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Weinsteins reviving Fraggle Rock with a movie
PostPosted: Tue May 13, 2008 11:25 pm
by Roy Mustang
Fraggle Rock movie
Sci Fi Channel wrote:The Weinstein Co. will adapt the Jim Henson series Fraggle Rock into a live-action musical feature, Variety reported. Cory Edwards (Hoodwinked!) will direct the film and write the screenplay. The Jim Henson Co. will produce and The Weinstein Co. will distribute.
Just like the series, the film will be populated by a mix of human characters and Fraggle Rock muppets. It will take the core characters Gogo, Wembley, Mokey, Boober and Red outside of their home in Fraggle Rock, where they interact with humans who they think are aliens. The show premiered on HBO in 1983, ran five seasons and was broadcast in more than 80 countries. It posted strong sales recently when the first three seasons were released on DVD.
Weinstein Co. co-chair Harvey Weinstein, who has been steering his company more aggressively into the family film arena, made the marriage with Lisa Henson, who runs the Jim Henson Co. with her co-CEO brother, Brian Henson. Ahmet Zappa will be an executive producer with Brian Inerfeld.
The deal furthers the relationship between The Weinstein Co. and the creative team behind the animated feature Hoodwinked!. Edwards is reteaming with Hoodwinked! co-writer Tony Leech on the animated alien adventure Escape From Planet Earth, which will mark Leech's directing debut.
Edwards is separately developing a live-action feature adaptation of Cedar Fair's Halloween Haunt franchise, designed to be shot in 3-D by Kerner Optical and produced by Davis Entertainment, Dave Phillips and Tracey Edmonds. That film is looking for a backer.
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PostPosted: Tue May 13, 2008 11:28 pm
by Etoh*the*Greato
April fools!! (I hope?)
Live action? Please tell me live action = still using puppets.
PostPosted: Wed May 14, 2008 3:43 am
by Scarecrow
Fraggle Rock was my favorite TV show when I was a wee one.
I'd actually be interested in seeing this if it actually gets done. I'm still waiting for them to finish The Dark Crystal 2 >.<
PostPosted: Wed May 14, 2008 7:49 am
by Sheenar
I loved Fraggle Rock! I really hope this comes to fruition...
PostPosted: Wed May 14, 2008 7:58 am
by Etoh*the*Greato
Scarecrow (post: 1226099) wrote:Fraggle Rock was my favorite TV show when I was a wee one.
I'd actually be interested in seeing this if it actually gets done. I'm still waiting for them to finish The Dark Crystal 2 >.<
If Jim Henson (the company, not the guy) has anything to say about it, it'll be done right. If they take advice from Weinstein
it'll come out awful.
PostPosted: Wed May 14, 2008 8:22 am
by ShiroiHikari
I'm not looking forward to this at all. The same people that did Hoodwinked? Did anybody actually watch that movie? It was horrid.
This sounds like nothing more than a cash-in attempt to me. And if the Fraggles aren't going to be puppets in this production, well...phooey.
PostPosted: Wed May 14, 2008 9:37 am
by ChristianKitsune
Why wouldn't they be muppets? O_o
From the article:
Just like the series, the film will be populated by a mix of human characters and Fraggle Rock muppets.
PostPosted: Wed May 14, 2008 11:06 am
by Etoh*the*Greato
ChristianKitsune (post: 1226134) wrote:Why wouldn't they be muppets? O_o
From the article:
When I was shown the thread it was advertised as a live action movie. I didn't really read the article and just had horrible visions of James Franko and Cuba Gooding Jr. painted green and munching on radish scaffolding.
Don't mind me.
PostPosted: Wed May 14, 2008 5:59 pm
by creed4
i hope they do this well it was one of my favorite shows
PostPosted: Fri May 16, 2008 2:22 am
by Scarecrow
ShiroiHikari (post: 1226128) wrote:I'm not looking forward to this at all. The same people that did Hoodwinked? Did anybody actually watch that movie? It was horrid.
I hated Hoodwinked but not so much the plot. It was just EXTREMELY bad as far as animation. I could barely sit through it with that awful style of CGI. Other than that it wouldn't have been bad. I actually would have really enjoyed it if it was a dark, live action movie or something. Or at least better animation >.<