(Looks like mom’s the only one upset. The moral of the story is that women be naggin’.)
This is a time when the movie industry is literally optioning gum wrappers from the 50s, so it should come as no surprise that there’s going to be a Berenstain Bears movie. If you’ll remember, the Berenstain Bears is a famous children’s book series about a family of bears who mostly did gay crap like teach lessons about non-violence and never ate anyone.
It’s a bear market for one group of moviemakers. [kill yourself. -Ed.] Shawn Levy, director of the Night at the Museum movies, has signed on to produce a feature film based on The Berenstain Bears books, a comedy he says will be a mix of live-action and computer animation. The characters were first published in 1962 in The Big Honey Hunt.
“I’d like the film to be un-ironic about its family connections but have a wry comedic sensibility that isn’t oblivious to the fact that they’re bears,” Levy says. “The comedy comes from this bear family coexisting in a more recognizably real world. I think the movie will be witty but never sarcastic,” he says. [USA Today]
Yes, because as Jesus teaches, sarcasm is a tool of the devil, like avarice or Danny Masterson. Anyway, I’m glad they’re the Berenstain Bears and not the Berenstein Bears. Bears are normally cuddly and benevolent, but Jew bears are liable to eat a Christian baby. Aw, crap, I’m going to letters from Eli Roth now, aren’t I.
I’d never heard of the Tom Trueheart series of children’s books before today, but a live-action adaptation of the first book was just greenlit with a $60 million budget. My favorite part is quote from producer David Uslan:
“It could have easily been a wonderful comic book series or graphic novel. When I look at a property, I not only look for a great character-driven feature film but a video game, a toy line and a digital series as well. ‘The Secret History of Tom Trueheart’ hits all those platforms, along with having great international appeal.” [THR]
“Because the job of the modern-day producer is not just to ask ‘is it a good story?’, but also, ‘Can it be a ringtone? Will it Twitter? And what of iPhone apps?’”
