The films were made back-to-back in Los Angeles.
UK-based sales firm Timeless Films is debuting the second and third Rock Dog animated films to buyers at next week’s online European Film Market.
Both films were produced back-to-back at Splash Entertainment in Los Angeles, in association with Huayi Brothers Pictures and Hb Wink Animation, and presented by Lionsgate. Timeless has worldwide sales rights.
It will screen the finished version of Rock Dog 2: Rock Around The Park to buyers, and will provide first images for Rock Dog 3: Battle The Beat, which is due for completion in April.
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UK-based sales firm Timeless Films is debuting the second and third Rock Dog animated films to buyers at next week’s online European Film Market.
Both films were produced back-to-back at Splash Entertainment in Los Angeles, in association with Huayi Brothers Pictures and Hb Wink Animation, and presented by Lionsgate. Timeless has worldwide sales rights.
It will screen the finished version of Rock Dog 2: Rock Around The Park to buyers, and will provide first images for Rock Dog 3: Battle The Beat, which is due for completion in April.
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- 2/26/2021
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Keep up with the wild and wooly world of indie film acquisitions with our weekly Rundown of everything that’s been picked up around the globe. Check out last week’s Rundown here.
– The Orchard has acquired the rights to “Kings,” the drama starring Halle Berry and Daniel Craig and directed by Deniz Gamze Ergüven, Deadline reports. The film focuses on a foster family in South Central a few weeks before the city erupts in violence following the verdict of the Rodney King trial in 1992.
Ergüven previously directed “Mustang,” which received an Oscar nomination in 2015 for Best Foreign Language Film. Charles Gilbert and Vincent Maraval served as the producers on “Kings.”
Read More: Film Acquisition Rundown: IFC Films Picks up ‘Sweet Virginia,’ Oscilloscope Buys ‘Song of Granite’ and More
– Lionsgate has acquired the U.S. distribution rights to the crime-thriller “Dragged Across Concrete” The film will be released by the...
– The Orchard has acquired the rights to “Kings,” the drama starring Halle Berry and Daniel Craig and directed by Deniz Gamze Ergüven, Deadline reports. The film focuses on a foster family in South Central a few weeks before the city erupts in violence following the verdict of the Rodney King trial in 1992.
Ergüven previously directed “Mustang,” which received an Oscar nomination in 2015 for Best Foreign Language Film. Charles Gilbert and Vincent Maraval served as the producers on “Kings.”
Read More: Film Acquisition Rundown: IFC Films Picks up ‘Sweet Virginia,’ Oscilloscope Buys ‘Song of Granite’ and More
– Lionsgate has acquired the U.S. distribution rights to the crime-thriller “Dragged Across Concrete” The film will be released by the...
- 5/19/2017
- by Graham Winfrey
- Indiewire
Open Road Films has acquired U.S. rights to the animated family comedy “Duck Duck Goose,” featuring the voices of Zendaya, Jim Gaffigan and Lance Lim, from Original Force. The announcement was made Wednesday by Tom Ortenberg, CEO of Open Road Films and Harley Zhao, President and CEO of Original Force. Original Force produced and financed the animated film. “Duck Duck Goose” is directed by Christopher Jenkins and written by Jenkins and Rob Muir. Penney Finkelman Cox and Sandra Rabins produced. Also Read: Zendaya Says Vons Grocery Store Clerk Refused Her Service Because of 'Skin Tone' The film follows a high-flying bachelor goose named.
- 5/17/2017
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
Open Road Films has acquired all U.S. rights to the animated family comedy Duck Duck Goose.
Featuring a voice cast headed up by Jim Gaffigan, Zendaya and Lance Lim, the film is directed by Christopher Jenkins from a screenplay he wrote with Rob Muir.
China-based Original Force produced and financed the film, which Open Road will release April 20, 2018.
Greg Proops, Natasha Leggero, Reggie Watts, Diedrich Bader, Jennifer Grey, Rick Overton, Craig Ferguson, Stephen Fry and Carl Reiner round out the voice cast.
The story centers on a high-flying bachelor goose named Peng (Gaffigan) who is injured in flight...
Featuring a voice cast headed up by Jim Gaffigan, Zendaya and Lance Lim, the film is directed by Christopher Jenkins from a screenplay he wrote with Rob Muir.
China-based Original Force produced and financed the film, which Open Road will release April 20, 2018.
Greg Proops, Natasha Leggero, Reggie Watts, Diedrich Bader, Jennifer Grey, Rick Overton, Craig Ferguson, Stephen Fry and Carl Reiner round out the voice cast.
The story centers on a high-flying bachelor goose named Peng (Gaffigan) who is injured in flight...
- 5/17/2017
- by Tatiana Siegel
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Open Road Films has acquired U.S. rights to Duck Duck Goose, an animated family comedy produced and financed by Original Force. The pic features the voices of Jim Gaffigan, Zendaya and Lance Lim and the distributor has set an April 20, 2018 release date. Directed by Christopher Jenkins and written by Jenkins and Rob Muir, the pic centers on a high-flying bachelor goose named Peng (Gaffigan) who is injured in flight and finds himself saddled with two adorably hilarious and…...
- 5/17/2017
- Deadline
Molly Shannon’s post-“Saturday Night Live” career is a diverse one: supporting turns in festival favorites like “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl” and “Life After Beth,” memorable roles in studio comedies like “Talladega Nights” and “Evan Almighty” and plenty of off-beat television for small screen fans. Later this year, she’ll co-star in the much-hyped HBO comedy “Divorce,” starring Sarah Jessica Parker. If it seems like she’s casting her net all over the place, it’s at least partly by design. For Shannon, the key to both Hollywood success and creative fulfillment is simple: Working hard and always looking for something different.
Every now and then, the industry takes notice. At the recent Nantucket Film Festival, Shannon accepted the Compass Rose Acting Award. While there, she also supported first-time filmmaker’s Chris Kelly’s Audience Award winner, “Other People,” which opened the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year,...
Every now and then, the industry takes notice. At the recent Nantucket Film Festival, Shannon accepted the Compass Rose Acting Award. While there, she also supported first-time filmmaker’s Chris Kelly’s Audience Award winner, “Other People,” which opened the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year,...
- 6/29/2016
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
The Chinese animation studio has launched a Los Angeles-based production office and brought on industry veterans and longtime producing partners Sandra Rabins and Penney Finkelman Cox.
Original Force president and founder Harley Zhao (pictured, centre) told guests at a party in Downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday evening that the company has started production on three features and will aim produce at least one CG film approximately every 18 months.
Rabins (pictured at far left) and Finkelman Cox (pictured at far right) will serve as co-presidents of Original Force Animation and are partners with Zhao on the newly launched animated feature division.
The new arrivals launched Sony Pictures Animation in 2002 and have deep ties to DreamWorks Animation. They have overseen such titles as Shrek, Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs and Open Season and have begun to assemble their team for the inaugural slate.
Meanwhile Peter Adee, formerly president of marketing at Universal Pictures and MGM, is consulting...
Original Force president and founder Harley Zhao (pictured, centre) told guests at a party in Downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday evening that the company has started production on three features and will aim produce at least one CG film approximately every 18 months.
Rabins (pictured at far left) and Finkelman Cox (pictured at far right) will serve as co-presidents of Original Force Animation and are partners with Zhao on the newly launched animated feature division.
The new arrivals launched Sony Pictures Animation in 2002 and have deep ties to DreamWorks Animation. They have overseen such titles as Shrek, Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs and Open Season and have begun to assemble their team for the inaugural slate.
Meanwhile Peter Adee, formerly president of marketing at Universal Pictures and MGM, is consulting...
- 8/13/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The Chinese animation studio has launched a Los Angeles-based production office and brought on industry veterans and longtime producing partners Sandra Rabins and Penney Finkelman Cox.
Original Force president and founder Harley Zhao (pictured, centre) told guests at a party in Downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday evening that the company has started production on three features and will aim produce at least one CG film approximately every 18 months.
Rabins (pictured at far left) and Finkelman Cox (pictured at far right) will serve as co-presidents of Original Force Animation and are partners with Zhao on the newly launched animated feature division.
The new arrivals launched Sony Pictures Animation in 2002 and have deep ties to DreamWorks Animation. They have overseen such titles as Shrek, Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs and Open Season and have begun to assemble their team for the inaugural slate.
Meanwhile Peter Adee, formerly president of marketing at Universal Pictures and MGM, is consulting...
Original Force president and founder Harley Zhao (pictured, centre) told guests at a party in Downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday evening that the company has started production on three features and will aim produce at least one CG film approximately every 18 months.
Rabins (pictured at far left) and Finkelman Cox (pictured at far right) will serve as co-presidents of Original Force Animation and are partners with Zhao on the newly launched animated feature division.
The new arrivals launched Sony Pictures Animation in 2002 and have deep ties to DreamWorks Animation. They have overseen such titles as Shrek, Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs and Open Season and have begun to assemble their team for the inaugural slate.
Meanwhile Peter Adee, formerly president of marketing at Universal Pictures and MGM, is consulting...
- 8/13/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
At 48, Molly Shannon is still the kind of woman who turns heads, with her mischievous grin and twinkling blue eyes. And, when she opens her mouth, she’s also the kind of woman who causes you to bust a gut. In short, she’s wildly funny. Shannon is perhaps best known for her six-year run on “Saturday Night Live,” where she brought to life such remarkable characters as 50-year-old Sally O’Malley between 1995 and 2001. But she’s also enjoyed a memorable presence on many other TV shows as well, appearing on everything from “Seinfeld” to “The Middle” to HBO’s “Enlightened.”
No doubt she’s stayed incredibly busy. She will soon appear in the Clark Gregg comedy “Trust Me” and is also co-writing a new Disney feature about moms on a road trip.
Born in 1964 in Shaker Heights, Ohio, Shannon endured a horrific tragedy early on that would shape the rest of her life.
No doubt she’s stayed incredibly busy. She will soon appear in the Clark Gregg comedy “Trust Me” and is also co-writing a new Disney feature about moms on a road trip.
Born in 1964 in Shaker Heights, Ohio, Shannon endured a horrific tragedy early on that would shape the rest of her life.
- 5/17/2013
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
Hollywood is filled with people clambering to get noticed in a sea of noise. When that hard work has paid off and an aspiring filmmaker catches the eye of a studio or producer, this appears to be a big break. However, the good folks at AnimatedViews.com remind us that a big break in this town doesn’t always mean that your career is made. AnimatedViews offers a detailed and intimate story behind the rise and fall of Disney’s Circle 7 Animation Studios, a company launched in 2005 to generate sequels to the wildly popular Pixar properties. More specifically, they profile Circle 7 writers Bob Hilgenberg and Rob Muir, who first broke into entertainment as part of Second City and The Groundlings. Hilgenberg and Muir’s early television work included writing bumpers for USA’s Up All Night host Rhonda Sheer and penning a script for the forgotten The Munsters Today. Other notable projects included Disney’s 2011 mega-flop Mars Needs Moms...
- 3/6/2012
- by Kevin Carr
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
It has been some time since Saturday Night Live alum Molly Shannon has been seen in the spotlight, most recently a bit part in this summer’s Bad Teacher. But she has plans for another leading role. The actress has collaborated with Disney in the past, with her voice credits in the Airbud movies, but it’s still a hard unity for me to imagine after seeing her go all-out in Superstar. But alas, Shannon has just teamed with veteran scribes Rob Muir and Bob Hilgenberg to sell an untitled comedy feature pitch to Disney. [Deadline]
The comedy trio will write the script together, which could ultimately have Shannon in the lead role. Adapted from their own experiences as parents, the comedy will focus on the social world of motherhood. It sounds like the script has potential to get pretty raunchy, so we’ll have to see if Shannon can tone down her wild,...
The comedy trio will write the script together, which could ultimately have Shannon in the lead role. Adapted from their own experiences as parents, the comedy will focus on the social world of motherhood. It sounds like the script has potential to get pretty raunchy, so we’ll have to see if Shannon can tone down her wild,...
- 11/7/2011
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Exclusive: Molly Shannon teamed with veteran scribes Rob Muir and Bob Hilgenberg to sell an untitled comedy feature pitch to Disney. They will write the script together for a film that could be a star vehicle for Shannon. It’s based on their own experiences as parents, and the comedy focuses on the social world of motherhood. The film will be produced by Andrew Panay (Wedding Crashers), and Shannon will be exec producer. Hilgenberg & Muir are currently scripting a live-action version of The Family Circus for Fox and Walden Media. Shannon’s repped by Gersh and Framework Entertainment, the scribes are repped by Summit Talent & Literary.
- 11/4/2011
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
While a sequel for the original Monster’s Inc. is scheduled for November of 2012 (11 years after the original, seriously?), we know we won’t be seeing anything from this video make it into that final film. After the first film was released and grossed over $500 million, Disney’s sister studio, Circle 7, hired screenwriters Bob Hilgenberg and Rob Muir to write the script for the sequel. So they wrote and worked up until Circle 7 faded away and the two guys and their team left to go work on Toy Story 3.
This is from the writers of the sequel, as posted on their YouTube page.
We just came across some of the artwork that was put together based on our Monsters Inc. 2 script. This was back at Circle 7 Studios and was the original project we worked on until we started on Toy Story 3. We have absolutely no idea what Pixar is...
This is from the writers of the sequel, as posted on their YouTube page.
We just came across some of the artwork that was put together based on our Monsters Inc. 2 script. This was back at Circle 7 Studios and was the original project we worked on until we started on Toy Story 3. We have absolutely no idea what Pixar is...
- 3/11/2011
- by Ryan Laster
- If It's Movies
Movie Review of Mars Needs Moms: Seth Green acts up as boy hero in sci-fi adventure (3 out of 5 stars) mars needs moms reviewAuthor and illustrator Berkeley Breathed may be best known for his satirical comic strips Bloom County and Opus but he shows a sentimental side and a strong knack for child wonderment with his 2007 children's book Mars Needs Moms! A movie adaptation featuring the latest in performance-capture technology sounds fantastic until the movie unfolds and fans of the book, especially Breathed’s zany illustrations, wonder how director Simon West and producer Robert Zemeckis fumble much of the book’s energy and fun. Wells, his wife and co-writer Wendy Wells, Rob Muir and Bob Hilgenberg adapt the Breathed book. It's surprisingly underwhelming despite its wonderful premise about a boy fighting aliens in order to save his mother. With a sputtering story that never rockets to life, one has the...
- 3/11/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Movie Review of Mars Needs Moms: Seth Green acts up as boy hero in sci-fi adventure (3 out of 5 stars) mars needs moms reviewAuthor and illustrator Berkeley Breathed may be best known for his satirical comic strips Bloom County and Opus but he shows a sentimental side and a strong knack for child wonderment with his 2007 children's book Mars Needs Moms! A movie adaptation featuring the latest in performance-capture technology sounds fantastic until the movie unfolds and fans of the book, especially Breathed’s zany illustrations, wonder how director Simon West and producer Robert Zemeckis fumble much of the book’s energy and fun. Wells, his wife and co-writer Wendy Wells, Rob Muir and Bob Hilgenberg adapt the Breathed book. It's surprisingly underwhelming despite its wonderful premise about a boy fighting aliens in order to save his mother. With a sputtering story that never rockets to life, one has the...
- 3/11/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Circle 7 Animation was a short-lived division of The Walt Disney Company specializing in computer generated imagery (CGI) animation. The company was created when Disney felt Pixar would end their contract with them after negotiations were appearing to fall through. So Disney created Circle 7 to work on creating sequels to the Disney-owned Pixar properties (the seven Pixar films released by Disney between 1995 and 2006). Circle 7 began working on those projects and even drafted early scripts of Toy Story 3. Thankfully for both studios, the two companies came to a happy agreement an agreement, that stated no one but Pixar employees would work on Pixar projects. Ever since the team has released some incredible and very profitable features including Wall-e, Up and the billion dollar box office sensation Toy Story 3.
All development on the films at Circle 7 immediately stopped and the materials that had been produced were put away to never be used again.
All development on the films at Circle 7 immediately stopped and the materials that had been produced were put away to never be used again.
- 3/10/2011
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Filed under: Trailers and Clips, Movie News, Cinematical
If you're reading that headline and wondering who Circle 7 is and why they'd be making a sequel to a Pixar property like 'Monsters Inc.,' allow us to fill you in.
Back in 2004, it appeared as though Disney and Pixar would part ways after negotiations for a new deal to extend their partnership fell through. Pixar was unhappy and felt they'd be better off teaming with another studio. Disney, meanwhile, prepared to move ahead on sequels to popular Disney Pixar franchises without the Emeryville-based animation studio's involvement. To start the process, managers at Mickey's house formed Circle 7, a new animation studio that would work on those very sequels.
Circle 7 had begun working on several projects before Disney acquired Pixar in a 2006 deal. When that happened, all development on those films at Circle 7 stopped and the materials that had been produced were scrapped.
If you're reading that headline and wondering who Circle 7 is and why they'd be making a sequel to a Pixar property like 'Monsters Inc.,' allow us to fill you in.
Back in 2004, it appeared as though Disney and Pixar would part ways after negotiations for a new deal to extend their partnership fell through. Pixar was unhappy and felt they'd be better off teaming with another studio. Disney, meanwhile, prepared to move ahead on sequels to popular Disney Pixar franchises without the Emeryville-based animation studio's involvement. To start the process, managers at Mickey's house formed Circle 7, a new animation studio that would work on those very sequels.
Circle 7 had begun working on several projects before Disney acquired Pixar in a 2006 deal. When that happened, all development on those films at Circle 7 stopped and the materials that had been produced were scrapped.
- 3/9/2011
- by Mike Bracken
- Moviefone
Filed under: Trailers and Clips, Movie News, Cinematical
If you're reading that headline and wondering who Circle 7 is and why they'd be making a sequel to a Pixar property like 'Monsters Inc.,' allow us to fill you in.
Back in 2004, it appeared as though Disney and Pixar would part ways after negotiations for a new deal to extend their partnership fell through. Pixar was unhappy and felt they'd be better off teaming with another studio. Disney, meanwhile, prepared to move ahead on sequels to popular Disney Pixar franchises without the Emeryville-based animation studio's involvement. To start the process, managers at Mickey's house formed Circle 7, a new animation studio that would work on those very sequels.
Circle 7 had begun working on several projects before Disney acquired Pixar in a 2006 deal. When that happened, all development on those films at Circle 7 stopped and the materials that had been produced were scrapped.
If you're reading that headline and wondering who Circle 7 is and why they'd be making a sequel to a Pixar property like 'Monsters Inc.,' allow us to fill you in.
Back in 2004, it appeared as though Disney and Pixar would part ways after negotiations for a new deal to extend their partnership fell through. Pixar was unhappy and felt they'd be better off teaming with another studio. Disney, meanwhile, prepared to move ahead on sequels to popular Disney Pixar franchises without the Emeryville-based animation studio's involvement. To start the process, managers at Mickey's house formed Circle 7, a new animation studio that would work on those very sequels.
Circle 7 had begun working on several projects before Disney acquired Pixar in a 2006 deal. When that happened, all development on those films at Circle 7 stopped and the materials that had been produced were scrapped.
- 3/9/2011
- by Mike Bracken
- Cinematical
Back in 2005, Disney set up a company called Circle 7 when there were talks of Disney and Pixar going their own separate ways. Circle 7 would have then produced sequels to "Toy Story," "A Bug's Life," "The Incredibles," "Finding Nemo," "Cars" and "Monsters, Inc." But then Disney acquired Pixar in 2006 and everything that Circle 7 has been working on was thrown away. It turns out that Circle 7 was already developing "Monsters, Inc. 2: Lost In Scaradise," written by Bob Hilgenberg and Rob Muir. In the sequel, Mike and Sulley decide to visit Boo to wish her a happy birthday but learn that she has moved away. They decide to look for Boo and as a result aren't allowed to return to Monstropolis until they find her. Pixar's real sequel to "Monsters, Inc." is going in a different direction. There have been talks that the story would be a prequel and focus on Mike...
- 3/9/2011
- WorstPreviews.com
[1] Back in 2005, when it seemed like Disney and Pixar would be dissolving their partnership, Disney set up a studio called Circle 7 to take advantage of the fact that it still held the right to make sequels of Pixar's film under a previous agreement. The studio was shut down in 2006, once Disney agreed to acquire Pixar, but not before Circle 7 employees had already begun work on sequels like Monsters, Inc. 2 and Toy Story 3. Circle 7's plans for those films were scrapped completely; the Toy Story 3 that came out last year and the Monsters, Inc. 2 that's due out next year bear no resemblance to Circle 7's earlier ideas. Yesterday, however, two of the screenwriters behind Circle 7's Monsters, Inc. 2: Lost in Scaradise -- Bob Hilgenberg and Rob Muir, or Bob & Rob, as they call themselves -- offered an intriguing glimpse at the never-produced film when they posted some of the artwork for their unproduced script.
- 3/8/2011
- by Angie Han
- Slash Film
20th Century Fox, the same studio who brought you Marmaduke, is developing another live-action family film based on a single panel cartoon: The Family Circus.
According to Deadline, Fox teamed with Walden Media to acquire the rights to Bill Keane’s 50-year-old comic strip. The syndicated comic follows the family hijinks of the un-aging Bill, his wife Thelma, and their four children. That Jeffy is incorrigible!
They’ve hired screenwriters Bob Hilgenberg and Rob Muir, whose big career moment thus far was penning the direct-to-video classic Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue… with four other writers. That shows you how much effort, and budget, they’re allocating for this, though they’ll have already spent seven figures just in the acquisition deal.
Marmaduke made an inexplicable $80.2 million worldwide from a negative $50 million production cost. Where did all the money go? It was a talking dog movie. Did Owen Wilson...
According to Deadline, Fox teamed with Walden Media to acquire the rights to Bill Keane’s 50-year-old comic strip. The syndicated comic follows the family hijinks of the un-aging Bill, his wife Thelma, and their four children. That Jeffy is incorrigible!
They’ve hired screenwriters Bob Hilgenberg and Rob Muir, whose big career moment thus far was penning the direct-to-video classic Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue… with four other writers. That shows you how much effort, and budget, they’re allocating for this, though they’ll have already spent seven figures just in the acquisition deal.
Marmaduke made an inexplicable $80.2 million worldwide from a negative $50 million production cost. Where did all the money go? It was a talking dog movie. Did Owen Wilson...
- 10/13/2010
- by Jeff Leins
- newsinfilm.com
Back when a live action Marmaduke movie was first announced last year, I can recall a lot of people joking about other comic strips that would make for even more ridiculous film adaptations. One of the titles that had to be at the top of the list was Bil Keane's The Family Circus, the notoriously unfunny single panel comic that most people would agree very rarely has an actual punchline. Supposedly, it has become the most widely syndicated comic strip in the world... go figure. As you might expect, Hollywood has been knocking at Bil Keane's door for years, trying to get the rights to make a Family Circus movie, but finally producer John Baldecchi (Deep Rising, The Mexican, Ultraviolet) managed to get a hold of him and negotiate a deal. Yep, that's right... Billy, Dolly and the rest of the family are all coming to the big screen.
- 10/12/2010
- by Sean
- FilmJunk
20th Century Fox and Walden Media have teamed up to purchase the film rights to Bil Keane's syndicated comic strip "The Family Circus" reports Deadline.
First starting in 1960, Keane has been producing the single-panel script ever since and it has become the most widely syndicated cartoon panel in the world. The strip follows an Arizona family - Bil and Thelma along with their four children.
Bob Hilgenberg & Rob Muir will pen the script for a live action feature based on the property, and the first of a potential family franchise. John Baldecchi and Stacy Maes are producing.
First starting in 1960, Keane has been producing the single-panel script ever since and it has become the most widely syndicated cartoon panel in the world. The strip follows an Arizona family - Bil and Thelma along with their four children.
Bob Hilgenberg & Rob Muir will pen the script for a live action feature based on the property, and the first of a potential family franchise. John Baldecchi and Stacy Maes are producing.
- 10/11/2010
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Sometimes, I just don’t know what to say on a piece of news. 20th Century Fox and Walden Media have purchased the rights to Bil Keane’s syndicated comic strip The Family Circus. They already have scribes Bob Hilgenberg and Rob Muir on board to pen a live action feature. Reportedly, the studio has “envisioned [it] as a multiple quadrant family franchise.” The rights were a hot commodity, and were sought after for a number of years by different studios. Producer John Baldecchi caught Keane’s attention by pursuing Keane himself for two years.
Read more on “The Family Circus” coming to the big screen…...
Read more on “The Family Circus” coming to the big screen…...
- 10/9/2010
- by Kate Erbland
- GordonandtheWhale
Isn't it great to sit there on a nice morning having your breakfast and reading your paper. At that point you turn to the comics and try to determine just which ones may make an interesting half-hour cartoon or possible full-length movie. I'll bet you never saw this one on the big screen in your head. 20th Century Fox and Walden Media have teamed up and purchased the rights to the single-panel comic, "The Family Circus." They are aiming to turn the comic strip into a live-action film for theatres. Rob Muir and Bob Hilgenberg (TinkerBell and the Great Fairy Rescue) have...
- 10/9/2010
- by Danny Cox, New Orleans Movie Examiner
- Examiner Movies Channel
You didn't think Marmaduke would get all the glory, did you? That's right: the most widely syndicated cartoon panel in the world is about to make its live-action big screen debut. Moreover, it's being envisioned as a franchise. 20th Century Fox and Walden Media got the rights to Bil Keane's comic, which was introduced in the '60s and has since been released in compilations that have sold over thirteen million copies worldwide. Deadline says Fox and Walden competed for the rights with several other studios, but beat them out with a seven figure deal against their six figures. Bob Hilgenberg and Rob Muir, co-writers on Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue, have been hired to write the screenplay. Producing the film are John Baldecchi (Ultraviolet, Cutthroat Island) and Stacy Maes (Jumper). There isn't much to the comic, either in terms of character or story, which means this...
- 10/9/2010
- by Adam Quigley
- Slash Film
Exclusive: 20th Century Fox has teamed with Walden Media to buy rights to Bil Keane's venerable syndicated comic strip The Family Circus, and they've hired Bob Hilgenberg & Rob Muir to script a live action feature. John Baldecchi and Stacy Maes are producing. Bil Keane started the strip in 1960 and continues to generate the single-panel script with his son Jeff. It is the most widely syndicated strip in the world, according to King Features. A number of studios competed for the rights for what is envisioned as a multiple quadrant family franchise. Though several members of the Keane clan have become film animators, Bil Keane resisted making a film deal all these years. Producer Baldecchi spent two years trying to track them down. He got Keane's number, but never had his messages returned. One day, Baldecchi called and Keane picked up the phone. He made enough of an impression that...
- 10/8/2010
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
Check out tons of new clips from Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment's "Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue." These include 12 film clips, two bonus feature clips as well as interviews with stars Mar Whitman, Lucy Liu, Michael Sheen, Raven Symone, Pamela Adlon, Lauren More and filmmakers director Bradley Raymond and producer Helen Kalafatic. The animated family adventure sees DVD and Blu-ray release on September 21st. What would you do if you met a fairy? Witness the historic moment when Tinker Bell first meets a human being, and it's not who you think. Years before meeting Wendy and the Lost Boys, Tinker Bell met Lizzy, a little girl with a steadfast belief in the power of pixie dust and the magic land of fairies. During the fairies' summer visit to the flowering meadows of England, two very different worlds unite for the first time and Tink develops a special...
- 9/10/2010
- Upcoming-Movies.com
20th Century Fox and New Regency are joining forces to bring the classic TV series Father Knows Best to the big screen. According to the trades, the rights have been secured and Chad and Dara Creasey have signed on to write the script. Father Knows Best starred Robert Young and centered on a middle class family’s life in the Midwest. It was created by writer Ed James and began on NBC radio in 1949, moved to TV in 1954 and ran until 1960, when Young called it quits even though the show was peaking in popularity. The contemporized film will involve a father whose modern-day parenting displeases his more traditional father, who comes to live with the family. They clash over which father knows best. Universal tried to make a film in 1994 with a script by Brokeback Mountain scribes Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana, with Young serving as a consultant. That didn't pan out,...
- 4/16/2009
- by James Cook
- TheMovingPicture.net
Rene Russo has signed on to co-star in the remake of Yours, Mine and Ours for Paramount Pictures and MGM. Paramount has set a November release date for the project with MGM handling foreign distribution. Russo will play opposite Dennis Quaid in the remake, taking on the role played by Lucille Ball in the original. That film revolved around two divorcees who join forces, along with their eight and 10 kids, respectively. Raja Gosnell is directing the project, which is being produced by Robert Simonds. Gosnell's producing partner, Richard Suckle, also will be involved in a production capacity. The project was written by Ron Burch, David Kidd, Bob Hilgenberg and Rob Muir. Elizabeth Ingold and Erik Baiers are overseeing for MGM with Karen Rosenfelt overseeing for Paramount. Russo is represented by CAA and managed by John Crosby.
- 2/10/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Comedy writing duo Bob Hilgenberg and Rob Muir have sold the pitch Infantile to MGM for mid-six against high-six figures, sources said. The pitch, to be produced by Catherine Paura, Joe Farrell and Josie Rosen, is described as a high-concept comedy for a male actor. At MGM, executive vp production Elizabeth Ingold and director of creative affairs Erik Baiers are overseeing. The deal follows on the heels of the writing job Hilgenberg and Muir did for MGM and Paramount on Yours, Mine & Ours, which is being produced by Robert Simonds. Following scripting duties on the new pitch, Hilgenberg and Muir have been tapped to do a Page 1 rewrite on San Antonio for Antonio Banderas' Green Monkey Prods. and Fox Searchlight Pictures, sources said. The writers are repped by Sandy Weinberg at the Summit Agency. Their other projects include Father Knows Best at Nickelodeon and Paramount, Scared Guys at Columbia Pictures and Doubting Thomas at Bill Mechanic's Pandemonium.
- 8/24/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Hot on the heels of the Cheaper by the Dozen remake comes word of an MGM-Paramount co-production of a remake of big brood film Yours, Mine and Ours, reports Variety. So far, the only names attached are screenwriters Bob Hilgenberg and Rob Muir, who also worked on the potential Tim Allen remake of Father Knows Best. MGM will take on production overseeing and international distribution, will Paramount will distribute the movie domestically. The original 1968 comedy Yours, Mine and Ours starred Henry Fonda and Lucille Ball as a widow and widower who marry and combine all their 18 kids into one house; a 21 year-old Tim Matheson played Fonda's eldest.
- 4/11/2003
- IMDbPro News
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