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Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Linus and the gang are coming to the big screen, as 20th Century Fox Animation and its Blue Sky Studios unit announced Tuesday that they have acquired the rights to Charles M. Schulz's iconic "Peanuts" comic strip.The planned movie, the product of an agreement between the studio and Schulz's heirs, is scheduled to arrive in theaters Nov. 25, 2015.Steve Martino, who directed Fox's "Ice Age: Continental Drift" and "Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who," is to direct from a screenplay by Craig Schulz, Bryan Schulz and Cornelius Uliano. Craig Schulz is the famous cartoonist's son, and Bryan Schulz his grandson."We have been working on this project for years," Craig Schulz, president of Charles M. Schulz Creative Associates, said in a statement. "We finally felt the time was right and the technology is where we need it to be to create this film."
There's every possibility this will be okay -- good, even, given that Schulz's heirs co-wrote the screenplay -- but when I see it's going to be directed by the hack who made Ice Age: Continental Drift and Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who, I have a hard time being optimistic. Plus, you know its going to be CG, because Hollywood doesn't even remember how to make 2-D films anymore. Sigh. I fully expect to walk around like this for the rest of the day.
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"We finally felt the time was right and the technology is where we need it to be to create this film. Plus I need to make a morgage payment."
Do any of you know where I can find the classic strip where Charlie is talking about how Snoopy likes to have his head Skritched instead of scratched? My wife thinks I'm crazy, but I know it exists... just have no idea where to find it.
And if it was a CG flick done in the classic style, I could ALMOST be behind it. But not quite.
@NealKristopher The comic from April 16, 1967 has Charlie 'skritching' Snoopy's head. I think there is one more with him talking about skritching.
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charlie brown, a film by tim burton, staring depp and hbc.
depp: 'the grief, it is good...'
there, dwell on that.
@DrAbraxas God, no, GOD! Danny Elfman covering Vince Guaraldi's Peanuts themes with 'La La' choruses is the most evil notion since the razor-fitted enema. I urge to stop, Dark Lord. YOU'LL DOOM US ALL!
...y'know, it occurs to me that Hayao Miyazaki could do a decent Peanuts 2D animation. Just take all the really sad or bittersweet moments from his films, replace all the adults with vague, inaccessible, shades of indifference, and underpin it all with sardonic ruminations.Wahhh...
Well, they HAVE done Peanuts theatrical motion pictures before...I'm sure Hollywood will keep up the wistful, introspective tone they've had in the past.
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I think this is going to make me kill myself in the theater, just to prove a point. somone's gotta do it, and it may as well be me. Please stop, Hollywood. Please.
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One man... one dog... one gang... GO NUTS!
No more missed footballs for this Charlie Brown. This time he's giving a swift kick to authority's. Good grief? No, good riddance! Featuring non-stop action and aerial battles with the Red Baron. This pooch puts the DOG in dogfight. Starring Michael Chiklis as Charlie "Chuck" Brown, Christina Hendricks as The Little Red-Haired Girl, and Danny DeVito as Snoopy.
Peanuts: The Movie. Rated R. Coming to a theater near you.
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Dog Sees God, the movie? "You're a faggot, Charlie Brown!" as delivered by Eliza Dushku was a great moment in the theater.
@lynchb85 You're a faggot, Charlie Brown! Best title ever.
I imagine a coming-of-age tale in which Charlie Brown struggles with coming out as transsexual.
@James.k.Polk It's a genuine script. Charlie Brown, a senior in high school, has to put Snoopy down after he contracts rabies and has an existential crisis. I saw it in New York with Eddie Kay Thomas as Charlie Brown, Eliza Dushku as Lucy, who's in a mental hospital after lighting the little red-haired girl on fire, and Ian Somerhalder as Pig-Pen, who's become not only a neat freak germophobe, but a bully. Linus is a pothead, Patty and Marcy are party girls, Schroeder is introverted and gay and eventually commits suicide after Pig-Pen breaks his fingers. At the end, CB receives a letter from his old pencil-pal, implied to be Charles Schulz.It's actually surprisingly intelligent and well-toned, and balances its parody of overwrought teen drama, parody of classic characters, and actual emotional moments very well.
New Game: Predict the name of the upcoming Peanuts feature(s).
My entry:
Peanuts Begins.
The Dark (and Stormy) night
A round-headed kid rises.
...
...
...
*grabs shovel, duct tape, turkey baster, live trout, molasses*
If anybody asks, I was at iHop. *heads for LA*
Again, I'm not wondering if they will fuck this up (they will) but the magnitude and scope of how bad they fuck it up.
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"We finally felt the time was right and the technology is where we need it to be to create this film."
wha..?
"... the technology is where we need it..."
HUH!?
for the great pumpkins sake, it's peanuts! it'll definitely be cgi, otherwise this comment makes no sense whatsoever. and that is the stupidest idea ive seen today.
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I am very, very afraid.
Anybody know where the nearest 5 cent psychiatric help booth is?
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I work at a Dunkin Donuts that delivers to Blue Sky and all I can say is I'll feel really shitty if I made the muffins and apple danishes that helped fuel the people to make this movie.
I have a bad feeling that the Peanuts are going to have modern,snarky 'tudes like I've been seeing on T shirts and Esurance commercials.While I know the Peanuts are no strangers to sarcasm,I don't want them to be edgy and "In your face".
I had absolutely no problem with Horton Hears a Who. Was a fun adaptation of a Seuss book felt fresh. This will be the fifth Charlie Brown movie made, making it not that big of a deal in terms of "corporate sellout/cash grab" nonsense.
it's bestiality, charlie brown
linus (looking at charlie brown's tented shirt): no, that doesn't mean you're allergic to dogs, charlie brown.
@DrAbraxas Now I know why we can't understand what the teacher is saying. Mouthful o' beagle scrot will really muffle things up.
They better keep those bizarre stoned/wandering voice cadences, or it just won't be Peanuts to me. I hear those voices when I read the strips.
@darkhugh They actually had recordings of real children reading the lines, and re-edited them into the final lines, which is why they sound so...weird.
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If they got Clancy Brown to voice Charlie Brown, I'd be all set.
"Oh, good FUCKING grief, Lucy. If you move that ball one more time... *whispers* I'll fucking kill you."
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@CaptainZADL Which is why Rob needs a staff so he can focus on turning out his fan fiction reviews every day. EVERY DAY. e-v-e-r-y d-a-y. eeevvveeerrryyy dddaaayyy.
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Let’s see, I’ll just input these data points into the ol’ movie-o-matic and it should tell us exactly how much this movie will suck. Okay, all done… here we go. The movie-o-matic says this movie will:
1. Be live action and CGI.
2. Michael Cera will be the voice of Charlie Brown.
3. Queen Latifa will be Lucy Van Pelt
4. Rosie O’Donnell as Peppermint Paddy
5. Drew Barrymore will be the voice of Sally Brown
6. The Red Baron will be updated to Osama Bin Laden. Instead of a WWI flying ace, Snoopy will be a member of Seal Team 6, which is otherwise comprised of actual talking seals in military garb. There will be a musical number.
7. Anna Faris will be their live action teacher. She will get something caught in her throat at some point and make WAH WAH noises as a “joke”
8. Jamie Kennedy will be her love interest.
At this point, the movie-o-matic just kept repeating “Fuck you.” for the next 20 pages… and then it drew a middle finger… and now it’s on fire.
@fishercl64 Good guesses. I would have said Snoopy stops being the Flying Ace and becomes the Rice Racer. His buddy Woodstock voiced by Ludacris.
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@fishercl64 "...Snoopy will be a member of Seal Team 6, which is otherwise comprised of actual talking seals in military garb."
Actually, part of me wants to see that happen, so let's keep that in. The rest...Ugh. But it can always be worse. For example, replace Queen Latifah with Jessica Alba, Woodstock is now voiced by Dane Cook or Daniel Tosh speaking in a hyper voice non-stop, there are pop culture references galore, & the kite-eating tree turns out to just a misunderstood & friendly beast who only wanted to be loved all along, complete with a Randy Newman song explaining all of this.
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@slydante @fishercl64 nah, the teacher will be voiced by Gilbert Godfried but it'll still be that wahwahwhah.
@kegs @slydante @fishercl64 Thousands of people have gone deaf due to stabbing their own ears after watching the new Peanuts movie. It is uncertain why yet but many of the victims could be heard saying,
"Make the wahs stop. Make the wahs stop! Wah! Waaaah!!"
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Ho-boy. I started to type in stupid things this movie could do to these iconic characters then feared they would come true. At least it's not live action or CG modeled with Live action. I will have to kill people if it was.
Hey, the Horton Hears a Who movie was pretty good. Definitely the best theatrical version of a Dr. Suess story, anyway.
@smashpro1 Yeah, I was surprised that I kinda enjoyed it. Granted, Jim Carrey was a bit grating at times, and so was the occasional pop culture reference, but overall I thought it was pretty good children's entertainment compared to the other things Hollywood shits out for kids these days.
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You're citing the heirs working on the screenplay as a positive? Fucking really?
BRIAN. HERBERT.
@ClancyDamon You take that back!! Brian Herbert was the greates...I can't. I tried to but No. He's just crap.
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"We finally felt the time was right and the technology is where we need it to be to create this film."
What the F***??? When was the technology NOT there?? IT'S CALLED 2D ANIMATION, DUMBASSES. YOU HAVE LEGITIMATELY MADE SEVERAL PEANUTS MOVIES & CARTOONS USING 2D ANIMATION ALREADY. AND PEOPLE HAVE LOVED YOU FOR IT. What, were they just counting the hours until the technology that could perfectly render Charlie Brown's one hair in perfect CGI could be perfected?
Look, just hire the Boom! Comics guys to help pump out an animated special, okay? That way, we get the Peanuts revival we want, & nobody has to die.
Also, screw this inferior Voice Nation crap.
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@slydante"We finally felt the time was right and the technology is where we need it to be to create this film."
They are referring to Charles Schultz being dead long enough and the proper technology in place to keep him from spinning in his grave, no matter how hard he tries.
@JOEV @slydante Actually, by attaching spinning zombie Schulz to a dynamo system, with the proper artistic abominations, we should be able to meet California's energy needs well into the rest of the century....or he'll go out of control, drill his way through the Earth's crust to the molten mantle, covering the world that betrayed him in a sea of liquid fire. Eh, we're dead inside already.
