LAFFERS DANCE - Kidscreen

Teri Hatcher of Desperate Housewives and Brit comediennes
Jennifer Saunders and Dawn French are also
on-board.
Also slated... films with no announced partners
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(A: animation, L: live action,
CGI: computer generated images)
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Studio &
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Story Line
(A: animation, L: live action,
CGI: computer generated images)
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Warner Bros.
Pictures
2008 (CGI/L) The long-awaited adaptation of Maurice Sendak’s
classic book about Max and his nighttime adventure has
gone into production. Spike Jonze, the director behind
surreal hit Being John Malkovich and ground-breaking
Beastie Boys videos, is slated to direct, while literary darling
David Eggers shares writing credit with screenwriter Michael
Goldenberg.
Where the
Wild Things Are
Warner Bros.
Pictures
(L) Vince Vaughn stars as Fred Claus, a guy who’s lived
most of his life in the shadow cast by his younger
brother Nicholas. A saint, some would say, Nicholas
grew up to be the model of giving, while Fred became
a repo man. Fred lands in jail, and his brother bails him
out with one stipulation—that he work off his debt by
making toys at the North Pole. But Fred’s not exactly a
model elf, and with Christmas fast approaching, he may
just gum up the whole works.
November
2007
Fred Claus
Tweens/Teens/Adults
Kids & Family
Exodus Film Group
2008 (CGI) Set in Texas during the 1920s, this story follows
Montie, a hapless British oil prospector; Oliver, a lovestruck
armadillo; and Uriah, a cynical horned-toad. The
trio sets out to fi nd and rescue one of their own—Oliver’s
true-love Arabella.
Amarillo Armadillo
Kids & Family
Nickelodeon
Films/Paramount
Pictures
(L) All summer, Jess pushed himself to be the fastest
boy in the fifth grade, and when the year’s first schoolyard
race was run, he was going to win. But his victory
was stolen by a newcomer, a girl named Leslie. When
Jess finds himself unexpectedly sticking up for Leslie,
the friendship between the two grows, as Jess guides
the city girl through the pitfalls of life in a small town,
and Leslie draws him into the imaginary world of
magic and ceremony called Terabithia. Here, Leslie and
Jess rule supreme among the oaks and evergreens,
safe from the bullies and ridicule of the mundane
world. They’re safe until an unforeseen tragedy forces
Jess to reign in Terabitha alone, and both worlds are
forever changed.
Summer
2008
Bridge to Terabithia
Kids & Family
Films in Development
Mr. Peabody & Sherman, Punk Farm
DreamWorks Animation
Fraggle Rock (title TBD)
The Jim Henson Company
The Spiderwick Chronicles, Drake Bell and Josh Peck
Nick Films
project (title TBD)
The Water Horse, Tortoise & Hippo, Kit Kittredge American
Girl (title TBD) w/ Red Om Films and Goldsmith-Thomas
Walden Media
DreamWorks
Animation
(CGI) While plot details are still being hammered
out, DreamWorks has confirmed Ben Stiller, Chris
Rock, Jada Pinkett Smith and David Schwimmer will
return to voice this follow-up to the 2005 hit that
did more than US$528 million worldwide. Mr. Borat
himself, Sacha Baron Cohen, along with Cedric the
Entertainer and Andy Richter will lend their talents
to voice wild and wacky jungle lemurs King Julien,
Maurice and Mort.
November
7, 2008
Madagascar sequel
(working title)
American Dog, Rapunzel Unbraided, The Monstrous
Memoirs of Mighty McFearless, Enchanted, The Frog
Walt Disney Pictures
Kids
Princess, Underdog, The Missing Link, The Chronicles of
Narnia: Prince Caspian
The Jetsons (L)
Warner Bros.
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