Joseph Baxter Oct 15, 2019
The animated revival of classic TV series The Addams Family is getting a sequel immediately after its profitable holiday weekend debut.
The Addams Family 2 is already set for more kooky, spooky and most likely ooky animated hijinks on the big screen, with the revival film coming off a successful Columbus Day weekend take at the box office. Moreover, the quickly-ordered sequel movie is already set to arrive in the Halloween season of 2021!
While the October 11 release of The Addams Family bowed just below the second week dominance of DC/Warner's buzz-heavy Joker, its holiday weekend opening nevertheless earned a 4-day total of $35 million; an immediately auspicious number for the $40 million-budgeted animated feature. Consequently, the studio collective of MGM and Uar didn’t need to take too much time in planning the sequel, with Deadline reporting on the early order, which also comes with a specific release date.
The animated revival of classic TV series The Addams Family is getting a sequel immediately after its profitable holiday weekend debut.
The Addams Family 2 is already set for more kooky, spooky and most likely ooky animated hijinks on the big screen, with the revival film coming off a successful Columbus Day weekend take at the box office. Moreover, the quickly-ordered sequel movie is already set to arrive in the Halloween season of 2021!
While the October 11 release of The Addams Family bowed just below the second week dominance of DC/Warner's buzz-heavy Joker, its holiday weekend opening nevertheless earned a 4-day total of $35 million; an immediately auspicious number for the $40 million-budgeted animated feature. Consequently, the studio collective of MGM and Uar didn’t need to take too much time in planning the sequel, with Deadline reporting on the early order, which also comes with a specific release date.
- 10/15/2019
- Den of Geek
They’re creepy and they’re kooky, and they’re coming to theaters next fall. On Tuesday, MGM President Jonathan Glickman revealed the famous voices behind the studio’s upcoming animated remake of “The Addams Family.” Oscar Issac and Academy Award-winner Charlize Theron (“Monster”) will lead the cast, collaborating for the first time as spouses Gomez and Morticia Addams.
Playing their dour progeny are Chloë Grace Moretz (Wednesday Addams), star of this year’s Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner “The Miseducation of Cameron Post,” and “Stranger Things” regular Finn Wolfhard (Pugsley Addams). Rounding out the mansion on Cemetery Lane are Uncle Fester (Nick Kroll) and Grandmama.
Charles Addams first published his namesake cartoon family in 1938 in The New Yorker, where they continued to appear for 50 years. This film will introduce a new villainess, reality TV makeover host Margaux Needler, who is “consumed with a desire for absolute suburban, pastel perfection,...
Playing their dour progeny are Chloë Grace Moretz (Wednesday Addams), star of this year’s Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner “The Miseducation of Cameron Post,” and “Stranger Things” regular Finn Wolfhard (Pugsley Addams). Rounding out the mansion on Cemetery Lane are Uncle Fester (Nick Kroll) and Grandmama.
Charles Addams first published his namesake cartoon family in 1938 in The New Yorker, where they continued to appear for 50 years. This film will introduce a new villainess, reality TV makeover host Margaux Needler, who is “consumed with a desire for absolute suburban, pastel perfection,...
- 6/5/2018
- by Jenna Marotta
- Indiewire
MGM has been developing an animated feature film adaptation of The Addams Family and it looks like they have found the perfect actor to play Gomez Addams. According to The Tracking Board, Oscar Isaac is in negotiations for the role. Isaac, who also plays Poe Dameron in the new Star Wars films, is the perfect actor to take on the character. He's so perfect that I wish he was playing the live-action version of the character!
The film is being directed by Conrad Vernon (Sausage Party) from a screenplay written by Pamela Pettler (Corpse Bride). The project seems to have a great and talented team behind it, so there's a chance that this could actually turn out to be a fun movie.
There is currently no info on any casting for Morticia, Wednesday, Pugsley, Lurch or Uncle Fester yet, but once the deal with Isaac closes, I'm sure the rest...
The film is being directed by Conrad Vernon (Sausage Party) from a screenplay written by Pamela Pettler (Corpse Bride). The project seems to have a great and talented team behind it, so there's a chance that this could actually turn out to be a fun movie.
There is currently no info on any casting for Morticia, Wednesday, Pugsley, Lurch or Uncle Fester yet, but once the deal with Isaac closes, I'm sure the rest...
- 12/18/2017
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
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
Most of the time the internet is at war, but on rare occasions everyone is able to agree on something: one of those things is the fact that Oscar Isaac would make a perfect Gomez Addams in a new adaptation of The Addams Family. Now, proving that if you wish hard enough dreams do come true, the latest word on the grapevine has it that this is really happening.
Tracking Board is reporting that the Star Wars actor is currently in talks to voice the Addams family patriarch in the upcoming animated movie, which was announced the other month. Production on the film is currently underway in Vancouver, with Sausage Party director Conrad Vernon helming the project for MGM. Corpse Bride‘s Pamela Pettler wrote the script, with revisions by Matt Lieberman.
There’s no word just yet on who could play the rest of the ooky, kooky family, but...
Tracking Board is reporting that the Star Wars actor is currently in talks to voice the Addams family patriarch in the upcoming animated movie, which was announced the other month. Production on the film is currently underway in Vancouver, with Sausage Party director Conrad Vernon helming the project for MGM. Corpse Bride‘s Pamela Pettler wrote the script, with revisions by Matt Lieberman.
There’s no word just yet on who could play the rest of the ooky, kooky family, but...
- 12/16/2017
- by Christian Bone
- We Got This Covered
MGM’s animated take on The Addams Family, a CG feature film that has been in the works the past four years, is finally ramping up. A week after Sausage Party co-director Conrad Vernon was set as director, Cinesite Studios has come aboard to provide animation and digital visual effects ad has started production in Vancouver. Pamela Pettler (Corpse Bride, Monster House) penned the script based on the cartoon series, with Matt Lieberman handling revisions. Vernon will also…...
- 10/26/2017
- Deadline
A movie reboot of The Addams Family has long been in the works. For years, the plan was for Tim Burton – natch – to direct a stop-motion film featuring the ooky, kooky brood. However, once he vacated the project back in 2014, things stalled. Word has it, though, that it’s being reignited as a CGI flick from MGM. Conrad Vernon, the co-director of the R-rated Sausage Party, is set to helm, working off a script from Pamela Pettler (Corpse Bride, Monster House).
While that’s all well and good, the internet still has its heart set on a live-action movie. Social media users have even collectively agreed on the perfect actors to resurrect Gomez and Morticia: Oscar Isaac and Eva Green. The idea has been doing the rounds online for a while, but now, Boss Logic has set his digital art skills into imagining what such a film would look like,...
While that’s all well and good, the internet still has its heart set on a live-action movie. Social media users have even collectively agreed on the perfect actors to resurrect Gomez and Morticia: Oscar Isaac and Eva Green. The idea has been doing the rounds online for a while, but now, Boss Logic has set his digital art skills into imagining what such a film would look like,...
- 10/13/2017
- by Christian Bone
- We Got This Covered
We Are Unsatisfied: Billy Crystal (above) and Ben Schwartz (TV's House of Lies) will star in We Are Unsatisfied. The comedy revolves around a struggling comedian (Schwartz) who must move home to New York, where he makes a new friend in his alcoholic dermatologist (Crystal). Matt Ratner will make his directorial debut. [Deadline] The Addams Family: Conrad Vernon, who codirected the raunchy animated comedy Sausage Party (above), has been tapped to helm The Addams Family. Based on illustrations by cartoonist Charles Addams, Pamela Pettler (Corpse Bride) and Matt Lieberman wrote the screenplay for the new animated feature. [THR] Call Me By Your Name Clip: In a new clip from Call Me By Your Name, Armie Hammer dances up a storm. Hammer plays a graduate...
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- 10/13/2017
- by Peter Martin
- Movies.com
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
MGM is developing an animated feature film adaptation of The Addams Family and they have hired Sausage Party co-director Conrad Vernon to helm the film. I grew up watching The original Addams Family series and I also enjoyed the silly live-action films. I'm a fan of the property and I think there's some great potential for an animated film.
The Addams family was created by The New Yorker by cartoonist Charles Addams and it started out as simple single-panel gag illustrations.
The premise revolved around taking the American family ideal and giving it a morbid and satirical spin. The parents were named Gomez and Morticia, their children named Wednesday and Pugsley. Also in the household were Uncle Fester and Grandmama, plus their imposing butler Lurch. And not to be forgotten: Thing, a disembodied hand, and Cousin Itt, a being covered in long hair.
The script for the film was written by Pamela Pettler (Corpse Bride,...
The Addams family was created by The New Yorker by cartoonist Charles Addams and it started out as simple single-panel gag illustrations.
The premise revolved around taking the American family ideal and giving it a morbid and satirical spin. The parents were named Gomez and Morticia, their children named Wednesday and Pugsley. Also in the household were Uncle Fester and Grandmama, plus their imposing butler Lurch. And not to be forgotten: Thing, a disembodied hand, and Cousin Itt, a being covered in long hair.
The script for the film was written by Pamela Pettler (Corpse Bride,...
- 10/13/2017
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Ryan Lambie Oct 13, 2017
The director of Sausage Party has reportedly boarded the animated reboot of The Addams Family...
They're creepy, they're kooky, and obviously, altogether ooky. But for over 20 years now, The Addams Family has remained firmly away from the silver screen - the last we saw of America's spookiest (fictional) family was 1993's sequel, Addams Family Values.
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Thanks to MGM, however, Morticia, Gomez and their unholy offspring will be making a triumphant return over the next couple of years - albeit in animated form. Word of the reboot has bubbled away for some time now, but it looks as though things are moving forward: The Hollywood Reporter has revealed the news that Conrad Vernon, best known as the director of Sausage Party, will be overseeing the project.
For the new movie, the...
The director of Sausage Party has reportedly boarded the animated reboot of The Addams Family...
They're creepy, they're kooky, and obviously, altogether ooky. But for over 20 years now, The Addams Family has remained firmly away from the silver screen - the last we saw of America's spookiest (fictional) family was 1993's sequel, Addams Family Values.
See related Is Saw's Jigsaw horror's biggest douchebag? Saw: looking back at the entire franchise in 24 hours
Thanks to MGM, however, Morticia, Gomez and their unholy offspring will be making a triumphant return over the next couple of years - albeit in animated form. Word of the reboot has bubbled away for some time now, but it looks as though things are moving forward: The Hollywood Reporter has revealed the news that Conrad Vernon, best known as the director of Sausage Party, will be overseeing the project.
For the new movie, the...
- 10/13/2017
- Den of Geek
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Jj Abrams is going from the worlds of Star Wars and Star Wars to, er, flamingos...
Whilst Jj Abrams has already journeyed through a universe of special effects of late, directing Star Wars: The Force Awakens, producing Star Trek Beyond, and overseeing production of Star Wars: Episode VIII, animated features were alien to him. At least until now.
Abrams will be producing The Flamingo Affair, an animated comedy whose details are still mainly under wraps. What we do know is that there will definitely be flamingoes. Feathers are going to fly in the film, that follows a heist involving a tangle of long pink necks and longer pink legs.
Abrams will produce under his Bad Robot label, with Jon Cohen and Annie Laks overseeing for Paramount Animation. This newer branch of Paramount (which came into being after Dreamworks parted ways with the studio in 2012) is known so...
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Jj Abrams is going from the worlds of Star Wars and Star Wars to, er, flamingos...
Whilst Jj Abrams has already journeyed through a universe of special effects of late, directing Star Wars: The Force Awakens, producing Star Trek Beyond, and overseeing production of Star Wars: Episode VIII, animated features were alien to him. At least until now.
Abrams will be producing The Flamingo Affair, an animated comedy whose details are still mainly under wraps. What we do know is that there will definitely be flamingoes. Feathers are going to fly in the film, that follows a heist involving a tangle of long pink necks and longer pink legs.
Abrams will produce under his Bad Robot label, with Jon Cohen and Annie Laks overseeing for Paramount Animation. This newer branch of Paramount (which came into being after Dreamworks parted ways with the studio in 2012) is known so...
- 6/30/2016
- Den of Geek
Community's Rob Schrab will direct the Lego Movie sequel.
Warner Bros Pictures has announced that the original movie's filmmakers Phil Lord and Christopher Miller are stepping back from directing duties, but will still write the screenplay and produce.
The Lego Movie 2 set four years after first film
Schrab has an extensive television directing background, most notably working on Community, Parks and Recreation, The Mindy Project and The Sarah Silverman Programme.
The writer-director also created the cult comic Scud: The Disposable Assassin, and wrote the animated film Monster House with Community creator Dan Harmon and Pamela Pettler.
Lord and Miller announced Schrab's hiring: "We are so excited to collaborate with Rob. He is a comedy genius, a visual savant, and we have been stalking him for years.
"No-one works harder than Rob, and his aesthetic, combined with his sense of humour, bring a strong, unique, thoughtful, and passionately nerdy voice to this project.
Warner Bros Pictures has announced that the original movie's filmmakers Phil Lord and Christopher Miller are stepping back from directing duties, but will still write the screenplay and produce.
The Lego Movie 2 set four years after first film
Schrab has an extensive television directing background, most notably working on Community, Parks and Recreation, The Mindy Project and The Sarah Silverman Programme.
The writer-director also created the cult comic Scud: The Disposable Assassin, and wrote the animated film Monster House with Community creator Dan Harmon and Pamela Pettler.
Lord and Miller announced Schrab's hiring: "We are so excited to collaborate with Rob. He is a comedy genius, a visual savant, and we have been stalking him for years.
"No-one works harder than Rob, and his aesthetic, combined with his sense of humour, bring a strong, unique, thoughtful, and passionately nerdy voice to this project.
- 2/25/2015
- Digital Spy
Fans of "The Addams Family" are getting a Halloween treat: MGM has announced that the spooky clan will get another big screen adaptation.
This time, the "Addams" story will be animated, with MGM in final negotiations with BermanBraun to produce the project. "Corpse Bride" writer Pamela Pettler will pen the screenplay.
"The Addams Family" was first introduced in a comic strip written by Charles Addams, some of which ran in The New Yorker from 1938 until 1988. The strips were also adapted into a TV comedy that ran from 1964 to 1966, and had several other small screen iterations before hitting the big screen in a pair of Barry Sonnenfeld-directed films in 1991 and 1993.
Variety reports that a previously-planned Tim Burton-directed stop-motion "Addams" adaptation has since been scrapped. We're glad MGM is sticking with animation for this new project; it seems to be the perfect medium for the creepy and kooky family.
Plus,...
This time, the "Addams" story will be animated, with MGM in final negotiations with BermanBraun to produce the project. "Corpse Bride" writer Pamela Pettler will pen the screenplay.
"The Addams Family" was first introduced in a comic strip written by Charles Addams, some of which ran in The New Yorker from 1938 until 1988. The strips were also adapted into a TV comedy that ran from 1964 to 1966, and had several other small screen iterations before hitting the big screen in a pair of Barry Sonnenfeld-directed films in 1991 and 1993.
Variety reports that a previously-planned Tim Burton-directed stop-motion "Addams" adaptation has since been scrapped. We're glad MGM is sticking with animation for this new project; it seems to be the perfect medium for the creepy and kooky family.
Plus,...
- 11/3/2013
- by Katie Roberts
- Moviefone
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. adds lesbian agent, Vicious comes to PBS, Josh Hutcherson to host Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live has announced that Lady Gaga will be the host and musical guest on November 11, while pint-sized hunk and giant-sized ally Josh Hutcherson will take over the hosting duties on November 23.
Orson Scott Card: Mentor, Friend, Bigot. My favorite bit of this is “Card’s hate has come to color my experience of his fiction — as, I think, it should. Neither fiction nor its creators exist in a vacuum; nor is the choice to consume art or support an artist morally neutral. Orson Scott Card is monstrously homophobic; he’s racist; he advocates violence and lobbies against fundamental human rights and equates criticism of those stances with his own hate speech.” Which is the best explanation I could give Gavin Hood or Harrison Ford.
Speaking of Orson Scott Card,...
Saturday Night Live has announced that Lady Gaga will be the host and musical guest on November 11, while pint-sized hunk and giant-sized ally Josh Hutcherson will take over the hosting duties on November 23.
Orson Scott Card: Mentor, Friend, Bigot. My favorite bit of this is “Card’s hate has come to color my experience of his fiction — as, I think, it should. Neither fiction nor its creators exist in a vacuum; nor is the choice to consume art or support an artist morally neutral. Orson Scott Card is monstrously homophobic; he’s racist; he advocates violence and lobbies against fundamental human rights and equates criticism of those stances with his own hate speech.” Which is the best explanation I could give Gavin Hood or Harrison Ford.
Speaking of Orson Scott Card,...
- 11/1/2013
- by Ed Kennedy
- The Backlot
MGM has announced that it's working on "The Addams Family" reboot, but this time, the plan is to make an animated movie. Pamela Pettler, who provided scripts for "Corpse Bride" and "Monster House," has been hired to write the screenplay. "The Addams Family" originated in 150 single panel cartoons by creator Charles Addams, about half of which were published in The New Yorker between 1938 and Addams' death in 1988. The characters became famous due to the ABC's sitcom, which ran for two seasons between 1964 and 1966 and led to several other TV series, two Paramount live-action films and most recently a Broadway musical. Illumination company had been developing a Tim Burton-directed, stop-motion "The Addams Family" movie, but disclosed earlier this year that it had abandoned the project.
- 11/1/2013
- WorstPreviews.com
(Cbr) Charles Addams’ creepy and kooky comic creation the Addams Family is being revived again for the big screen — this time in animated form. Variety reports that MGM is tying up a deal with media company BermanBraun for the macabre movie, which will be written by Pamela Pettler ("Corpse Bride", "Monster House"). A stop-motion adaptation based on Addams’ original drawings was previously in the works at Illumination Entertainment, with Tim Burton set to co-write and co-produce, but that was revealed in July to be canceled. The Addams Family — at its core Gomez, Morticia, Uncle Fester, Wednesday, Pugsley, Lurch and...
- 10/31/2013
- by Kevin Melrose, Comic Book Resources
- Hitfix
It's been a long time since we've heard anything new about The Addams Family, who have been brought to life many times over the years, starring in live-action TV shows, animated series, films and even a Broadway musical. What's next for Gomez, Morticia and the gang? Read on!
Just in time for Halloween, Variety reports that MGM is in final negotiations to produce an animated feature film based on Charles Addams' creations, which will be written by Pamela Pettler. Pettler knows a little something about family-friendly horror, having previous penned both Corpse Bride and Monster House.
This project replaces a previously announced Tim Burton-directed stop-motion animated Addams Family movie, which was ditched earlier this year.
We will of course impart more details as we learn them!
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Just in time for Halloween, Variety reports that MGM is in final negotiations to produce an animated feature film based on Charles Addams' creations, which will be written by Pamela Pettler. Pettler knows a little something about family-friendly horror, having previous penned both Corpse Bride and Monster House.
This project replaces a previously announced Tim Burton-directed stop-motion animated Addams Family movie, which was ditched earlier this year.
We will of course impart more details as we learn them!
Visit The Evilshop @ Amazon!
Got news? Click here to submit it!
Be kooky in the comments section below!
- 10/31/2013
- by John Squires
- DreadCentral.com
The Addams Family is to return in a new animated movie, it has been announced.
MGM are in final negotiations with BermanBraun's Gail Berman and Lloyd Braun to produce a new version of the spooky folk, based on the original cartoons by Charles Addams.
Corpse Bride and Monster House's Pamela Pettler has signed up to write the screenplay.
The Addams Family was originally a single panel cartoon series by Addams, which were published in The New Yorker between 1938 and Addams's death in 1988.
ABC later produced a sitcom version from 1964 to 1966, spawning other TV shows, two live-action movies and a Broadway musical over the decades.
Tim Burton was in line to direct a stop-motion version of the series, but the project was cancelled earlier this year.
Watch a trailer for the 1991 movie below:...
MGM are in final negotiations with BermanBraun's Gail Berman and Lloyd Braun to produce a new version of the spooky folk, based on the original cartoons by Charles Addams.
Corpse Bride and Monster House's Pamela Pettler has signed up to write the screenplay.
The Addams Family was originally a single panel cartoon series by Addams, which were published in The New Yorker between 1938 and Addams's death in 1988.
ABC later produced a sitcom version from 1964 to 1966, spawning other TV shows, two live-action movies and a Broadway musical over the decades.
Tim Burton was in line to direct a stop-motion version of the series, but the project was cancelled earlier this year.
Watch a trailer for the 1991 movie below:...
- 10/31/2013
- Digital Spy
MGM is currently in negotiations with the good folks at BermanBraun, Gail Berman and Lloyd Braun to bring back The Addams Family. Pamela Pettler, who has plenty of experience with family-friendly horror in the form of Corpse Bride and Monster House, is pegged to write the screenplay for the animated film.
The Addams Family is probably the archetypical Tim Burton project, being creepy and kooky, mysterious and spooky, and altogether ooky – that’s Tim Burton’s speciality. Despite the fact that the director was working on an adaption of his own, which seems to have collapsed, he won’t be involved in this particular Addams Family project, unfortunately.
It might be that he’s too busy, given that he’s prepping the distinctly un-Burton Big Eyes, his upcoming biopic of American artist Walter Keane. Maybe he’s branching out and going for something different? Who knows, but it’s confirmed...
The Addams Family is probably the archetypical Tim Burton project, being creepy and kooky, mysterious and spooky, and altogether ooky – that’s Tim Burton’s speciality. Despite the fact that the director was working on an adaption of his own, which seems to have collapsed, he won’t be involved in this particular Addams Family project, unfortunately.
It might be that he’s too busy, given that he’s prepping the distinctly un-Burton Big Eyes, his upcoming biopic of American artist Walter Keane. Maybe he’s branching out and going for something different? Who knows, but it’s confirmed...
- 10/31/2013
- by Rob Batchelor
- We Got This Covered
Mike Cecchini Apr 9, 2019
The Addams Family will return in a new animated movie, with Oscar Isaac as the voice of Gomez and a terrific cast!
MGM has long been developing an Addams Family animated movie, but there hasn't been much (if any) movement on the project in recent years. That's about to change, with a new animated movie coming from Conrad Vernon, the co-director of Sausage Party as well as Shrek 2 and others. Pamela Pettler, who has some experience with the macabre in animation with Corpse Bride and Monster House, is writing.
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The voice cast is spectacular, too. Oscar Isaac is Gomez, with Charlize Theron as Morticia. Chloe Grace Moretz is Wednesday, Finn Wolfhard is Pugsley Addams, Nick Kroll is Uncle Fester, and Bette Midler is Grandma. The villain, Margaux Needler, will be voiced by Allison Janney.
The Addams Family will return in a new animated movie, with Oscar Isaac as the voice of Gomez and a terrific cast!
MGM has long been developing an Addams Family animated movie, but there hasn't been much (if any) movement on the project in recent years. That's about to change, with a new animated movie coming from Conrad Vernon, the co-director of Sausage Party as well as Shrek 2 and others. Pamela Pettler, who has some experience with the macabre in animation with Corpse Bride and Monster House, is writing.
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The voice cast is spectacular, too. Oscar Isaac is Gomez, with Charlize Theron as Morticia. Chloe Grace Moretz is Wednesday, Finn Wolfhard is Pugsley Addams, Nick Kroll is Uncle Fester, and Bette Midler is Grandma. The villain, Margaux Needler, will be voiced by Allison Janney.
- 10/31/2013
- Den of Geek
MGM is in final negotiations with Gail Berman and Lloyd Braun to produce an animated film based on Charles Addams' classic "Addams Family" cartoons.
The classic cartoon originated in single panel cartoons which were published in The New Yorker over a fifty year timeframe. The characters became famous due to the classic 1960s sitcom along with the early 1990s feature films.
Pamela Pettler ("Corpse Bride," "Monster House") has been signed to write the screenplay for the film which Andrew Mittman and Kevin Miserocchi will executive produce.
Illumination Entertainment had been developing a Tim Burton-helmed, stop-motion "Addams Family" film, but that project was dropped a while ago.
Source: Variety...
The classic cartoon originated in single panel cartoons which were published in The New Yorker over a fifty year timeframe. The characters became famous due to the classic 1960s sitcom along with the early 1990s feature films.
Pamela Pettler ("Corpse Bride," "Monster House") has been signed to write the screenplay for the film which Andrew Mittman and Kevin Miserocchi will executive produce.
Illumination Entertainment had been developing a Tim Burton-helmed, stop-motion "Addams Family" film, but that project was dropped a while ago.
Source: Variety...
- 10/31/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
While television and film are saturated with saccharine modern families and – ugh – morality, it’s nice to remember that there exists one brooding brood that has withstood the test of time. Charles Addams’ dark and delightful The Addams Family will get yet another incarnation, this time as an animated film written by Pamela Pettler (Corpse Bride, Monster House). First appearing in Addams’ comics, Morticia, Gomez, Wednesday, and the whole Addams clan became famous through a sitcom running in the 1960′s. That spawned several cartoon series, live-action movies in the ’90s, and a Broadway musical most recently. In 2010, it was reported that Tim Burton would be helming a stop-motion Addams Family film based on the same material through Chris Meledandri’s Illumination, but that project has since been scrapped. However, with Pettler attached, it’s possible that the film might have some of the same flavor as Burton’s version. While there isn’t any word on the...
- 10/31/2013
- by Samantha Wilson
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
“The Addams Family” is coming back. Since their debut in their debut as a comic panel in The New Yorker in 1938, the characters have been re-imagined in several ways. From the panels, to live action TV, to live action films, to a Broadway musical, and now as an animated film for MGM.
MGM is inches away from inking a deal with BermanBraun to produce the newest incarnation, according to Variety. Pamela Pettler (Corpse Bride, Monster House) has been tasked with bringing the macabre family back to life for this all-new feature, based on the characters created by the late Charles Addams.
You may recall that Tim Burton was working on a stop-motion “Addams Family” movie but Chris Meledandri of Illumination- which had been developing the film- revealed earlier this year that they had scrapped that project.
This begs the question: Will Mc Hammer soon get the call to provide another...
MGM is inches away from inking a deal with BermanBraun to produce the newest incarnation, according to Variety. Pamela Pettler (Corpse Bride, Monster House) has been tasked with bringing the macabre family back to life for this all-new feature, based on the characters created by the late Charles Addams.
You may recall that Tim Burton was working on a stop-motion “Addams Family” movie but Chris Meledandri of Illumination- which had been developing the film- revealed earlier this year that they had scrapped that project.
This begs the question: Will Mc Hammer soon get the call to provide another...
- 10/31/2013
- by Mario-Francisco Robles
- LRMonline.com
It's been three years since we heard anything about Tim Burton's stop-motion animated 3D adaptation of Charles Addams' original New Yorker cartoon creations of The Addams Family. The film was said to be completely different from the TV series and film adaptations of the original illustrations which were only inspired by Addams' work, and didn't fully embody the quirky, gothic family. However, the project set up at Illumination Entertainment is dead, and now Variety reports MGM is working with BermanBraun’s Gail Berman and Lloyd Braun to produce their own animated film, and Tim Burton is not involved. More below! However, Burton's Corpse Bride screenwriter Pamela Pettler, who also wrote Monster House and 9, will write the script. It's not clear if the project will take the same direction that Burton was hoping to go, but we're hoping it's different from the classic ABC sitcom and film adaptation which...
- 10/31/2013
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
As studios continue to mine old televisions shows for the big screen to mixed results, it's likely they're looking at "The Addams Family" as the barometer of success. First based on comics by Charles Addams, the spooktacular franchise became a hit show on TV in the '60s and '70s, spawned three movies in the '90s (two of them hits, one of the a direct-to-video effort you probably didn't know existed) and spun off both a short-lived animated series and live-action series. And now, MGM wants to make some of that paper. Variety reports that the studio is now developing a new animated series based on the original drawings by Charles Addams. Wait, does this all sound familiar? Well, you might recall that way back in 2010, Tim Burton was circling a similar project based on the same material that would have seen him put Morticia, Gomez and everyone else through the stop-motion process.
- 10/31/2013
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Charles Addams’ creations The Addams Family have appeared in a variety of formats through the years, from the original cartoons through TV series both live-action and animated and the two big screen outings and a Broadway musical. Now it would seem the creepy, ooky and kooky familial unit is looking to creep into cinematic animation via MGM.The company has Corpse Bride / Monster House writer Pamela Pettler on hand to craft the script, which seems like a good choice, but there are no firm plot details yet. We’d expect to see Gomez, Morticia, Uncle Fester, Wednesday, Pugsley and the rest scaring the living daylights out of “ordinary” folk.It’s just the latest attempt to bring the family back to then big screen: Chris Meledandri’s Illumination team had been cooking up a stop-motion version with Tim Burton, but abandoned the idea this year.Our big hope is that...
- 10/31/2013
- EmpireOnline
There's a new Addams Family movie in development at MGM, Variety reports. This iteration will be an animated movie, written by Corpse Bride and Monster House screenwriter Pamela Pettler. Once upon a time way back in 2010, there was a Tim Burton stop-motion Addams Family movie in the works, but that sadly fell apart as so many things do in this cruelly chaotic world.
- 10/31/2013
- by Margaret Lyons
- Vulture
I guess today was perfect to announce that The Addams Family is being rebooted as an animated flick. MGM has hired Pamela Pettler (Monster House, Corpse Bride) to write the script. The family first came to life in the comic strips of Charles Addams who worked on them until his passing in 1988. In 1964, the characters were reborn in the beloved live-action series hit ABC and continued until 1966. The Addams' appeared again in animated form on episodes of Scooby-doo during 1972. Then in...
- 10/31/2013
- by Niki Stephens
- JoBlo.com
You can file this under "super appropriate news" given the day. Variety is reporting that MGM is in final negotiations with BermanBraun to make an animated film based on The Addams Family ! Corpse Bride and Monster House screenwriter Pamela Pettler has signed on to pen the screenplay based on Charles Addams' long-running comic strip. Andrew Mittman and Kevin Miserocchi will executive produce the film, which is currently without a director or release date. Comprised of Gomez, Morticia, Uncle Fester, Lurch, Grandmama, Wednesday, Pugsley, and Thing, The Addams Family ran as a comic strip from 1938 until 1988 and have appeared in countless animated series and specials. The strip was previously adapted...
- 10/31/2013
- Comingsoon.net
Believe it or not, there really are one or two board game/toy products left to turn into movies. Yes, now someone – in this case rights owners Hasbro and production company Emmet/Furla films –believes that it’s time Hungry Hungry Hippos and Action Man took their turn in the cinematic spotlight. But before either of those is sucked into the development vortex, there’s one other property under the new, three-film deal. Monopoly, which Ridley Scott has been planning to make for years, will be first on the slate.And though Scott had been intending to direct it himself, he’ll now simply get a producer credit. The script has been through the word processors of Scott Alexander, Pamela Pettler and Scott Beddor (and likely several other uncredited people), but there’s no mention of whether a new writer will be brought on. The La Times’ report claims that...
- 10/4/2012
- EmpireOnline
Though Universal Pictures dropped the film adaptation of the iconic real-estate board game "Monopoly", producers Hasbro and Ridley Scott are continuing development on the project.
Now they've hired "1408," "Ed Wood" and "The People vs Larry Flynt" writers Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski to pen the script says Heat Vision. Previously Pamela Pettler ("Corpse Bride," "Monster House") was attached to work on the script.
Scott remains attached to direct while Hasbro’s Bennett Schneir and Brian Goldner will produce.
Now they've hired "1408," "Ed Wood" and "The People vs Larry Flynt" writers Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski to pen the script says Heat Vision. Previously Pamela Pettler ("Corpse Bride," "Monster House") was attached to work on the script.
Scott remains attached to direct while Hasbro’s Bennett Schneir and Brian Goldner will produce.
- 9/7/2011
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
There’s a Battleship movie on the horizon, a film based on the game Risk on its way, Cluedo has already been made into a glorious film, and when we wrote up the news that Ridley Scott was working with Hasbro to bring about a big screen version of the game Monopoly there was a due sense of disbelief.
Scott is making waves at the moment with his 3D Alien prequels, but he is still looking ahead to rolling the dice as the studios look to make money on the familiarity of the board game brands.
Unlike the movie adaptation of Cluedo, released under its American name Clue, Monopoly has a shoe, a top hat and a dog joining Uncle Moneybags as only potential characters, so Scott, and the script (to be written by Pamela Pettler, who previous work includes Monster House, Corpse Bride and 9) will understandably be looking at...
Scott is making waves at the moment with his 3D Alien prequels, but he is still looking ahead to rolling the dice as the studios look to make money on the familiarity of the board game brands.
Unlike the movie adaptation of Cluedo, released under its American name Clue, Monopoly has a shoe, a top hat and a dog joining Uncle Moneybags as only potential characters, so Scott, and the script (to be written by Pamela Pettler, who previous work includes Monster House, Corpse Bride and 9) will understandably be looking at...
- 4/25/2010
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
I'm not entirely sure what "Probably 2012 [or 2013], somewhere in the future" means, because it doesn't sound like Hasbro CEO Brian Goldner is sure what it means, either. He knows what he's talking about, but doesn't seem to have a real grasp on where it's going.
The subject is the Monopoly movie. Ridley Scott's directing it, and at first, I thought it could be a really cool riches-to-rags story, especially given the economy. Then the screenwriter started talking about the plot...and it's bad. Basic Instinct 2 bad. It's since been handed off to Pamela Pettler (9 and Corpse Bride), which isn't fantastic news. But it's better, I guess. Goldner claims the script is not "all there yet."
Anyway, Hasbro, which apparently thinks the board game trend has actually come into style since it's producing these off-shoots like they're going out of style, is still holding a place for the film down the line.
The subject is the Monopoly movie. Ridley Scott's directing it, and at first, I thought it could be a really cool riches-to-rags story, especially given the economy. Then the screenwriter started talking about the plot...and it's bad. Basic Instinct 2 bad. It's since been handed off to Pamela Pettler (9 and Corpse Bride), which isn't fantastic news. But it's better, I guess. Goldner claims the script is not "all there yet."
Anyway, Hasbro, which apparently thinks the board game trend has actually come into style since it's producing these off-shoots like they're going out of style, is still holding a place for the film down the line.
- 3/4/2010
- by Colin Boyd
- GetTheBigPicture.net
I'm not gonna harp on how absolutely insane it is to make a flick based on a board game. With aliens being somehow worked into a "Battleship" movie, I think the insanity kind of speaks for itself. There is further proof within this article. More on that in a bit. First, here's a bit on when we can expect to see Ridley Scott's "Monopoly": Executive producer and Hasbro CEO Brian Goldner revealed that "Ridley is still onboard and wants to be part of this and we're very excited about this, probably for 2012…13…somewhere in the future," he told MTV News. Goldner called the script begun by "9" screenwriter Pamela Pettler "great," but it may not be "all there yet." That's not to say he expected it to be done by now, but he expressed confidence in the story they're building. Ok, that last part is the perfect segue. Dude says they're building a "story,...
- 3/3/2010
- LRMonline.com
It was announced in 2008 that Ridley Scott would direct a film version of Monopoly, based on Hasbro board game.
MTV spoke to Hasbro CEO Brian Goldner and here is what he has to say about the film, and how it is progressing:
Ridley is still onboard and wants to be part of this and we’re very excited about this, probably for 2012…13…somewhere in the future.
The great part about Monopoly is the history, literally the history of the creation of the brand and the fact that the brand is 75 years old so you have this great opportunity for the real history as well as the fictional history to tell stories of families and characters.
Goldner also said that screenwriter Pamela Pettler’s (Corpse Bride, 9) screenplay was “great” but that it also might not be, “all there yet.”...
MTV spoke to Hasbro CEO Brian Goldner and here is what he has to say about the film, and how it is progressing:
Ridley is still onboard and wants to be part of this and we’re very excited about this, probably for 2012…13…somewhere in the future.
The great part about Monopoly is the history, literally the history of the creation of the brand and the fact that the brand is 75 years old so you have this great opportunity for the real history as well as the fictional history to tell stories of families and characters.
Goldner also said that screenwriter Pamela Pettler’s (Corpse Bride, 9) screenplay was “great” but that it also might not be, “all there yet.”...
- 3/3/2010
- by Allan Ford
- Filmofilia
MTV News had the chance to speak to Hasbro CEO Brian Goldner about the upcoming "Monopoly" movie which is set to be directed by Ridley Scott (Gladiator, Alien). "Ridley is still onboard and wants to be part of this and we're very excited about this," he said, adding that the project is still on track. "Probably for 2012 [or 2013] somewhere in the future." Goldner said that the script by Pamela Pettler (9, Corpse Bride) is "great," but it is still not "all there yet." "Monopoly" will deal with a real-world financial crises, but also explain how the game came about.
- 3/2/2010
- WorstPreviews.com
MTV Movies Blog recently spoke with Hasbro CEO Brian Goldner who told the site that the Monopoly film is on track for a 2012 or a 2013 release.
“Ridley is still onboard and wants to be part of this and we’re very excited about this, probably for 2012…13…somewhere in the future. The great part about Monopoly is the history, literally the history of the creation of the brand and the fact that the brand is 75 years old so you have this great opportunity for the real history as well as the fictional history to tell stories of families and characters over a brief period of time.”
Goldner also said that screenwriter Pamela Pettler’s screenplay was “great” but that it also might not be, “all there yet.”
We haven’t had an update on this project in awhile so its nice to hear something is still out there about it. We...
“Ridley is still onboard and wants to be part of this and we’re very excited about this, probably for 2012…13…somewhere in the future. The great part about Monopoly is the history, literally the history of the creation of the brand and the fact that the brand is 75 years old so you have this great opportunity for the real history as well as the fictional history to tell stories of families and characters over a brief period of time.”
Goldner also said that screenwriter Pamela Pettler’s screenplay was “great” but that it also might not be, “all there yet.”
We haven’t had an update on this project in awhile so its nice to hear something is still out there about it. We...
- 3/2/2010
- by Kevin Coll
- FusedFilm
"Blade Runner" and "Gladiator" director Ridley Scott turned heads in the film and board game worlds alike in 2008 when he agreed to step up and direct a "Monopoly" movie. Executive producer and Hasbro CEO Brian Goldner later explained to MTV's Brian Jacks that the film would tackle the hot-button topic of real-world financial crises, but the project has remained in development behind closed doors. In a new update, Goldner revealed that "Monopoly" is still on track with its release date tentatively set for 2012 or beyond.
"Ridley is still onboard and wants to be part of this and we're very excited about this, probably for 2012…13…somewhere in the future," he told MTV News.
Goldner called the script begun by "9" screenwriter Pamela Pettler "great," but it may not be "all there yet." That's not to say he expected it to be done by now, but he expressed confidence in the story they're building.
"Ridley is still onboard and wants to be part of this and we're very excited about this, probably for 2012…13…somewhere in the future," he told MTV News.
Goldner called the script begun by "9" screenwriter Pamela Pettler "great," but it may not be "all there yet." That's not to say he expected it to be done by now, but he expressed confidence in the story they're building.
- 3/2/2010
- by Brian Warmoth
- MTV Movies Blog
Chicago – Seventy years ago, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer released a haunting animated short named “Peace On Earth.” Director Hugh Harman set his story in a post-apocalyptic world inhabited only by animals, who have rebuilt a society dedicated to peace and nonviolence. Mankind ultimately brought about their own extinction by forging never-ending wars.
With tough subject matter and a cautionary message, this groundbreaking cartoon proved that the medium of animation could be used for more than lightweight escapism aimed at children. In 2005, UCLA student Shane Acker made a thesis film that resembled Harman’s short, in terms of its setting and themes. Instead of animals emerging from the wreckage of a bombed-out wasteland, there were odd mechanical creatures with burlap skin and camera irises for eyes. This wordless, visually arresting short ended up snagging an Oscar nod.
Blu-Ray Rating: 4.0/5.0
In its feature-length incarnation, “9” delivers a thrilling visual experience on Blu-ray. There’s a visceral...
With tough subject matter and a cautionary message, this groundbreaking cartoon proved that the medium of animation could be used for more than lightweight escapism aimed at children. In 2005, UCLA student Shane Acker made a thesis film that resembled Harman’s short, in terms of its setting and themes. Instead of animals emerging from the wreckage of a bombed-out wasteland, there were odd mechanical creatures with burlap skin and camera irises for eyes. This wordless, visually arresting short ended up snagging an Oscar nod.
Blu-Ray Rating: 4.0/5.0
In its feature-length incarnation, “9” delivers a thrilling visual experience on Blu-ray. There’s a visceral...
- 12/23/2009
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
In a recent interview with The L.A. Times, producer and author Frank Beddor (There’s Something about Mary), the man behind the concept of a movie based on the board game “Monopoly,” revealed the basic story of the film.
Here is his full explanation of the plot.
“I created a comedic, lovable loser who lives in Manhattan and works at a real estate company and he’s not very good at his job but he’s great at playing Monopoly. And the world record for playing is 70 straight days – over 1,600 hours – and he wanted to try to convince his friends to help him break that world record. They think he is crazy. They kid him about this girl and they’re playing the game and there’s this big fight. And he’s holding a Chance card and after they’ve left he says, ‘Damn, I wanted to use that Chance card,...
Here is his full explanation of the plot.
“I created a comedic, lovable loser who lives in Manhattan and works at a real estate company and he’s not very good at his job but he’s great at playing Monopoly. And the world record for playing is 70 straight days – over 1,600 hours – and he wanted to try to convince his friends to help him break that world record. They think he is crazy. They kid him about this girl and they’re playing the game and there’s this big fight. And he’s holding a Chance card and after they’ve left he says, ‘Damn, I wanted to use that Chance card,...
- 11/15/2009
- by Allan Ford
- Filmofilia
…and it’s not all about rolling dice. Well, not exactly. The La Times had some intriguing plot details to reveal Wednesday, and I guarantee, Monopoly will not be what you were expecting.
Frank Beddor, best known as the producer of There’s Something About Mary, came up with the story that’s currently being turned into a movie at Warner – and the one that got Ridley Scott involved to direct the film. So after striking critical and box office gold with Blade Runner, Alien, and Gladiator, what could get the acclaimed filmmaker to join up with Rich Uncle Pennybags?
As it turns out, alternate dimensions and a little bit of metanarrative.
Beddor’s story, which will be written into a full screenplay by Pamela Pettler (Monster House, Corpse Bride), follows a “lovable loser” who is a failure at his job as a real estate trader, but excels at the useless,...
Frank Beddor, best known as the producer of There’s Something About Mary, came up with the story that’s currently being turned into a movie at Warner – and the one that got Ridley Scott involved to direct the film. So after striking critical and box office gold with Blade Runner, Alien, and Gladiator, what could get the acclaimed filmmaker to join up with Rich Uncle Pennybags?
As it turns out, alternate dimensions and a little bit of metanarrative.
Beddor’s story, which will be written into a full screenplay by Pamela Pettler (Monster House, Corpse Bride), follows a “lovable loser” who is a failure at his job as a real estate trader, but excels at the useless,...
- 11/13/2009
- by Sean
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
When first announced way back in February 2008 that Universal had signed a six-year deal with Hasbro to produce film adaptations of many of the company's classic board games, more than a few people began scratching their heads and rolling their eyes. Even more surprising was the news that Academy Award-nominted filmmaker Sir Ridley Scott, currently at work on his update of Robin Hood starring Russell Crowe, was attached to direct the Monopoly adaptation.
If you're wondering what attracted the acclaimed director of Blade Runner, Alien, Gladiator, Black Hawk Down, and Body of Lies to a movie about "Uncle Pennybags" and his quest to control the real estate market, just ask Frank Beddor, the man whose plot concept for Monopoly was what won Scott over. Beddor said that after his pitch, Scott shook his hand and said, "What do I have [to do] to be part of this movie?" So, what was the pitch?...
If you're wondering what attracted the acclaimed director of Blade Runner, Alien, Gladiator, Black Hawk Down, and Body of Lies to a movie about "Uncle Pennybags" and his quest to control the real estate market, just ask Frank Beddor, the man whose plot concept for Monopoly was what won Scott over. Beddor said that after his pitch, Scott shook his hand and said, "What do I have [to do] to be part of this movie?" So, what was the pitch?...
- 11/13/2009
- by BrentJS Sprecher
- Reelzchannel.com
Can we get one thing out of the way? Monopoly is boring. The entire game is rolling the dice, passing money around the table and occasionally, when the excitement is at its riveting peak, drawing a card.
It’s an educational game for kids learning to count money or a welcome diversion when a severe thunderstorm sends you back to the stone age, but in this modern, fast-paced world of instant entertainment, sitting down for a 12-hour traditional board game just becomes tedious.
Sure, everyone has played it before, but how recently and how many times have you truly finished a game? Monopoly games usually end when everyone gets bored and surrenders, or a player flips the board in a fit of rage, sending tiny green houses flying.
Universal purchased the movie rights to Monopoly from Hasbro in early 2008 as part of a six-year partnership to bring more toy properties to the big screen.
It’s an educational game for kids learning to count money or a welcome diversion when a severe thunderstorm sends you back to the stone age, but in this modern, fast-paced world of instant entertainment, sitting down for a 12-hour traditional board game just becomes tedious.
Sure, everyone has played it before, but how recently and how many times have you truly finished a game? Monopoly games usually end when everyone gets bored and surrenders, or a player flips the board in a fit of rage, sending tiny green houses flying.
Universal purchased the movie rights to Monopoly from Hasbro in early 2008 as part of a six-year partnership to bring more toy properties to the big screen.
- 11/12/2009
- by Jeff Leins
- newsinfilm.com
If you have been wondering just how Ridley Scott and Universal Pictures were going to turn the popular "Monopoly" board game into a feature film then join the club. Corpse Bride and 9 co-writer Pamela Pettler was brought aboard to pen the screenplay and some interesting details surfaced yesterday with regards to the plot, which had to this point been kept extremely quiet.
Geoff Boucher writing for the Los Angeles Times talked with Frank Beddor, one of the producers of There's Something About Mary and apparently someone involved with the "Monopoly" project even though I have never seen his name mentioned outside of Boucher's article. Not even the Variety article mentions his name or IMDb but that isn't stopping from Beddor saying, "I wrote the story that got Hasbro excited and I attached Ridley Scott. The project was underway but they were in a little bit of trouble I guess and...
Geoff Boucher writing for the Los Angeles Times talked with Frank Beddor, one of the producers of There's Something About Mary and apparently someone involved with the "Monopoly" project even though I have never seen his name mentioned outside of Boucher's article. Not even the Variety article mentions his name or IMDb but that isn't stopping from Beddor saying, "I wrote the story that got Hasbro excited and I attached Ridley Scott. The project was underway but they were in a little bit of trouble I guess and...
- 11/12/2009
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
9 Directed by Shane Acker Shane Acker's short film 9, upon which his new feature is based, is a lyrical, twisted, gorgeously conceived and shot dialogue-free 10 minute exercise. The feature length film, still directed by Acker (now with a screenplay by Pamela Pettler to accompany his story) still embodies most of these qualities. The color palate and textures of his post apocalyptic world drip with dusty browns, sickly reds and oranges, fluorescent greens, and the burlap sack look of nine little rag doll creatures left almost alone in this wasteland. When 9 (voiced by the immediately recognizable Elijah Wood), a rag doll creature with a very real life inside him, wakes up to find his creator dead on the floor of a building, he sadly looks out the window to face a ruined world. He knows he's alive, but has no clue what the world is that he's woken up to, what...
- 10/8/2009
- by Erika Leonard
- SoundOnSight
Release Date: Sept. 9
Director: Shane Acker
Writers: Acker, Pamela Pettler
Starring: Voices of Elijah Wood, John C. Reilly, Jennifer Connelly, Christopher Plummer, Crispin Glover, Martin Landau, Fred Tatasciore
Studio/Run Time: Focus Features, 79 mins.
Gorgeous animation, paper-thin plot
Here’s an original idea: We open on a post-Armageddon landscape, after a war between the humans and the machines. It’s not Terminator, it’s 9, an animated film that’s most certainly not for children. The film follows nine survivors of the Apocalypse. They’re not humans; they’re dolls, made by a scientist to carry life past certain destruction.
Director: Shane Acker
Writers: Acker, Pamela Pettler
Starring: Voices of Elijah Wood, John C. Reilly, Jennifer Connelly, Christopher Plummer, Crispin Glover, Martin Landau, Fred Tatasciore
Studio/Run Time: Focus Features, 79 mins.
Gorgeous animation, paper-thin plot
Here’s an original idea: We open on a post-Armageddon landscape, after a war between the humans and the machines. It’s not Terminator, it’s 9, an animated film that’s most certainly not for children. The film follows nine survivors of the Apocalypse. They’re not humans; they’re dolls, made by a scientist to carry life past certain destruction.
- 9/14/2009
- Pastemagazine.com
Directed by Shane Acker Screenplay by Pamela Pettler from a story by Acker Produced by Tim Burton and Timur Bekmambetov Starring Elijah Wood, John C. Reilly, Jennifer Connelly, Christopher Plummer, Martin Landau, Crispin Glover, and Alan Oppenheimer Before Wall-e was released in the summer of 2008, few thought its successful run would be a watershed moment for the science fiction genre. But it proved that a computer-animated family film featuring a cute robot could contain serious (and seriously out-there) sci-fi concepts and still work --to the tune of $225 million -- for mainstream audiences. If you're a sci-fi fan who liked Wall-e for its genre ...
- 9/14/2009
- by Michael Dance
- Movie Cultists
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