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Illumination to Revamp 'Cat in the Hat'
With his 3D animated version of the Dr. Seuss classic 'The Lorax' doing incredibly well across the nation (over $135 million domestic to date, as well as numerous lucrative promotional deals), producer Chris Meledandri is once again teaming up with Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment to focus on another Seuss tale (or tail, if you're that type of person): 'The Cat in the Hat'.
'Wait', you may be saying to yourself, 'didn't they already do a live-action version of that with Mike Myers that melted the eyeballs of small children, caused further suffering in the Middle East, and brought about the rebirth of the Antichrist'? Why yes, random and oddly hyperbolic reader, yes they did. That's precisely why I think this is a brilliant move on their part - with the last version being so spectacularly bashed by audiences and critics, I doubt there's hardly a soul out there who would argue that a reboot of the property (especially a fun 3D animated one) is unwarranted (of course, I'm sure certain Spillios will prove me wrong). Plus, making animated Seuss films seems to be a financially rewarding venture (Fox's 'Horton Hears a Who' made almost $300mil worldwide, for example) and an opportunity to sell a character's likeness to a variety of companies and products to defray most of the production costs.
The reboot is being led by screenwriter Rob Lieber, who is also penning an adaptation of the children's book 'Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day' for 20th Century Fox. Next up for Illumination and Meledandri is the sequel 'Despicable Me 2' starring Steve Carrell and Al Pacino. You can also see our trailer talk for 'The Lorax' by CLICKING HERE.
Source: Deadline
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Tags: Chris Meledandri, Dr. Seuss, Illumination, Mike Myers, The Cat in the Hat, Universal, animated, reboot, revamp
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Comment by Ferry2dead on March 17, 2012 at 2:23pm -
DON'T MESS WITH THE HAT!
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Comment by Lastsuperjedi on March 17, 2012 at 2:43am -
How can this be a reboot if the Cat in the Hat was just one book?
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Comment by William D White on March 17, 2012 at 12:29am -
It would be great if Martin Short does the voice for the film since children are already familiar with him as the voice in The Cat in the Hat knows alot about that! cartoon show. And I fucking love that "Here We GO GO GO, ON AN ADVENTURE!!!!!! song
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Comment by The Dubya on March 16, 2012 at 11:15pm -
I mean...they got nowhere to go but up, so why the hell not? Even sugar-coated boring would be better than.....
Than.....
You know what, the less said about it, the better. You wanna make Despicable Me 3 disguised as Cat In The Hat? Go for it...
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Comment by That Guy Jv on March 16, 2012 at 10:04pm -
The mike myers one was a piece of shit
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Comment by Richard Dempsey on March 16, 2012 at 7:27pm -
AL MUTHERFUKIN PACINO IN DESPICALBLE ME 2?!!!! WHEN THE FUCK DID THIS HAPPEN?!
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Comment by Doo Doo in a box on March 16, 2012 at 7:23pm -
I liked the last cat in the hat
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Comment by The Viking on March 16, 2012 at 6:49pm -
Well Most americans are drones so they are gonna watch this.
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Comment by hewylewis on March 16, 2012 at 6:32pm
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Illumination, if you can make a GOOD Cat in the Hat movie, I'll kiss you! Besides, it might make up for what you did to The Lorax.
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Comment by Hector Fernando Andrade JR. II on March 16, 2012 at 6:29pm -
Im glad they are doing this but I still love the Mike Myers version.
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