The CGI Look Of Horton
Courtesy Dark Horizons
Michael Fleming of Variety has the details:
Jim Carrey is returning to Who-ville.
Carrey will voice the title character in "Horton Hears A Who," 20th Century Fox's CGI animated adaptation of the Dr. Seuss book. Steve Carell will voice the Mayor of Who-ville.
The film, which is being produced by "Ice Age" makers Blue Sky, will be released March 14, 2008, by Fox.
That gives Fox Animation back-to-back summer tentpoles, with "The Simpsons Movie" set for a July 27 release.
"Horton" was scripted by Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio. Jimmy Hayward and Steve Martino will direct. Theodor Geisel's widow Audrey Geisel, Chris Wedge and Chris Meledandri are exec producing, with 20th Animation production exec Bob Gordon producing.
Carrey, who previously played the title character in the live-action "How the Grinch Stole Christmas," this time plays the elephant who hears a cry of help from a floating dust speck, and strives to protect it from neighbors who think he's nuts.
Twentieth Animation president Chris Meledandri, who courted Geisel for the right to make "Horton" and its sequel "Horton Hatches an Egg," said she felt strongly about the choices of Carrey and Carell. Each is pacted for a single film.
"Audrey Geisel has been included in all our principal casting choices," Meledandri said. "Jim was our first choice and from the moment I mentioned it to her, she was 100% determined it would happen."
It is the second team-up for Carrey and Carell, who were rivals in "Bruce Almighty." Carell took over the franchise when Carrey bowed out; the $140 million Tom Shadyac-directed "Evan Almighty" will be released by Universal next July.
I wasn't too keen on the big screen version of The Grinch from 2000, and The Cat in the Hat film was absolutely awful, hopefully teaming Jim Carrey and Steve Carell will mean the Horton film will turn out better... At least the CGI looks great...
Don't Forget:
Director Brian De Palma's The Black Dahlia opens in theaters tomorrow...
De Palma took a few minutes to sit down and talk about this project to IESB's Robert Sanchez in a video interview. With the right material to work with--he is a master filmmaker. Be sure to watch the interview, especially, if you plan to see this flick.
Paul Davidson of Filmforce tells us that a third Mummy film may just gottten another big boost a few days ago.
Hot on the heels of news that Brander Fraser has signed on for The Mummy III comes word that Rachel Weisz, Fraser's co-star in the first two films, also wants on board. French film news site Écran Large caught up with the starlet at the 32nd Deauville American Film Festival.
"I would definitely like to take part," declared Weisz, revealing that she knew about the new script but hadn't had a chance to read it yet. She added that nothing about the flick was definite quite yet. Her involvement with the third Mummy film could also depend on production being scheduled for next summer.
Weisz can next be seen on the big screen opposite Hugh Jackman in Darren Aronofsky's The Fountain....
I think the powers that be will find a way for Weisz to do the film. She is very important to the mix and the film won't be the same without her...
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