"Pink Panther" On The Prowl Again

MGM is looking to revive of its "Pink Panther" franchise with an animation/live-action hybrid film says .Screen.

David Silverman ("The Simpsons Movie") will direct the film which will focus on the Pink Panther character rather than Inspector Clouseau.

The new film hopes to "harken back to the tone" of both the original cartoons created 50 years ago as well as those of the live-action Peter Sellers films by Blake Edwards and Walter Mirisch.

Mirisch and Edwards' widow Julie Andrews will produce.

 Steve Martin starred in the rebooted 2006 film The Pink Panther and The Pink Panther 2 with ho-hum results