Live Action Marmaduke Movie

*Raph's Girl* · 11-06-2009, 03:15 PM

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/...60fbf6d9511b04

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Owen Wilson has signed on to voice the rascally Great Dane "Marmaduke," Fox and New Regency's adaptation of the long-running comic strip.

Wilson's boarding is the last piece of the puzzle for the live-action/CG movie, which has shades of Fox's surprise smash "Marley & Me" and follows a family named the Winslows who move from Kansas to Orange County with their dog Marmaduke, a slobbery pooch who creates chaos wherever he goes.

In adapting the strip created in 1954 by Brad Anderson and Phil Leeming, the script by Tim Rasmussen and Vince Di Meglio sees Marmaduke navigate a volatile Mutts vs. Pedigrees turf war, woo the purebred of his dreams and overcome a fall from grace.

Judy Greer, Lee Pace and William H. Macy play the humans, while Fergie, Emma Stone, George Lopez, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Steve Coogan, Damon Wayans, Marlon Wayans supply the voices.

Tom Dey is directing, and John Davis is producing the family comedy, which has a June 2010 release date.

So....Marmaduke talks?! WTF? This plot could easily be done with Garfield or even Scooby Doo. *sighs*

*Raph's Girl* · 12-21-2009, 08:02 PM

Oh my gods. It's....the first trailer for the live action Marmaduke movie. Oh my gods.... he DOES talk....ugh..at least it's not a CGI Great Dane..

http://www.trailerspy.com/trailer/73...ser-Trailer-HD

Ginny · 12-28-2009, 12:07 PM

I saw the trailer at Alvin and the Chipmunks on Saturday and it looks so cute! Marmaduke was one of my favorites!

Demon_Shredder · 12-30-2009, 05:01 PM

I think it could be as good as Marley and Me. I can't see it being worse than the Garfield movies and I like garfield.

cartoonistaaron · 12-30-2009, 05:32 PM

What Hollywood executive thinks "Hey, I bet the 'Marmaduke' brand has a lot of marketing muscle! Let's turn it into a movie! Only he can talk!"

Does anybody even read the comic strip anymore? When I was a kid, it was always one of those cartoons you read where you realize, "I see, they have constructed a joke situation" and kind of nod your head in intellectual recognition that they told a joke, but you never actually laugh at it...

12-21-2009, 08:02 PM	#2
Raph's Girl Dierna Soul, Reporter Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Jakku Posts: 10,831	Oh my gods. It's....the first trailer for the live action Marmaduke movie. Oh my gods.... he DOES talk....ugh..at least it's not a CGI Great Dane.. http://www.trailerspy.com/trailer/73...ser-Trailer-HD __________________

12-28-2009, 12:07 PM	#3
Ginny Hench Mutant Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Steubenville, Ohio Posts: 352	I saw the trailer at Alvin and the Chipmunks on Saturday and it looks so cute! Marmaduke was one of my favorites!

12-30-2009, 05:01 PM	#4
Demon_Shredder Random Punk Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: 200 miles south of NYC Posts: 45	I think it could be as good as Marley and Me. I can't see it being worse than the Garfield movies and I like garfield.

12-30-2009, 05:32 PM	#5
cartoonistaaron Stone Warrior Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 737	What Hollywood executive thinks "Hey, I bet the 'Marmaduke' brand has a lot of marketing muscle! Let's turn it into a movie! Only he can talk!" Does anybody even read the comic strip anymore? When I was a kid, it was always one of those cartoons you read where you realize, "I see, they have constructed a joke situation" and kind of nod your head in intellectual recognition that they told a joke, but you never actually laugh at it...