Live action Yogi Bear in the works [Archive]

Raph's Girl

10-03-2008, 01:45 PM

http://www.mania.com/yogi-bear-hitting-big-screen_article_110283.html

Warner Bros. has announced their plans to develop a live-action/animated Yogi Bear for the big screen, reports The Hollywood Reporter. The move comes a year after 20th Century Fox banked at the box office with their adaptation of Alvin and the Chipmunks, a film which wound up grossing $359.6 million worldwide and spawning a sequel due in theaters in March 19, 2010.

Screenwriters Joshua Sternin and Jeffrey Ventimilia are penning the screenplay. Donald De Line is producing via his De Line Pictures; Karen Rosenfelt is also producing, with Jon Berg overseeing for the studio.

Plot Concept: Yogi Bear first appeared as a supporting character in 1958 in another classic cartoon, "The Huckleberry Hound Show." In 1961, he got his own show, which has aired in reruns frequently during the past half-century. Yogi's exploits take place in Jellystone Park, where he and Boo Boo get into good-natured mischief and must elude their nemesis, Ranger Smith.

Most of the movie will be live-action, but Yogi Bear and sidekick Boo Boo will be done in CG.

Next thing ya know there'll be a live action Huckleberry Hound, Quickdraw McGraw, or heck Touche Turtle. Where's the Hong Kong Fuey movie they were planning on making?

Now...who'll make a good Ranger Smith? Hmmm....

Drtooth

10-03-2008, 02:36 PM

Bangs head violently

Now that that's out of the way, who will be playing Yogi? Greg Burson, the recast for him since Daws Butler passed on, died a few months ago....

KROW

10-03-2008, 04:17 PM

I guess this was inevitable thanks to the Scooby Doo films and the Chipmunks flick. To NOT do a Yogi film would probably seem like a travesty to those Hollywood types. However, I wouldn't mind seeing a live-action Quickdraw movie. Who doesn't want to see El Kabong swooping down in full CG glory?

Now...who'll make a good Ranger Smith? Hmmm....

Will Ferrell.

Jo Dawn

10-03-2008, 06:34 PM

Will Ferrell.

Ahh, I was gonna say him. :P ;)

J Legault

10-04-2008, 02:44 AM

I knew they were gonna use that cartoon as another live action flop.

To me, Yogi Bear can't possiblily look good in live action. Even when they start to leak production photos on the web, I'll imagine Yogi looking like the Mike Myers Cat in the Hat.

I wouldn't see it unless I know for sure that the filmmakers didn't trash it like other live action cartoon films.

Off-Topic: They're seriously making another Alvin movie? The first one was really lame, I just couldn't accept the idea of the chipmunks being 1 foot tall when over the years we've known them for being 3 feet tall.

ThirdMarioBro

10-04-2008, 02:48 AM

Countdown to raping of childhood in 3...2...1...

Kill me. Kill me now.

Drtooth

10-04-2008, 09:24 AM

Off-Topic: They're seriously making another Alvin movie? The first one was really lame, I just couldn't accept the idea of the chipmunks being 1 foot tall when over the years we've known them for being 3 feet tall.

That was the main conceptual problem with the film. I felt Alvin was a pretty good C movie... but the 2 things that spoiled it were the casting of Jqason Lee as Dave Seville (when he basically acted and looked like Earl without a mustache), and the choice to be true to the original album artwork (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/aa/Let%E2%80%99sAllSingWithTheChipmunksActualcover.jp g/600px-Let%E2%80%99sAllSingWithTheChipmunksActualcover.jp g) instead of the 2 major cartoon shows.

A Yogi Bear film, with a CGI Yogi and BooBoo would work if done PROPERLY... but I can see Yogi dancing hip hop and saying slang no one has used since Clinton left office, and of course Burp, fart, poop, burp, fart fart fart fart jokes for mentally challenged 3 year olds. And a poorly cast Ranger Smith.

I wish more companies would take the Garfield Gets Real route and make a movie that's COMPLETELY CGI with voice actors, and not one of these pasted on CGI films.

Though I am in agreement about Quickdraw MacGraw! KABO-O-O-O-ONG!!!!

Raph's Girl

10-04-2008, 12:20 PM

Cure

10-04-2008, 12:39 PM

I knew they were gonna use that cartoon as another live action flop.

Another "flop"? Sorry to say, but these movies are super successful. Chances are Yogi Bear will be, too. I'll be there day one.

ZariusTwo

10-04-2008, 06:35 PM

Snackerdoodle?

NOOOOO

VaughnMichael

10-04-2008, 06:40 PM

Snackerdoodle?

NOOOOO
Do you mean this?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v241/Harmophious/1.jpg
If so I'll be screaming NOOOOOOOOOOOO right beside you lol:lol:

ZariusTwo

10-04-2008, 06:47 PM

I certaingly didnt mean "Chemical Castration":lol:

Drtooth

10-04-2008, 07:09 PM

I swear. If Yogi says "I'm gonna get Jiggy with it, Boo Boo" I'm gonna walk up to these mooks and punch them all in the jaw!

VaughnMichael

10-04-2008, 07:25 PM

I swear. If Yogi says "I'm gonna get Jiggy with it, Boo Boo" I'm gonna walk up to these mooks and punch them all in the jaw!
hahahahahahahahah I'll be right with ya tooth!:lol:

Wildcat

10-04-2008, 10:15 PM

I know most everyone hates movies based on cartoons in Live-Action with CG characters,but Im actually a bit excited to see how this turns out.

Im not a huge Yogi fan but his cartoons are pretty good and I really enjoyed Alvin and the Chipmunks. Everyone brings up 'Garfield' when talking about how bad Live-Action/CG movies are...but the problem with 'Garfield' was NOT that it was Live-Action/CG...it was the writing that sucked.

Real world enviorments and human characters doesnt make a movie bad or good,so long as the main character still looks like his cartoon counterpart execpt with realistic fur(which was the only thing 'Garfield' got right),its the story and writing that matters...seeing our favorite cartoons in the real world is just a cool bonus.

Drtooth

10-04-2008, 10:24 PM

Im not a huge Yogi fan but his cartoons are pretty good and I really enjoyed Alvin and the Chipmunks. Everyone brings up 'Garfield' when talking about how bad Live-Action/CG movies are...but the problem with 'Garfield' was NOT that it was Live-Action/CG...it was the writing that sucked.

Real world enviorments and human characters doesnt make a movie bad or good,so long as the main character still looks like his cartoon counterpart execpt with realistic fur(which was the only thing 'Garfield' got right),its the story and writing that matters...seeing our favorite cartoons in the real world is just a cool bonus.

What also made it suck was arbitrarily deciding to make Garfield like a cartoon animal and Odie, Arline, Nermal, et al real animals with super imposed lips.... Oh well... the sequal was the hit of Hong Kong that year... same year they banned Spider-Man and Shrek from China....

Wildcat

10-04-2008, 11:49 PM

What also made it suck was arbitrarily deciding to make Garfield like a cartoon animal and Odie, Arline, Nermal, et al real animals with super imposed lips.... Oh well... the sequal was the hit of Hong Kong that year... same year they banned Spider-Man and Shrek from China....

Ya the other cartoon characters should have been cartoon-y looking too...at least Odie anyway.

Why would they ban Spiderman and Shrek?

Drtooth

10-05-2008, 09:46 AM

Why would they ban Spiderman and Shrek?

They were deemed too violent... by the Chinese government... Though, I'm not 100% sure if it really was the year they were banned.

Mandi-chan

10-05-2008, 08:18 PM

Warner Bros. has announced their plans to develop a live-action/animated Yogi Bear for the big screen

....why?

I mean, who would even want to watch that?

Gordo

10-05-2008, 09:06 PM

I could imagine this turning out just like Alvin and the Chipmunks did. Incredibly lame, but it ends up raking in about a bajillion and two dollars.

Mr._Mutant_Man

10-05-2008, 09:59 PM

I knew they were gonna use that cartoon as another live action flop.

Apparently Alvin wasn't a flop, which surprises me. I guess Scooby Doo did well enough for a sequel though. I thought most movies based on cartoons weren't very successful.

ZariusTwo

10-05-2008, 11:44 PM

I thought most movies based on cartoons weren't very successful.

That's a substantial lie.

Movies based on CRAP cartoons arent very succesful.

Alvin and The Chipmunks is more than just a show though, since it's been a sizeable animated marketing device for deformed voice-driven cover music

Drtooth

10-06-2008, 10:00 AM

Gadget wasn't successful... it warranted a DTV sequel... but then again, any freaking movie Disney made apparently warranted a sequel. Garfield only did well overseas... Bullwinkle flopped because they had everything right, and added one stupid aspect that ruined the film... George of the Jungle did okay... Dudley Do-Right Flopped... unlike Bullwinkle, everything was wrong except one little concept.

And Speed Racer should have done better, but too many people were jaded by those aforementioned movies to bother seeing it. Speed Racer was one of the few occasions they actually got something right. Though, I still think Inspector Detector was too young.

But then again, people always criticize Popeye... and that has truer roots to the original Thimble Theater comic strips than even the old Popeye cartoons had.

Wildcat

10-07-2008, 12:43 AM

Regaurding my last post...^^^....Spiderman and Shrek(?) were deemed too violent. Hasnt there been violent films and other stuff to come from China?

Inspector Gadget was pretty good imo...I never the saw the sequel though. Only thing that bothered me about "Gadget" was that Penny was too old.

She should have been younger and blonde(like in the cartoon) and the car was lame,it should have been a police car that transforms from van to sports car...or at least just be a sports car.

Drtooth

10-07-2008, 09:42 AM

Gadget was a movie I liked the first time. But it seems they got everything they could get wrong wrong, even dropping the S from the catchphrase. Wrong town name, talking Gadgetmobile ("ooh, it's like Knight Rider's car, but he's African American, and therefore street, but family friendly street" says the white producer), Brain was a regular dog that didn't do anything, ditto Mad Cat, and everything else just smacked of ignorance of the source material and poor casting. Worst of all, Gadget came off as a lovable oaf, and not the arrogant, oblivious buffoon who can't tell the difference between dangerous situations, and mundane ones. Oh... and severe lack of exploding messages.

The sequal was only a little better, they at least pulled random Mad Agents from the TV show and had Dr. Claw's face hidden. Of course, now Gadget came across as whiny (and it was still a better job than Mathew Broaderick)... and it had too many McDonalds, Disney, and Paul Frank (that ugly monkey) product placements. In fact, Penny's wardrobe was nothing but Paul Frank merchandise. I did like how they tried to make it a character study of Penny, but it just doesn't work on some level.

Wildcat

10-07-2008, 08:01 PM

Gadget was a movie I liked the first time. But it seems they got everything they could get wrong wrong, even dropping the S from the catchphrase. Wrong town name, talking Gadgetmobile ("ooh, it's like Knight Rider's car, but he's African American, and therefore street, but family friendly street" says the white producer), Brain was a regular dog that didn't do anything, ditto Mad Cat, and everything else just smacked of ignorance of the source material and poor casting. Worst of all, Gadget came off as a lovable oaf, and not the arrogant, oblivious buffoon who can't tell the difference between dangerous situations, and mundane ones. Oh... and severe lack of exploding messages.

Oh ya the exploding messages would have been cool. Brain being a normal dog was kinda disappointing but maybe they thought itd be too much for him to do stuff since they already had that dumb car,plus Penny was always there.

J Legault

10-10-2008, 12:07 AM

Sorry for my immediate statement about the idea of a live action Yogi. It's just only 3/4 of the total live action cartoon films were rated lower than a 5/10 on various websites. But that's my way of thinking what successful cinema is.

One of the fewest live action cartoons, that I think did well was Speed Racer. Just because it was well written and has a lot of the original estence as the anime did. And it didn't had anything that ruined the whole film. I don't have issues against live action cartoons it's just a lot of filmmakers don't seem like they're not even trying making the film adaptions of a cartoon good.

I could list some examples, but someone already did that.

Drtooth

10-10-2008, 08:42 AM

One of the fewest live action cartoons, that I think did well was Speed Racer. Just because it was well written and has a lot of the original estence as the anime did. And it didn't had anything that ruined the whole film. I don't have issues against live action cartoons it's just a lot of filmmakers don't seem like they're not even trying making the film adaptions of a cartoon good.

Speed Racer is an example of how things can be done RIGHT. It LOOKED like an anime, and the characters all look like they stepped out of the Americanized style guide. John Goodman as Pops Racer? You couldn't be any more perfect than that, I think. One of the biggest complaints I've heard about the movie was that it was long and talky... DUDE... rewatch Speed Racer... or any anime. They go into extended flashbacks all the time. Entire episode arcs are flashbacks in some cases.

At least it doesn't look like they shot it cheaply in a Mexican desert, and no one bothered to look like their original character designs because they didn't wanna go bald or wear a fake beard....

Personally, I think a live action Yogi Bear COULD work if done right. Unfortunately, they'll try to hip everything up with passe stuff that a bunch of old people toss in.

ZariusTwo

10-10-2008, 09:52 AM

If they want to succesfully pull it off, they need to go back to the Yogi movies of the 1980s where he was more of an escape artist than a theif in the night, and use the charactersation of Ranger Smith from John K's shorts.

Drtooth

10-10-2008, 10:26 AM

There would be nothing cooler than to see a live action remake of Yogi's Great Escape. Or something like that without the other HB characters... (I don't see them putting CGI Snagglepuss, Quickdraw, and the like in there).

What I want to see out of this is a new HB classic character short before the movie. A new Huckleberry Hound or even Pixie, Dixie and Mr. Jinx... Even if the movie is a piece of crap, I'd definitely go and see it for the new cartoon. Hell, the best part of the Dudley Do-Right film was the new Fractured Fairy Tale that was based on an unproduced Bill Scott script.

J Legault

10-10-2008, 10:43 PM

Speed Racer is an example of how things can be done RIGHT. It LOOKED like an anime, and the characters all look like they stepped out of the Americanized style guide. John Goodman as Pops Racer? You couldn't be any more perfect than that, I think. One of the biggest complaints I've heard about the movie was that it was long and talky... DUDE... rewatch Speed Racer... or any anime. They go into extended flashbacks all the time. Entire episode arcs are flashbacks in some cases.. Yeah I've seen the whole series before the movie was annouced. So I knew what was different and what was the same. I was glad it was done by the Walchowski Bros. who are actual anime fans. After seeing that movie I was like, now why couldn't other live action movies be more like that where there were only a few changes in the concept and it didn't look like that they were in a rush during production.

Personally, I think a live action Yogi Bear COULD work if done right. Unfortunately, they'll try to hip everything up with passe stuff that a bunch of old people toss in. It could work out if the script and direction are all good. As long as they don't change the whole concept entirely. I like to atleast see Yogi still a ryhming bear who steals pinic baskets.

Cause if they did change the whole concept inside out then it'll face the same fate as Underdog.

Drtooth

10-11-2008, 10:17 AM

Cause if they did change the whole concept inside out then it'll face the same fate as Underdog.

That movie was a morally bankrupt idea. Just terrible. At least Gadget had gadgets. They took everything about the Underdog show and replaced it with family friendly sassy, interchangeable talking dogs, and any crappy cheap Disney employee who'll sign anything they shove under his nose (YOU know who I'm talking about). And instead of super heroic stuff, we got butt biting and butt sniffing jokes. Taking an anthropomorphic character and making it a reall animal... it makes as much sense as making a Mickey Mouse movie where he really is a mouse, Goofy is a regular dog, and Donald is a regular Duck. It can't and shouldn't be done.

Usually people who make these films have no working idea of the characters. The Matrix bros KNEW what Speed Racer was about. And Speed Racer, I'm a fan and all, isn't about much. There's a race, Pops says its dangerous, and Speed races anyway... and the middle of it all there's some weird conspiracy or secret dealing or something that leads to an actual plot line and fight scene.

And I will say the Scooby people know what it was about, but took a Brady bunch approach to the movie and made fun of the source material. Which was fine, but I think the second film had better structure. Though, frankly, you could almost get the impression that the screenwriters ONLY watched a Pup named Scooby Doo... they make a lot of references to it, and Fred and Daphne acted like their PNSD counterparts instead of their adult versions.

That said, what the shell happened to the live action Jetsons movie they were planning since 1996?

Raph's Girl

11-05-2009, 10:51 PM

Casting news.... Buh.... uh.... Dan Akroyd as Yogi, Justin Timberlake as BooBoo, and Anna Farris as a nature documentarian..... um..... Justin Timberlake as BooBoo??? W...T...F....:ohwell:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/film_nm/us_yogi_1

ZariusTwo

11-06-2009, 01:32 AM

Ha. Ha.

Cookies on dolls!

The Stryker

11-06-2009, 06:05 AM

DOWELS!! GAWD!

I like Justin Timberlake, He was just about the only funny thing in Love Guru. He should do well as the UniBooBoo

Newton Gimmick

11-06-2009, 07:12 AM

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2565/4080444316_f7b0734641_m.jpg (http://www.infinitehollywood.com/2009/11/dan-aykroyd-is-yogi-bear.html)

Prepare to have your mind blown, according to Variety Dan Aykroyd has reportedly signed on to play Yogi Bear in the upcoming live action CGI film. Now really prepare to have your mind blown... Justin Timberblake is reportedly in talks to play Boo Boo Bear.

http://www.infinitehollywood.com/2009/11/dan-aykroyd-is-yogi-bear.html

According to Variety, it's true. Timberlake isn't 100% confirmed yet.

What comes around goes around, eh Boo Boo buddy?

BoggleKng

11-06-2009, 10:16 AM

Aykroyd is a perfect grumpy old bear..

Raph's Girl

11-06-2009, 03:01 PM

Aykroyd is a perfect grumpy old bear..

Yes well... Yogi's neither grumpy nor old....He's just a bear that likes human food....

kev trashcan

11-06-2009, 05:11 PM

lets make live action of paw paw bears, the snorks, the jetsons, swat kats, and more next....... anything for a dollar

The Stryker

11-06-2009, 05:27 PM

lets make live action of paw paw bears, the snorks, the jetsons, swat kats, and more next....... anything for a dollar

How about a movie with giant turtles that happen to be ninjas!

Oh man!

Raph's Girl

11-06-2009, 05:45 PM

lets make live action of paw paw bears, the snorks, the jetsons, swat kats, and more next....... anything for a dollar

Jetsons has been in the works for years actually.....

kev trashcan

11-06-2009, 06:08 PM

really? i wouldnt mind all these adaptions if they were ether done 15 to 20 years ago, or if they did them well, mainstream movies of today usally suck

The Stryker

11-06-2009, 08:14 PM

So if they made them 20 years ago, that would automatically make them good?

Voltron

11-06-2009, 10:50 PM

Of course. It's negative-chronoacceptance. If something had been made before the idea was conceived, it would be good. However, since there was a logical sequence to achieving an end, it no longer becomes likable.

Leonardo Mystic

11-06-2009, 11:52 PM

lets make live action.... swat kats

That might be interesting actually.

11-07-2009, 01:26 AM

Live action Yogi, eh? I'd totally see that if they used a real bear.

http://www.deviantart.com/download/137153502/Hanna_Barbera_Set_7_by_TraditionalDanimatio.jpg

BubblyShell22

11-08-2009, 05:46 PM

Um, I can see where this can go wrong. Having Justin Timberlake play Boo Boo is one thing that can go wrong with this. He doesn't seem like the type to play Boo Boo.

But we'll just have to wait and see what comes of it. I'd rather it be animated completely instead of live-action.

BoggleKng

11-08-2009, 09:23 PM

Yes well... Yogi's neither grumpy nor old....He's just a bear that likes human food....

:D nothing against Yogi... just grumpy Dan..

Raph's Girl

11-08-2009, 09:42 PM

Live action Yogi, eh? I'd totally see that if they used a real bear.

http://www.deviantart.com/download/137153502/Hanna_Barbera_Set_7_by_TraditionalDanimatio.jpg

If they did it like the Adventures of Milo and Otis I'd watch it....wouldn't be too hard to train a bear to steal baskets in his teeth.

odupianist

11-09-2009, 07:42 AM

:D nothing against Yogi... just grumpy Dan..

How can you have something against the guy that brought us Blues Brothers and Ghostbusters? For shame lol

BubblyShell22

11-09-2009, 08:04 AM

I want to know if they'll include Cindy in this. She was Yogi's love interest after all.

Raph's Girl

11-09-2009, 05:45 PM

I want to know if they'll include Cindy in this. She was Yogi's love interest after all.

Oh you just know they gotta have Cindy!! I just wonder who they'll cast as Ranger Smith!

Oh and ugh.... Boo Boo is apperantly going to be a smart aleck according to Justin Timberlake. :/

http://www.cinematical.com/2009/11/06/yogi-bear-will-cry-me-a-river-with-its-cast

SwordofTengu

11-09-2009, 07:17 PM

Epic fail!!!!!! :evilgrin:

BoggleKng

11-09-2009, 07:17 PM

How can you have something against the guy that brought us Blues Brothers and Ghostbusters? For shame lol

well, he's turned into grumpy Dan.. I have met the guy in person...maybe it was just the moment that I caught him.

I am a HUGE Blue Bros fan. So can't knock him for that or Ghost buster..

BubblyShell22

11-10-2009, 08:17 AM

Why is Boo Boo going to be a smart aleck. He was always the voice of reason when Yogi would want to steal something. Ugh, this isn't going to turn out well. I can just feel it.

The Stryker

11-10-2009, 01:04 PM

Why is Boo Boo going to be a smart aleck. He was always the voice of reason when Yogi would want to steal something. Ugh, this isn't going to turn out well. I can just feel it.

Yeah, you can totally tell how a movie is going to turn out from a tiny news piece.

Seriously people. Calm down. It's a damn Yogi movie.

Raph's Girl

12-28-2009, 12:58 PM

Some casting news:
Christine Taylor has been cast as Cindy Bear
Tom Kavanaugh has been cast as Ranger Smith

IMO the Ranger Smith casting is PERFECT. Tom Kavanaugh looks alot like the animated Ranger Smith!

The documentary film maker is apperantly Ranger Smith's love interest. Filming is currently going on in New Zealand.

Raph's Girl

07-28-2010, 09:29 PM

Trailer's up. Looks like Ranger Smith has a co-worker...Ranger Jones. :P

As for the trailer. Well um... it did make me laugh so it's got that going for it at least.

http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1810128125/trailer/

BubblyShell22

07-29-2010, 10:22 AM

Hmmm, judging by this, it looks like it'll be okay. I'll just have to wait and see when it comes out.

The Stryker

07-29-2010, 11:30 PM

Yo. Timberlake's Boo-Boo is spectacular.

Ninjinister

07-30-2010, 04:07 AM

Yo. Timberlake's Boo-Boo is spectacular.

Agreed. Still haven't warned up to Akroyd's Yogi though.

The Stryker

07-30-2010, 10:47 AM

It sounds like he's doing Rodney Dangerfield instead of Art Carney.

Slap-Happy

07-30-2010, 11:09 AM

Timberlake truly does do a good Boo Boo.

Akroyd is way off with Yogi though. He's being too over the top. Just listen to the way he says, "This isn't going to make me look fat is it?"

I'm glad TJ Miller got the ranger role through that audition video. Lol.

Wildcat

07-31-2010, 04:19 AM

Cool, just saw the video clip. I think Dan's Yogi is just fine. Boo Boo sounds good too. The CGI models look exactly like I imagined. I look forward to seeing this.

Candy Kappa

12-14-2010, 10:33 AM

After seeing the trailer, I must say the 3D characters do not mesh well with the live-action shots. The fur render looks nice, but not nice enough for a live-action movie. Yogi's fur did look a lot better when he was wet thougth. The clothes accesories does not look real enough either, and are probably the main reason why the fur bothers me as lower quality CGI can put the better made CGI down. As for the fur and cloth simulation it's very good, but that's basic for Maya.

The character design is very nice following the original character designs, and the 3D models animation looks very nice, fluid and the characters seems to have weight in them. Their eyes are nicely animated and textured, so they act very lively.

The vocies sounds very good, and fits the characters nicely.