who is doing his first voice for an animated film, will play Horton, an elephant who hears the cries from a tiny civilization living on a speck of dust. Carell will play the mayor of Who-ville.
Horton Hears a Who, due March 14, 2008, will be the third film adaptation of a book by Ted Geisel, aka Dr. Seuss. And so far, the ventures have been money in the hat, er, bag.
How the Grinch Stole Christmas, also starring Carrey, raked in a cool $260 million in 2000. In 2003, The Cat in the Hat, starring Mike Myers, did $101 million.
Both films, however, took heat from some critics and fans for employing live action as opposed to the traditional animation that made both stories hits on television in the late 1960s and early '70s.
Chris Meledandri, head of 20th Century Fox's animated division, says that Horton will not employ any live action, though it will use computer-generated animation by Blue Sky Studios, which also did Ice Age.
"I certainly was aware of some fan criticism that had occurred" with the live-action films, Meledandri says. "But this will be all animated, and true to the style of Ted Geisel. I think our (animation) and our artists will transport an audience into this man's imagination in a way that hasn't been done before."
"That's the most important thing in getting his story right."
- source "USA TODAY"
Wicked! I thought that the real life movies where shit. I watched "The Grinch" where carry as usual give his goofy face preformance and hand gestures accompaniment with awkward noises. It had the style but they got to hung up in the story and dident use the enviroment to its advantage. Ohh, how I wished Burton could have done that one.. And "The cat in the hat" I just scrolled trough. All in all I think that 3d/animation is the way to go with this new "Seuss" movie and Im really looking forward to it. Especially since its a well known firm as Blue Sky thats taking care of it.. yay!
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