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Paramount To Bring Us The New Adventures Of Tom & Huck
Remember that awful Disney movie 'Tom & Huck?' It was the story of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn starring then-big-deals Jonathan Taylor Thomas and Brad Renfro. Well it seems Paramount thinks it's high time Mark Twain's literary duo were rebooted. The studio has purchased Andy Burg's spec script 'Huck,' which is apparently a reimagining of the characters similar to the approach taken in 'Snow White and the Huntsman.' The film will apparently focus on the adult versions of Tom and Huck and feature supernatural elements. Among the producers on this project are Peter Chernin and Dylan Clark who also produced last year's 'Rise of the Planet of the Apes.' No word yet on a director, cast, or proposed start date.
I don't want to write off this project automatically, but it does seem like we're getting a riverboat load of fictional character reimagings lately. 'Snow White and the Huntsman' was already mentioned, but we're also getting 'Jack the Giant Killer' and 'Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters' just to name a few. It bears noting that the latter two characters, as well as Huck Finn, are in the public domain so the cost-effective attraction for studios is pretty evident. But I'm holding off my cynicism as much as possible here. For one thing, it can't be as bad as Disney's 1995 take on the characters. Also, and I know this is a dull glimmer of hope, the producers of 'Rise of the Planet of the Apes' are on board. I am very aware that there are plenty of people far more responsible for the success of 'RotPotA' than its producers, but I'll take what I can get at this point. It will be interesting to see what supernatural elements get thrown into the mix, but I'll go ahead and take a shot at it. My guess is that Tom and Huck must travel up river during a 19th century zombie outbreak and deal with the walking dead on a series of half-destroyed plantations. Obviously, that stinks. So how about you guys take a stab at it?
Any better guesses as to the supernatural elements that will turn up? Are you interested in this project? Did I offend any 'Tom & Huck' fans?
Source: THR
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Comment by Darknesspreading on March 24, 2012 at 10:35am -
hollywood, quit fucking with classic literature!!!
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Comment by hewylewis on March 23, 2012 at 4:55pm
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No more re-imaginings, please!!
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Comment by Joseph Trochez on March 23, 2012 at 9:35am -
OMG I love Brink!
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Comment by RamónLimón on March 23, 2012 at 12:19am -
Anyone else have a problem with the beginning of this article describing Tom and Huck as 'awful'...that movie was pure gold rivaling such classics like Jungle 2 Jungle and Brink!
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Comment by HudsonsirhesHicks on March 22, 2012 at 11:48pm -
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Comment by King Badass on March 22, 2012 at 8:14pm -
Jesus ANOTHER bullshit sci-fi/fantasy re imagining of a classic story!!!??
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Comment by Hogwarts Dropout on March 22, 2012 at 7:01pm -
@ Fuckwit - I can see it now:
To Kill a Vampiric Mockingbird
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Comment by stalksthemoon on March 22, 2012 at 4:46pm -
We already have this story, it's called Supernatural and it's awesome. We don't need a movie version of it starring two Mark Twain characters.
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Comment by Fuckwit on March 22, 2012 at 4:45pm -
When will we get to see Jay Gatsby or Atticus Finch fighting vampires?
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Comment by DarkProphet94 on March 22, 2012 at 2:53pm -
Maybe it's just me, but Huckleberry Finn is something that just cannot be properly translated onto film. I know there's already been a number of adaptations, but i think its too episodic for a feature film. A miniseries sounds better. but NO GHOSTS, NO ZOMBIES, NO FUCKING VAMPIRES
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