Live action Yogi Bear in the works

*Raph's Girl* · 10-03-2008, 01:45 PM

http://www.mania.com/yogi-bear-hitti...le_110283.html

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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?

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Originally Posted by Raph's Girl

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

Will Ferrell.

**Jo Dawn** · 10-03-2008, 06:34 PM

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Originally Posted by KROW

Will Ferrell.

Ahh, I was gonna say him.

*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

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Originally Posted by J Legault

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 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

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Originally Posted by J Legault

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.

Yeah the 2nd Chipmunks film will be introducing the Chipettes.

*Cure* · 10-04-2008, 12:39 PM

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Originally Posted by J Legault

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

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Snackerdoodle?

NOOOOO

Do you mean this?

If so I'll be screaming NOOOOOOOOOOOO right beside you lol

*ZariusTwo* · 10-04-2008, 06:47 PM

I certaingly didnt mean "Chemical Castration"

*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

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Originally Posted by Drtooth

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!

*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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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Wildcat Foot Elite Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: AZ Posts: 3,516	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. __________________ Nothing can survive the will to stay alive, cause if you try, you can do anything.

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Gordo Random Punk Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 41	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.