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Re: Warner Bros developing "Marvin the Martian" movie         


Author: Orson Wells as CitizenCain
Date: Jul 29, 2008 21:11

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> from variety
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> WB to develop 'Marvin the Martian'
> Looney Tunes character coming to bigscreen
> By DAVE MCNARY
>
> Warner Bros. is launching development of a "Marvin the Martian"
> feature at Alcon Entertainment, with principals Broderick Johnson and
> Andrew Kosove producing along with Steve Crystal.
>
> Project will blend live action and CGI.
>
> Marvin was created by Chuck Jones and made his first appearance in a
> Looney Tunes cartoon in 1948. The character was often intent on
> blowing up the Earth, only to be foiled by Bugs Bunny.
>
> Crystal, a former Warner exec with a first-look deal at Alcon through
> his Charlie Co. banner, developed the pitch as a Christmas story, with ...
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Re: Warner Bros developing "Marvin the Martian" movie         


Author: David E. Powell
Date: Jul 29, 2008 21:16

On Jul 30, 12:11 am, "Orson Wells as CitizenCain"
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>> from variety
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>> WB to develop 'Marvin the Martian'
>> Looney Tunes character coming to bigscreen
>> By DAVE MCNARY
>
>> Warner Bros. is launching development of a "Marvin the Martian"
>> feature at Alcon Entertainment, with principals Broderick Johnson and
>> Andrew Kosove producing along with Steve Crystal.
> ...
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Re: Warner Bros developing "Marvin the Martian" movie         


Author: Orson Wells as CitizenCain
Date: Jul 29, 2008 21:35

"David E. Powell" msn.com> wrote in message
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On Jul 30, 12:11 am, "Orson Wells as CitizenCain"
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> "David" yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>> from variety
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>> WB to develop 'Marvin the Martian'
>> Looney Tunes character coming to bigscreen
>> By DAVE MCNARY
>
>> Warner Bros. is launching development of a "Marvin the Martian"
>> feature at Alcon Entertainment, with principals Broderick Johnson and ...
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Re: Warner Bros developing "Marvin the Martian" movie         


Author: Derek Janssen
Date: Jul 29, 2008 23:07

Orson Wells as CitizenCain wrote:
> "David E. Powell" msn.com> wrote in message
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> On Jul 30, 12:11 am, "Orson Wells as CitizenCain"
> wrote:
>>
>>>Johnson and Kosove told Daily Variety that "Marvin" will be aimed at
>>>the family demo along the same lines as Alcon's "Racing Stripes" and
>>>"My Dog Skip."

And will be neatly avoided by the *real* Looney-fan demographic, just
like the similarly smug/clueless "Looney Tunes: Back in Action".

(But then, the lack of a certain OTHER obvious Looney character will be
used to defend it's not a "Space Jam" followup, honestly, really it
isn't...)
>>Remember that whole "out of ideas" thing?

Yes, AAISTR, they turned it into "Duck Dodgers" on CN.
> But CGI and real life?
>
> Garfield...Casper...Scooby Doo...Alvin and the Chipmunks...
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Re: Warner Bros developing "Marvin the Martian" movie         


Author: trickster206
Date: Jul 30, 2008 05:44

On Jul 30, 12:11 am, "Orson Wells as CitizenCain"
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> Remember that whole "out of ideas" thing? Yea...

Yeah, Marvin the Martian was not a favorite of mine.
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Re: Warner Bros developing "Marvin the Martian" movie         


Author: Patrick McNamara
Date: Jul 30, 2008 13:32

"Orson Wells as CitizenCain" wrote in message
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> "David E. Powell" msn.com> wrote in message
> news:64a50ced-0571-44aa-b474-c74121b480ac@8g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
> Martin is ACE. Seeing him as an effective face would be awesome.
>
>
> But CGI and real life?
>
> Garfield...Casper...Scooby Doo...Alvin and the Chipmunks...
>
> wasn't ANYONE paying attention?

There's no guarantee it will be a CG character. It could just as well be
live action with some overpaid, undertalented, former SNL comic playing the
part.
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Re: Warner Bros developing "Marvin the Martian" movie         


Author: C The Shocker
Date: Jul 30, 2008 13:43

On Jul 30, 1:32 pm, "Patrick McNamara" yahoo.com>
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> "Orson Wells as CitizenCain" wrote in messagenews:8d2d9$488feef2$a666685c$27123@ALLTEL.NET...
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>> "David E. Powell" msn.com> wrote in message
>>news:64a50ced-0571-44aa-b474-c74121b480ac@8g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
>> Martin is ACE. Seeing him as an effective face would be awesome.
>
>> But CGI and real life?
>
>> Garfield...Casper...Scooby Doo...Alvin and the Chipmunks...
>
>> wasn't ANYONE paying attention?
>
> There's no guarantee it will be a CG character. It could just as well be
> live action with some overpaid, undertalented, former SNL comic playing the
> part.
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Re: Warner Bros developing "Marvin the Martian" movie         


Author: David E. Powell
Date: Jul 30, 2008 14:33

On Jul 30, 12:35 am, "Orson Wells as CitizenCain"
wrote:
> "David E. Powell" msn.com> wrote in messagenews:64a50ced-0571-44aa-b474-c74121b480ac@8g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
> On Jul 30, 12:11 am, "Orson Wells as CitizenCain"
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> wrote:
>> "David" yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>>news:i8pv84l643uuoimj0mis6qbjvck2arjm6r@4ax.com...
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>>> from variety
>
>>> WB to develop 'Marvin the Martian'
>>> Looney Tunes character coming to bigscreen
>>> By DAVE MCNARY
> ...
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Re: Warner Bros developing "Marvin the Martian" movie         


Author: Patrick McNamara
Date: Jul 31, 2008 10:06

"David E. Powell" msn.com> wrote in message
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On Jul 30, 12:35 am, "Orson Wells as CitizenCain"
wrote:
> "David E. Powell" msn.com> wrote in
> messagenews:64a50ced-0571-44aa-b474-c74121b480ac@8g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
> On Jul 30, 12:11 am, "Orson Wells as CitizenCain"
>
> wrote:
>> "David" yahoo.com> wrote in message
>
>>news:i8pv84l643uuoimj0mis6qbjvck2arjm6r@4ax.com...
>
>>> from variety
>
>>> WB to develop 'Marvin the Martian'
>>> Looney Tunes character coming to bigscreen
>>> By DAVE MCNARY
>>> Project will blend live action and CGI.
> But CGI and real life? ...
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