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Berenstain Bears Movie Announced
9 November 2009 12:52 AM, PST | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »
I remember seeing a trailer for the live action Chipmunks movie, and after I picked my jaw up off the floor, I realized without a doubt that computer generated Smurfs were soon to follow. Sure enough, word came not long after that such a movie was being planned and the writers of Shrek were considering the screenplay. However, nothing prepared me for the news I read last week that a Berenstain Bears movie is now in the works. Walden Media, the production company responsible for The Chronicle of Narnia movies, has purchased the rights to the Berentstain books, and Shawn Levy, who directed Night at the Museum, will produce the project. Levy spoke with USA Today [1] last week and discussed some of his plans for the new movie. Levy described the film as a “warm-hearted comedy about family, and a different kind of family.” He didn’t drop any hints »
- Kenneth
Yogi Bear Gets Cast
7 November 2009 11:00 PM, PST | toxicshock.tv | See recent toxicshock news »
Anna Faris, Dan Aykroyd and Justin Timberlake are tapped to head into Jellystone Park as part of Warner Bros.’ live-action/CG animated “Yogi Bear.” Brad Copeland wrote the script, which Eric Brevig is directing. Donald De Line and Karen Rosenfelt are onboard to produce the project, which is based on the Hannah-Barbera cartoon character. He first debuted in 1958 as a supporting character on “The Huckleberry Hound Show” cartoon before eventually gaining his own show. The character is best known for roaming the woods of the fictional Jellystone Park with his partner Boo-Boo, stealing picnic baskets of food. Shooting is expected to being in New Zealand next month. Stay tuned to [...] »
- Costa Koutsoutis
Timberlake, Aykroyd, Faris in Talks for "Yogi Bear"
6 November 2009 4:24 PM, PST | Manny the Movie Guy | See recent Manny the Movie Guy news »
"Yogi Bear" is set to delight moviegoers and he wants to bring Anna Faris, Dan Aykroyd, and Justin Timberlake along with him.
Warner Bros. is rebooting the classic Hanna-Barbera cartoon with a full feature film. All the actors are in negotiations right now to star in the live-action/CG hybrid for director Eric Brevig ("Journey to the Center of the Earth).
The Hollywood Reporter tells us that, "Faris will play a nature documentarian who follows the antics of a bear in fictional Jellystone Park. Aykroyd will voice Yogi, and Timberlake could end up lending his pipes for Yogi's constant companion, Boo Boo."
Joshua Sternin and Jeff Ventimilia wrote the original script and Brad Copeland did the rewrites and the current version of the screenplay. The studio is hoping to start production in New Zealand in December. »
- Manny
Dan Aykroyd, Anna Faris, Justin Timberlake and Yogi Bear, Oh My!
6 November 2009 2:57 PM, PST | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »
Entertainment Weekly has uncovered the supposed casting for the upcoming live-action/hybrid adventure that will bring the lovable picnic basket thief Yogi Bear to the big screen. The Hanna-Barbera cartoon will be adapted into a 3D film by director Eric Brevig (Journey to the Center of the Earth), with a screenplay from Wild Hogs scribe Brad Copeland. We now know who will voice Yogi, his trusty little friend Boo Boo and who will play a documentary filmmaker trying to get a glimpse of these two hungry bears. Dan Aykroyd will voice Yogi, with pop star turned actor Justin Timberlake taking his side as the voice of Boo-Boo. The lovely Anna Faris, seen most recently in the twisted Observe and Report, will play the film's documentarian, a girl named Rachel. The story will revolve around two animated bears -- one of whom wears a collar and tie, but no shirt -- who are the antagonists to one Park »
- Neil Miller
'Yogi Bear' Movie Adds Justin Timberlake, Dan Aykroyd And Anna Faris
6 November 2009 2:31 PM, PST | MTV Splash Page | See recent MTV Splash Page news »
From Movies Blog: Remember kids, the truth is always far, far stranger than fiction. It was a little more than a year ago that we found out the classic Hanna-Barbera cartoon series "Yogi Bear" would be getting a big screen treatment. There was no casting announced or anything like that; just that the project was happening with "Surf's Up" director Ash Brannon at the helm and that it would feature a mix of live-action and CG animation.
Well today, the plot thickened. Variety reports that Anna Faris, Justin Timberlake and Dan Aykroyd are all in negotiations to join the cast of the movie, which will now be directed by "Journey to the Center of the Earth" helmer Eric Brevig from a script by Brad Copeland ("Wild Hogs").
Continue reading 'Yogi Bear' May Get A Ghostbuster, An N Sync'er And Anna Faris over at MoviesBlog.MTV.com. »
- Adam Rosenberg
Justin Gears Up For a Beary Good Time
6 November 2009 2:05 PM, PST | Popsugar.com | See recent Popsugar news »
Justin Timberlake joined friends for a round of golf in La yesterday afternoon. He's enjoying some downtime after dealing with some recent stalker drama and before he gets down to work on The Social Network, which started filming this week in Maryland. Jt might have another movie project coming down the pipeline - he's apparently negotiating for a role in an upcoming animated Yogi Bear flick that's also set to star Anna Faris and Dan Aykroyd. View 15 Photos › For more photos of Justin on the course, just read more. View 15 Photos › »
- PopSugar
Faris, Aykroyd, and Timberlake in ‘Yogi Bear’
6 November 2009 12:55 PM, PST | newsinfilm.com | See recent newsinfilm news »
Anna Faris, Dan Aykroyd, and Justin Timberlake are in negotiations for Warner Bros’ live-action/CGI hybrid feature Yogi Bear.
According to Entertainment Weekly, Faris will play Rachel, a nature documentary filmmaker shooting Yogi and Boo-Boo for her next project. Though her last movie was voice work for Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Faris’ character will be a live-action performance.
Aykroyd will lend the voice of Yogi Bear, the picnic basket-stealing menace to Jellystone Park. Timberlake will provide the vocals for Boo-Boo, his bow-tied sidekick. Both bears are expected to remain pantless. No word on which lucky actor gets to play the Park Ranger. Is Jason Lee available for a paycheck?
WB is planning to shoot it in New Zealand next month with director Eric Bravig (Journey to the Center of the Earth). I bet you can’t wait to hear the range Timberlake exhibits in this one. Shrek the Third »
- Jeff Leins
Aykroyd, Faris, and Timberlake in Negotiations For Yogi Bear
6 November 2009 12:35 PM, PST | Beyond Hollywood | See recent Beyond Hollywood news »
Cartoon/live action hybrids have had a rocky history. Who Framed Roger Rabbit? was excellent, aided by the fact that it was more of an original story, but films like The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Garfield weren’t that great (although Bill Murray has the kind of laconic, lazy speech that worked well for the morose cat). However, studios aren’t giving up on the style. Entertainment Weekly reports that three stars have signed on for the live action/CG film Yogi Bear. Dan Aykroyd is planning to voice Yogi, while Justin Timberlake is in talks to voice his sidekick, Boo-Boo. Anna Faris might play Rachel, a nature documentary filmmaker trying to film the two bears for her next project. Right now there is no word on Ranger Smith. Aykroyd seems like a solid piece of casting, but I’ve never actually seen Timberlake act; he must have done something to impress. »
- Jacob
Actors ready for 'Yogi'
6 November 2009 11:25 AM, PST | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »
Anna Faris, Dan Aykroyd and Justin Timberlake are in negotiations to join the cast of Warner Bros.' live-action/CG animated "Yogi Bear."Donald De Line and Karen Rosenfelt are producing and Eric Brevig will direct from a script by Brad Copeland. According to Variety, shooting is expected to start in New Zealand next month.Faris is in negotiations to portray a documentary filmmaker. Aykroyd is in negotiations to voice Yogi and Timberlake is in talks to voice Boo-Boo, Yogi's sidekick.Yogi's character, inspired by Art Carney's portrayal of Ed Norton on "The Honeymooners," first appeared in Hanna-Barbera cartoons in 1958. »
- Adnan Tezer
The Yogi Bear Show: Stars Attracted to Live-Action Feature Film
6 November 2009 11:04 AM, PST | TVSeriesFinale.com | See recent TVSeriesFinale news »
It looks like some famous faces may be on their way to Jellystone Park. Anna Faris, Dan Aykroyd, and Justin Timberlake are in talks to star in the upcoming Yogi Bear feature film.
Created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, Yogi Bear debuted on The Huckleberry Hound Show in 1958 and soon graduated to his own show, The Yogi Bear Show and numerous spin-offs.
Yogi was originally voiced by the legendary Daws Butler. Following his death in 1988, many of Butler's characters were taken over by Greg Burson, one of Butler's students. Yogi's pal, Boo-Boo, was performed by Don Messick until his retirement in the 1990s and has since been played by Tom Kenny and John Kricfalusi.
When the upcoming live-action Yogi movie was discussed last year, Ash Brannon (Surf’s Up, Toy Story 2) was slated to direct. The »
- TVSeriesFinale.com
‘Yogi Bear’ Adds Aykroyd, Faris & Timberlake
6 November 2009 10:12 AM, PST | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »
Ever since a live-action, 3D Yogi Bear movie was announced back in February this year, there hasn’t really been any movement on the news front regarding it. However, fast forward to now and we may have our main cast in the form of Dan Aykroyd, Anna Faris and Justin Timberlake.
Aykroyd is in negotiations to voice the titular character in Yogi Bear, with Faris set to play a nature documentarian who follows the antics of Yogi in the fictional Jellystone Park. Timberlake is also in talks to join the project, possibly playing Yogi’s sidekick, Boo-Boo. The film is being directed by Eric Brevig (Journey To The Center of the Earth), and produced by Donald De Line and Karen Rosenfelt as a live-action/CGI hybrid in the vein of Alvin and the Chipmunks and Garfield (aim high, why don’t you?).
What’s suspiciously absent from The Hollywood Reporter »
- Ross Miller
Hey, Boo-Boo! Got Some Scraps for Justin Timberlake?
6 November 2009 8:22 AM, PST | E! Online | See recent E! Online news »
We interrupt our reporting of Justin Timberlake's love life to bring you this: He's got a new Boo-Boo. The former 'N Syncer is lending his vaunted pipes to an upcoming movie based on Jellystone's favorite ursine picnic snatcher, Yogi Bear. Timberlake would play sidekick to Dan Aykroyd's smarter-than-the-average-bear main character, in the live-action, CGI hybrid from Warners, Variety reports. Anna Faris would star as a flesh-and-blood filmmaker working on a nature documentary. Production on Yogi Bear is expected to get rolling in New Zealand next month. »
Hey, Boo-Boo! Got Some Scraps for Justin Timberlake?
6 November 2009 8:22 AM, PST | E! Online | See recent E! Online - Movies and Television news »
We interrupt our reporting of Justin Timberlake's love life to bring you this: He's got a new Boo-Boo. The former 'N Syncer is lending his vaunted pipes to an upcoming movie based on Jellystone's favorite ursine picnic snatcher, Yogi Bear. Timberlake would play sidekick to Dan Aykroyd's smarter-than-the-average-bear main character, in the live-action, CGI hybrid from Warners, Variety reports. Anna Faris would star as a flesh-and-blood filmmaker working on a nature documentary. Production on Yogi Bear is expected to get rolling in New Zealand next month. »
Fear this: Dan Aykroyd as Yogi Bear
6 November 2009 8:04 AM, PST | AOL - TVSquad | See recent AOL - TVSquad news »
I could make another joke about how Hollywood is out of ideas, but why bother? However, as further proof of the concept, a live-action/CGI Yogi Bear movie is in the works based on the Hanna-Barbera cartoon from way back when. Dan Aykroyd will be lending his voice for Yogi and Justin Timberlake will be the voice of Boo Boo. Did anyone else just feel a cold shiver down their spine?
Anna Faris will also be in the movie as a documentary filmmaker. I like Anna Faris even when she's in crap movies, but I don't think her presence is going to make me like this one.
I'm sorry to say that this movie will likely do well and the kids will eat up. Look at Hollywood's history of similar movies (most of which have actually spawned sequels): The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle, Garfield, Alvin and the Chipmunks, »
- Brad Trechak
'Yogi Bear' May Get A Ghostbuster, An N Sync'er And Anna Faris
6 November 2009 8:00 AM, PST | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »
Remember kids, the truth is always far, far stranger than fiction. It was a little more than a year ago that we found out the classic Hanna-Barbera cartoon series "Yogi Bear" would be getting a big screen treatment. There was no casting announced or anything like that; just that the project was happening with "Surf's Up" director Ash Brannon at the helm and that it would feature a mix of live-action and CG animation.
Well today, the plot thickened. Variety reports that Anna Faris, Justin Timberlake and Dan Aykroyd are all in negotiations to join the cast of the movie, which will now be directed by "Journey to the Center of the Earth" helmer Eric Brevig from a script by Brad Copeland ("Wild Hogs").
I used to catch "Yogi Bear" frequently on the USA Network's Saturday morning animation block, "Cartoon Express." That's where I met all of my Hanna-Barbera friends in fact. »
- Adam Rosenberg
Dan Aykroyd, Anna Faris and Justin Timberlake Join Yogi Bear
6 November 2009 7:45 AM, PST | FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news »
Live action/CG family comedies for everyone! That's right, yet another hybrid animated film is moving forward this week, with the announcement of some pretty big names entering discussions for the Warner Brothers adaptation of the classic Hanna-Barbera cartoon Yogi Bear. It looks like the studio has found voices for both Yogi and Boo-Boo, plus an actress for their first live action role. According to Variety [1], Dan Aykroyd is currently in talks to headline the film as the mischievous bear Yogi, while musician turned actor Justin Timberlake will play his faithful sidekick Boo-Boo. Anna Faris will play a documentary filmmaker who comes to Jellystone Park. Aykroyd in particular seems like a solid choice, although I'm wondering whether or not Timberlake will try to put on a cartoony voice or just be himself (he previously voiced a character in Shrek the Third). The Yogi Bear script was written by the same »
- Sean
Dan Aykroyd, Justin Timberlake May Explore Ursine Sides in Yogi Bear
6 November 2009 7:20 AM, PST | Movieline | See recent Movieline news »
· The inevitable live-action/CGI adaptation of Yogi Bear took a major step forward Thursday as Dan Aykroyd and Justin Timberlake closed in on deals to voice the title character and his sidekick Boo-Boo. Anna Faris is also on the hook to play a documentary filmmaker who chronicles their natural habitat in Jellystone Park, thus offering a much-needed, more authentic ursine counterpoint to the grocery-shopping grizzlies recently promised by Shawn Levy's own Berenstain Bears. [Variety]
Bradley Cooper goes a drug too far, J.J. Abrams considers returning to pilot school, and more Hollywood Ink after the jump. »
Yogi Bear movie attracts three actors like bears to sandwiches
6 November 2009 7:02 AM, PST | Corona's Coming Attractions | See recent Corona's Coming Attractions news »
The Dan Aykroyd, Justin Timberlake and Anna Faris are in contract discussions to headline the live-action/CG animated Yogi Bear movie for Warner Bros. If this is the first that you're hearing of a Yogi Bear movie, I'm sorry. These things happen.
Aykroyd would provide the voice for Yogi, who would be one of the film's CG creations. Timberlake would offer up the pipes for Boo Boo, which is pretty decent casting I suppose. Faris, best known for her roles as Cindy Campbell in four Scary Movie films, gets to play a real person in the movie, a documentary filmmaker.
Journey to the Center of the Earth's Eric Brevig will director from a screenplay by Brad Copeland (Wild Hogs). Donald De Line (Green Lantern) and Karen Rosenfelt (Twilight) are producing and filming gets underway in December somewhere in New Zealand. They must have better looking trees than we do. »
- Patrick Sauriol
'Yogi Bear' movie: Smarter than the average cartoon adaptation?
6 November 2009 6:47 AM, PST | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
EW's Nicole Sperling broke the news last night that The House Bunny's Anna Faris was in negotiations to join a live action/CG-animated big-screen adaptation of the TV cartoon Yogi Bear. Also in talks? Dan Aykroyd to play the voice of Yogi and perhaps most tantalizing, Justin Timberlake to lend his pipes to Yogi's bud Boo-Boo. The details of the plot that emerged would have Faris playing a nature documentarian who follows the bear pair for her latest project. Now, I'm not sure how much the world actually needs a high-tech version of Yogi Bear. And the Hanna-Barbera oeuvre »
- Kerrie Mitchell
'Yogi Bear' Will Cry Me A River With Its Cast
6 November 2009 6:03 AM, PST | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
Yogi Bear and Boo Boo are bringing sexy back -- and that image should make you ripe for nightmares tonight. If you doubt me, look to Variety, who reports that Dan Aykroyd, Anna Faris, and Justin Timberlake are set to go to Jellystone in Yogi Bear, which Eric Brevig is directing for Warner Bros.
Aykroyd will be voicing Yogi, and he really is the most obvious choice to play the picnic basket thief. He's funny, he sounds gruff, and if it was live-action it would be a very terrifying thing to see. So thank goodness this is being done as a CG / live-action hybrid.
Timberlake will be voicing Boo Boo. Yep. The man who wants to love your mother, put his d*ck in a box, and who will cry you a river will lend his vocal talents to playing Yogi's diminutive sidekick. In this update of the Hanna-Barbera cartoon, »
- Elisabeth Rappe
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