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i'm skeptical... RT @LoganJames So, they're making a Berenstain Bears movie. http://bit.ly/46QNNY 9 days ago |
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Berenstain Bears is the latest children's book to become movie thanks to Boston-based production company Walden Media. http://bit.ly/4xlmdM 14 days ago |
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RT @chickenpoppod: a live action/cgi Berenstain Bears Movie? http://bit.ly/3YSuTg 15 days ago |
Shawn Levy to Produce Berenstain Bears Feature
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USA Today is reporting that Night at the Museum director Shawn Levy will produce a feature film based on The Berenstain Bears books. The comedy will be a mix of live-action and computer animation. Walden Media has acquired the film rights to the popular books written by Jan and the late Stan Berenstain. "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 said. "The comedy comes from this bear family coexisting in a more recognizably real world." Levy compared ...
Owen Wilson Voicing 'Marmaduke'
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... " with Reese Witherspoon and Paul Rudd , really cannot come fast enough. It remains to be seen if Wilson will do anything different in it, but presumably, a James L. Brooks project might save him from the usual dreck he takes (though, it's a sort of sports, jocko script, really fucking long and we gave up on it months ago). In other shitty talking animal movie news, Shawn Levy (" Night At The Museum ") will produce a big screen feature adaptation of " The Berenstain Bears " for Walden Media. Levy says "The comedy comes from this bear family coexisting in a more ...
Levy Producing Berenstain Bears Film
Dark Horizons - News —
... Shawn Levy ("Night at the Museum") has signed on to produce a film adaptation of The Berenstain Bears book series for Walden Media reports USA Today. ...
OBVIOUSLY BERENSTAIN BEARS WILL BE A MOVIE
Filmdrunk —
... “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] ...
Thought Owen Wilson and Marmaduke Was Bad? How About Shawn Levy and the Berenstain Bears?
/Film —
... But, no, that’s probably not how it will go. Levy tells USA Today that he wants the movie to be like Elf, with earnest heroes surrounded by the cynical everyday. “I think the movie will be witty but never sarcastic,” Levy tells the paper. ...
The Berenstein Bears Hit the Big Screen
Latino Review —
... a stranger-in-a-strange-land movie, in which the Berenstain Bears move into the human world, or something like it.
What's more, the CEO of Walden Media, who acquired the rights to the books, promised that the Berenstain Bears would get "a slight makeover to bring it into the three-dimensional style [...] It'll be a slightly modern spin on their look."
Prepare for a cringetastically hip-looking Berenstain Bears in 2011.
Source: USA Today
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Shawn Levy Bringing the Berenstain Bears to the Big Screen
FirstShowing.net —
... . The beloved book series, spawned in 1962, has taught generations of children not only to read, but about various life lessons and facts. Now USA Today reports that Walden Media and director Shawn Levy (Night at the Museum) will bring the bears to life in a comedy blending live-action and computer animation. ...
This is Happening: A Berenstain Bears Movie
Film School Rejects —
... He also went on to say that he wants the film to be an original story, but will be incorporating elements and details from many of the popular Berenstain books. “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 told USA Today. “The comedy comes from this bear family coexisting in a more recognizably real world.” He also compared it the film to the tone of the Will Ferrell led holiday comedy Elf, which leads ...
Your Kids Don’t Know About MARMADUKE or THE BERENSTAIN BARES But Here’s Movies for Both of Them
Collider —
... But if anthropomorphic pets aren’t your cup of tea, may I interest you in anthropomorphic bears? USA Today reports that Shawn Levy, a director who couldn’t find imagination with two hands and a flashlight, is producing a feature film based on the “Berenstain Bears” children’s books. Like “Marmaduke”, the film will also be a live-action/CG hybrid because completely live-action would be delightfully horrifying and completely CG would make too much sense. ...
Say Your Prayers, Berenstain Bears: You're a Movie Now
I Watch Stuff - The Best Movie News Ever —
Hollywood anthropologists have stumbled upon a new relic from your youth to CGI into real-world scenarios! USA Today reports Shawn Levy, the man responsible for making museum displays attack/befriend Ben Stiller, is producing a live-action/CGI adaptation of your favorite pompadoured, ursine children's book characters, The Berenstain Bears: ...
The Berenstain Bears to get the feature treatment
gordonandthewhale.com —
... has something special in its DNA.” The Bears have already been adapted to the screen before, but for television. The Bears had a series of television specials in the 70s and 80s, and two animated series (one in 1985, and one that has run since 2003). Walden Media, the company that owns the film rights, is aiming for a release date in late 2011. There is no word yet on writers or a director for the project, but I would not be surprised if Levy took on helming duties as well. Source USA Today , via ...
The Berenstain Bears Get an Off-Base Update
Cinematical —
Another classic cartoon is getting ready for the feature treatment. This time, it's your friendly neighborhood bears. USA Today reports that ...
'Paranormal Activity' Could Get A Sequel But 'District 9' Might Not In Today's Dailies -- 11/3/09
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... --Speaking of family-friendly, it doesn't get much family-friendlier than the Berenstain Bears. A movie version is on the way with "Night at the Museum" director Shawn Levy at the helm. "It's warm-hearted comedy about family, and a different kind of family," he said of the film. (USA Today) ...
Berenstain Bears Movie in Development
Film Junk —
... This week USA Today revealed that Shawn Levy (Night at the Museum) will produce a hybrid live action/CG feature film based on The Berenstain Bears for Walden Media. He describes it as a family comedy with the same tone as Will Ferrell’s Elf: “witty but never sarcastic”. Most of the laughs will come from the idea of an oddball family of bears living among humans, which is different from the books where everyone was a bear. I guess this means the bears will be the CG element of the film… too bad, I was hoping for ...
Night at the Museum director will produce BERENSTAIN BEARS live-action/CG movie
GeekTyrant —
... 2011 release date. Bostick explains of the seemingly far off plans:
Believe it or not, in this business that’s a fast-track.
No director, no writers, no cast, it’s still pretty early to predict the paths this could go down. But the Elf reference sounds promising, and we know Levy can mix the live-action and CG elements convincingly. What do you think of The Berenstain Bears coming to the big-screen?
Source: USAToday
Berenstain Bears Movie Coming to Theaters
Screen Rant —
... points to a report from USA Today stating that Walden Media has bought the movie rights to produce The Berenstain Bears movie adaptation. The film will be a comedy with a mix of live-action and CGI (of course it will). No 3D has been announced yet, but just wait, it won’t be far behind, I’m sure. ...
MD News Desk: Kishy Face
Movie Dearest —
... Guide and Entertainment Weekly. - And speaking of Ellen: Miss DeGeneres and her Mrs., Portia de Rossi, will have a sit down with the Big O on Monday's edition of Oprah. Coming Soon: - Sex and the City Watch: Stars spotted filming in Morocco. - More childhood memories to be plundered by Hollywood: feature film adaptations of the Risk board game, the Berenstain Bears books, the Marmaduke comic strip and Yogi ...
