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Sony To Bring Us ALF Movie
Hey, remember the 80s? Well the major studios sure seem to, and they are striving to turn as many properties from the era into contemporary box office gold. Case in point would be this latest announcement that Sony Pictures Animation has acquired the rights to a certain fuzzy television alien life form. That's right, the 80s sitcom 'ALF' is being developed as a feature film that will blend CG animation and live-action. The series centered on a furry, sarcastic alien who took up residence with the Tanner family upon arriving on Earth. He was originally a puppet operated and voiced by Paul Fusco, who will purportedly be returning for this new film. As of right now, Sony does not have a writer or director lined up.
On the one hand, Sony was the studio that took a seemingly DOA 80s adaptation and turned it into something great with '21 Jump Street.' However, we are now talking about Sony Pictures Animation. While they did create something truly brilliant in 'Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs' (same directors as 'Jump Street'), the last 80s property they turned into a combination CG/live-action feature was 'The Smurfs.' Not that 'The Smurfs' was a complete disaster, but it was far from quality and did little to restore my faith in this adaptation process. I don't harbor a great deal of affection for the 'ALF' TV series, I had plenty of the ALF-based merchandise as a kid, and saw him when he would turn up in commercials or TV specials, but never really watched the show. But that lack of lingering affection may actually benefit my enjoyment of this new film. As concerned as I am about 'ALF,' using 'The Smurfs' as precedent, I do think the director/writer selections will make all the difference. I'm also pleased to see they got Fusco to come back; can't imagine anyone else supplying that voice. We'll have to wait and see on this one.
What do you guys think? Any diehard ALF fans out there? Could this new film work? How many cat-eating jokes do you think we'll see?
Source: THR
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Comment by Matthew A. Sawtell on August 11, 2012 at 8:40pm -
As Sam Kinison would say, "Yes folks, this is about as low as you can go for depraved stories".
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Comment by Bert's Unibrow on August 11, 2012 at 2:12pm
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ALF was a TERRIBLE show!
Where's my damn MACGYVER movie? That's what I've been waiting for. Now there's a property you shouldn't be able to screw up.
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Comment by Jon Riddle on August 10, 2012 at 8:46pm -
Sometimes my brain misreads things and I recieve subliminal messages based on faulty perceptions. It's like a Fruedian Slip, only one that is misread instead of being misspoken. When I read the title of this article, I could ahve sworn what I read said "Sorry To Bring Us ALF Movie".
I think that aptly sums up how I feel about all these goddamn remakes, rehashes, sequels, and prequels. Somebody in Hollywood awes the moviemaking public (and we spillios) a fucking apology!
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Comment by HyperStorm on August 10, 2012 at 4:50pm -
No no no no damn its gonna happen
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Comment by Sum Random Guy on August 10, 2012 at 2:17pm -
If I wanna see a penis-faced puppet on the big screen, I'll stick with Gonzo.
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Comment by Joe Magaletta on August 10, 2012 at 1:37pm -
I have a gut feeling that this will turn into a toned down version of Ted.
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Comment by Boatloads1017 on August 10, 2012 at 1:35pm -
Dammit, I thought they'd just let this one stay dead.
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Comment by Inter on August 10, 2012 at 12:33pm -
I love ALF. I'll wait to hold judgement on this project, but it's gonna take some doing to get used to him as cg and not a puppet. The puppet IS ALF.
Also:
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Comment by William D White on August 10, 2012 at 9:05am -
ALF, just don't make it a sex comedy, with a lil swearing alien, who eats cats. ALF was an alien screw up who lost his whole planet to nuclear disaster, and really bonded and loved his new family. Totally wanna see the interactions between him an Willie again.
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Comment by Zuri Ch on August 10, 2012 at 8:26am -
ooh my god! i used to love this show!!!! dont ruin it please!
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