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Speedy Gonzales Movie

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Warner Bros. is in development with a new SPEEDY GONZALES animated feature. The comedy is being produced by Dylan Sellers through his Rivers Edge Films and Eugenio Derbez through his 3Pas Studios. Jesse Ehrman is overseeing for the studio.

The story will be a contemporary take on the classic cartoon character Speedy Gonzales created by Friz Freieng and Hawley Pratt, which first appeared in the 1955 short ‘Speedy Gonzales’. The character, a savvy Mexican mouse who has the ability to run extremely fast, often faces off against Sylvester the cat–whom Speedy always manages to outsmart and outrun. Occasionally the cartoons featured Speedy saving his cousin Slowpoke, or creating trouble for Daffy Duck.

New Line attempted to get an animated version of the film off the ground a few years ago, with George Lopez attached to voice the title character. That project ultimately stalled, and now it appears that Warner Bros.–which maintains the rights to the characters along with the rest of the Looney Tunes franchise–are mounting a new, updated version, assuming they can navigate potential controversy.

In the past, there have been concerns raised about the character and its portrayal of Mexican stereotypes. Specifically, Cartoon Network chose to discontinue running the ‘Speedy’ cartoons when the company obtained exclusive rights to broadcast Looney Tunes in 2002. The Looney Tunes Golden Collection DVD box set even features a disclaimer that states, “The cartoons you are about to see are a product of their time. They may depict some of the ethnic and racial prejudices that were commonplace in American society.”

It is difficult to imagine that the producers involved would unaware of the possibility that a traditional depiction of the character–which some would argue feeds negative stereotypes–could cause a stir, which makes their search for a writer who can appropriately update the character while being sensitive to such issues all the more challenging–but crucial–a task.

Sellers, who served as an executive producer on this year’s Burnt and awards contender Southpaw, is in development with the Brian Epstein biopic A Life in the Day. Derbez, who has a first-look deal with Universal TV, is currently developing the dramedy about Ponce de Leon, Ponce. He recently lent his voice talents to the animated film Underdogs, but whether he’ll be doing the same for the Speedy Gonzales feature has yet to be confirmed.

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Could be worse I suppose. They could've made it a Live-Action/CGI movie.

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Originally Posted by TurtleTitan97 (Post 1527827)

Could be worse I suppose. They could've made it a Live-Action/CGI movie.

I'm actually flabbergasted that they AREN'T. :tlol:

Huh. I wonder if the copyright of his voice ran out.
WB sold the voice to the Frito-Lay company back in the day.

Cool. If it's animated and written in the style of TLTS it can't be too bad.

Yunno, aside from the whole "may be racist/offensive/stereotypical" allegations that are attached to this character, Speedy himself doesn't strike me as one of the Looney Tunes's more popular characters to even warrant a film of his own.

I'd be up for another Duck Dodgers project though.

How is Speedy racist? This is a perfect example of Political Correctness gone to extremes, people are so focused on whether something is sexist/racist etc that they don't even bother to research if its really offending any one besides themselves. Speedy Gonzalez is a favorite Looney Toon character only falling in popularity to the big hitters like Bugs, Daffy etc.

Frankly, I'd rather see a Marvin Martian movie- but that might offend the Martians.... :trazz::trolleye::twink::tlol:

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Originally Posted by MsMarvelDuckie (Post 1528383)

Frankly, I'd rather see a Marvin Martian movie- but that might offend the Martians.... :trazz::trolleye::twink::tlol:

Funny that you mention that since we almost got one:

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xw9...age_shortfilms

Oh, the might-have-beens....

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Originally Posted by MsMarvelDuckie (Post 1528394)

Oh, the might-have-beens....

You think that's something, you should see the footage for the canceled Hong Kong Phooey film with Eddie Murphy. :lol:

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