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DreamWorks Animaton’s Ghost Sent Back to ‘Boo’ University
In my humlbe opinion, other than the first Shrek, and maybe Kung Fu Panda, DreamWorks Animation’s films have been a disappointment. Anything they announce will be met with skepticism, no matter how intriguing it sounds. This evening it was announced that their next project will be horror related and send a young ghost back to Boo U. (tentative title) to learn how to be better at his job. Read on for the skinny.DreamWorks Animation must be spooked as the studio is pushing forward with a new untitled ghost project that is competing for a fourth-quarter 2012 release slot.
The good news is that the project, referred to internally as “Boo U.,” recently picked up writer Jon Vitti (“The Simpsons Movie”), who will pen the screenplay. The story line centers on a ghost who is bad at his job and must return to ghost school.
The bad news is that the project will be directed by Tony Leondis, who delivered the horrendous Igor to theaters.
Another ghost-centric film, referred to as “Freakers,” was being written by Joe Syracuse & Lisa Addario (“Surf’s Up”) and centers on a ghost story told from the ghosts’ point of view, in their world. That project is no longer active.
A third ghost-related story idea is in the pitch stage.
In late May, DWA CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg, whose contract recently was extended to 2013, said a “supersecret ghost project” was on the books for a potential late-2012 slot. “Boo U.” is that project.
“Puss in Boots” (March 30) and a third “Madagascar” movie (May) also are slated for release in 2012. The ghost picture would hit theaters Nov. 12, unless the caveman comedy “The Croods” or the Terry Pratchett adaptation “Truckers” makes the cut instead.
Katzenberg has mandated that all future projects will be made in the 3D format. The studio’s most recent 3D release, “Monsters vs. Aliens,” has grossed $362 million worldwide.
Vitti has been a writer and producer on “Saturday Night Live,” “The Larry Sanders Show,” “The Simpsons” and “King of the Hill.” He also worked as a story consultant and writer on “Ice Age,” “Robots,” “Ice Age: The Meltdown,” “Alvin and the Chipmunks,” “Horton Hears a Who!” and “Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel,” which hits theaters Christmas Day.
Leondis, repped by WME and Anonymous Content, has worked on the animated films “The Prince of Egypt,” “The Road to El Dorado” and “Home on the Range.”
After pulling in $28 million at the worldwide box office this month, director (and star) Dev Patel’s critically acclaimed action-thriller Monkey Man is now available to watch at home.
You can rent Monkey Man for $19.99 or digitally purchase the film for $24.99!
Monkey Man is currently 88% Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, with Bloody Disgusting’s head critic Meagan Navarro awarding the film 4.5/5 stars in her review out of SXSW back in March.
Meagan raves, “While the violence onscreen is palpable and painful, it’s not just the exquisite fight choreography and thrilling action set pieces that set Monkey Man apart but also its political consciousness, unique narrative structure, and myth-making scale.”
“While Monkey Man pays tribute to all of the action genre’s greats, from the Indonesian action classics to Korean revenge cinema and even a John Wick joke or two, Dev Patel’s cultural spin and unique narrative structure leave behind all influences in the dust for new terrain,” Meagan’s review continues.
She adds, “Monkey Man presents Dev Patel as a new action hero, a tenacious underdog with a penetrating stare who bites, bludgeons, and stabs his way through bodies to gloriously bloody excess. More excitingly, the film introduces Patel as a strong visionary right out of the gate.”
Inspired by the legend of Hanuman, Monkey Man stars Patel as Kid, an anonymous young man who ekes out a meager living in an underground fight club where, night after night, wearing a gorilla mask, he is beaten bloody by more popular fighters for cash. After years of suppressed rage, Kid discovers a way to infiltrate the enclave of the city’s sinister elite. As his childhood trauma boils over, his mysteriously scarred hands unleash an explosive campaign of retribution to settle the score with the men who took everything from him.
Monkey Man is produced by Jordan Peele’s Monkeypaw Productions.
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