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[fringey]

From scifi.com, two interesting bits of news:

Carrey, Carell Hear A Who

Jim Carrey has been cast as Horton and Steve Carell has been cast as the mayor of Who-Ville in Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who, a new computer-animated feature film announced by 20th Century Fox Animation, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Carrey, who previously inhabited the world of Dr. Seuss as the title character in Universal Pictures' hit The Grinch, will voice the role of Horton, the elephant who knows that a person's a person, no matter how small.

Horton marks the first time Carrey will lend his voice and talent to bring a CGI animated character to life.

Carell will voice the mayor of Who-ville, a distinguished figure of a very small size, too small to be seen by the elephant's eyes.

The film verson is based on the classic book, first published in 1954, by Ted Geisel, who wrote under the pen name Dr. Seuss.

Horton is being produced at Fox Animation's Blue Sky Studios (Ice Age: The Meltdown). Jimmy Hayward and Steve Martino are directing, from a script adaptation written by Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio.

Jackson Options Temeraire

Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson has optioned Temeraire, a historical fantasy series by first-time novelist Naomi Novik, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The Temeraire saga reimagines the world of the Napoleonic Wars with the addition of an air force of dragons and valiant aviators. It centers on British naval captain Will Laurence, who captures a French ship, where he discovers an unhatched dragon egg in the hold, a gift from the emperor of China intended for Napoleon. When the egg hatches, he is forced to give up his naval career to become captain of the dragon, which he names Temeraire.

Jackson also is looking to take the books into the realm of interactive entertainment, the trade paper reported.

Novik was a computer programmer who did design work on the video game Neverwinter Nights: Shadows of Undrentide. She wrote the first Temeraire book in 2004. When Del Rey saw it, the publisher asked for two more books. The series was launched in the spring. Novik is writing the fourth installment of the series.

Jackson previously optioned Alice Sebold's The Lovely Bones and is writing the adaptation with partners Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens on spec with the intent of speaking to distributors after the script is done. He plans to direct the movie in the second half of 2007.

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Since the first is going to be cgi rather than live action, this might be pretty good. I generally love Jim Carrey.

The second sounds really awesome, but I don't know how much the general movie-viewing audience will go for it. But, I will definitely go and see. Love those dragons.




Patrick
a.k.a. Fringey, The Fringe Element
"A life lived without passion is a life not lived.

[scryer41]

When I hear the name Jim Carrey is being attacted to a movie, I start worrying about it. Has anyone noticed that most of his movies pretty much SUCK and have just gotten more SUCKY with each one made?

As for The Hobbit, I truely would hope that Jackson is at the helm. I don't think anyone would do it justice like he can. I mean, everyone who's seen the trilogy knows he's the man for the job.

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[maise_PREV (deleted)]

Jim Carrey has done some great stuff. The original Ace Ventura, the Mask, Dumb and Dumber, The Truman Show, Eternal Sunshine of the spotless mind.

[fringey]

I gotta agree with Maise on this one, scyrer. Most Jim Carrey movies are very good. The main exception, for me, being "Me, Myself, & Irene". Making fun of mental illness is never really funny.

Patrick
a.k.a. Fringey, The Fringe Element
"A life lived without passion is a life not lived.

[scryer41]

Well, ok... I'll give him credit on a couple of them.

The Trumen Show and Eternal Sunshine Of A Spotless Mind were actually pretty different and didn't involve him being a dumb, lame, goofball character. They actually had some substance to them. I'll even (grudgingly though) give him credit for Bruce Almighty.

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Beware the beast Man for he is the Devil's pawn.
Alone among God's primates, he kills for sport, or ----, or greed.
Yea, he will murder his brother to possess his brother's land.
Let him not breed in great numbers, for he will make a desert out of his home and yours.
Shun him. Drive him back into his jungle lair.
For he is the harbinger of death.

The Sacred Scrolls: 29th Scroll, 6th Verse