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Don't call them The Addams Family: "The Munsters" may be remembered as one of two darkly funny monster family sitcoms airing in the 1960s, but it's decidedly not the same as its comic strip-based contemporary. "The Munsters," for one thing, pulled its monsters straight from the Universal back catalog, featuring characters based directly on Frankenstein, Dracula, and the Wolf Man. The series starred Fred Gwynne and Yvonne de Carlo as married couple Herman and Lily Munster, whose household consisted of an endearing vampire grandpa (Al Lewis), wolf-boy son (Butch Patrick), human niece (Beverley Owen and Pat Priest), and a whole host of spooky-fun pets including a bat, a cat, a raven, and a dragon-like reptile named Spot.
Despite its enduring spot in the zeitgeist, "The Munsters" actually only ran for two seasons from 1964 to 1966. It was capped off with a movie, "Munsters, Go Home!" that saw the family take a trip to Europe,...
Despite its enduring spot in the zeitgeist, "The Munsters" actually only ran for two seasons from 1964 to 1966. It was capped off with a movie, "Munsters, Go Home!" that saw the family take a trip to Europe,...
- 8/5/2024
- by Valerie Ettenhofer
- Slash Film
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This eye-catching, dimension-traveling adventure might be aimed at kids, but there’s plenty here for adults who grew up believing the possibilities of animation might be endless. Now that Disney has done its best to persuade us otherwise, Benoît Chieux’s fabulous Sirocco and the Kingdom of Air Streams is here as a palate-cleanser, tucking away a tender story of love and loss in an insanely imaginative psychedelic brainstorm. If Matt Groening and Miyazaki took magic mushrooms and watched The Beatles’ Yellow Submarine together, they could conceivably come up with a movie to match this.
Chuck Jones’ 1970 classic (albeit for weird kids and stoners only) The Phantom Tollbooth is a suitable benchmark, only here it is a game of hopscotch that provides the conduit between this world and the Kingdom of Air Streams. Which is where the story begins, with the mighty wizard Sirocco summoning the elements to assuage his boredom.
Chuck Jones’ 1970 classic (albeit for weird kids and stoners only) The Phantom Tollbooth is a suitable benchmark, only here it is a game of hopscotch that provides the conduit between this world and the Kingdom of Air Streams. Which is where the story begins, with the mighty wizard Sirocco summoning the elements to assuage his boredom.
- 6/16/2023
- by Damon Wise
- Deadline Film + TV
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Norton Juster, author of the acclaimed modern classic children’s books The Phantom Tollbooth and The Dot and the Line, died last night. He was 91.
His death was confirmed by Penguin Random House. Additional details were not immediately available.
Both of Juster’s most well-known works of the early 1960s were adapted for film, in collaboration with animator Chuck Jones: The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics, first published by Random House in 1963, was adapted by Jones and MGM Animation into an Oscar-winning 1965 10-minute short film. The Phantom Tollbooth, published by Random House in 1961 with illustrations by Juster’s friend Jules Feiffer, was adapted in 1970 as a live-action/animated fantasy film, directed by Jones and Abe Levitow, with Dave Monahan directed the live-action segments.
In 2017, Deadline reported that TriStar had set Matt Shakman to direct a new film version of The Phantom Tollbooth, with a script by...
His death was confirmed by Penguin Random House. Additional details were not immediately available.
Both of Juster’s most well-known works of the early 1960s were adapted for film, in collaboration with animator Chuck Jones: The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics, first published by Random House in 1963, was adapted by Jones and MGM Animation into an Oscar-winning 1965 10-minute short film. The Phantom Tollbooth, published by Random House in 1961 with illustrations by Juster’s friend Jules Feiffer, was adapted in 1970 as a live-action/animated fantasy film, directed by Jones and Abe Levitow, with Dave Monahan directed the live-action segments.
In 2017, Deadline reported that TriStar had set Matt Shakman to direct a new film version of The Phantom Tollbooth, with a script by...
- 3/9/2021
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
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Norton Juster, the children’s book author best known for his 1961 classic The Phantom Tollbooth, has died. He was 91.
A representative from Random House confirmed Juster’s death to Rolling Stone. Per The New York Times, Juster’s daughter, Emily Juster, issued a statement saying the cause of death was complications from a recent stroke.
Author, animator, and friend of Juster’s, Mo Willems, posted about his death on Twitter, writing, “My lunch partner, Norton Juster, ran out of stories and passed peacefully last night. Best known for The Phantom Tollbooth...
A representative from Random House confirmed Juster’s death to Rolling Stone. Per The New York Times, Juster’s daughter, Emily Juster, issued a statement saying the cause of death was complications from a recent stroke.
Author, animator, and friend of Juster’s, Mo Willems, posted about his death on Twitter, writing, “My lunch partner, Norton Juster, ran out of stories and passed peacefully last night. Best known for The Phantom Tollbooth...
- 3/9/2021
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
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Norton Juster, the celebrated children’s author who fashioned a world of his own in the classic The Phantom Tollbooth and went on to write such favorites as The Dot and the Line and Stark Naked, has died at 91.
Juster’s death was confirmed Tuesday by a spokesperson for Random House Children’s Books, who did not immediately provide details. Juster’s friend and fellow author Mo Willems tweeted Tuesday that Juster “ran out of stories” and died “peacefully” the night before.
“Norton’s greatest work was himself: a tapestry of delightful tales,” Willems wrote.
As Juster wrote in the introduction ...
Juster’s death was confirmed Tuesday by a spokesperson for Random House Children’s Books, who did not immediately provide details. Juster’s friend and fellow author Mo Willems tweeted Tuesday that Juster “ran out of stories” and died “peacefully” the night before.
“Norton’s greatest work was himself: a tapestry of delightful tales,” Willems wrote.
As Juster wrote in the introduction ...
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Norton Juster, the celebrated children’s author who fashioned a world of his own in the classic The Phantom Tollbooth and went on to write such favorites as The Dot and the Line and Stark Naked, has died at 91.
Juster’s death was confirmed Tuesday by a spokesperson for Random House Children’s Books, who did not immediately provide details. Juster’s friend and fellow author Mo Willems tweeted Tuesday that Juster “ran out of stories” and died “peacefully” the night before.
“Norton’s greatest work was himself: a tapestry of delightful tales,” Willems wrote.
As Juster wrote in the introduction ...
Juster’s death was confirmed Tuesday by a spokesperson for Random House Children’s Books, who did not immediately provide details. Juster’s friend and fellow author Mo Willems tweeted Tuesday that Juster “ran out of stories” and died “peacefully” the night before.
“Norton’s greatest work was himself: a tapestry of delightful tales,” Willems wrote.
As Juster wrote in the introduction ...
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Exclusive: Kevin Bacon is set to direct A Problem Of Providence, a dark comedy scripted by Mike Vukadinovich. AGC Studios is producing and financing the film.
Script is a darkly comedic exploration of greed and violence that centers around an eclectic group of residents in a small Alaskan town as they attempt to cover up a murder for hire. Bacon most recently has directed episodes of The Closer and City On A Hill, and his last feature as director was Loverboy.
Vukadinovich has got a lot happening. Among other projects, he’s adapting the Ray Bradbury classic From The Dust Returned for Netflix, Cupid for Mythos Studios, with Justin Bieber attached to play the winged matchmaker, Beetlejuice 2 for Warner Bros, an original for James Wan to direct and produce and The Wanderling for 20th Century Studios and director Stephen Daldry, and The Phantom Tollbooth for TriStar. Vukadinovich most recently...
Script is a darkly comedic exploration of greed and violence that centers around an eclectic group of residents in a small Alaskan town as they attempt to cover up a murder for hire. Bacon most recently has directed episodes of The Closer and City On A Hill, and his last feature as director was Loverboy.
Vukadinovich has got a lot happening. Among other projects, he’s adapting the Ray Bradbury classic From The Dust Returned for Netflix, Cupid for Mythos Studios, with Justin Bieber attached to play the winged matchmaker, Beetlejuice 2 for Warner Bros, an original for James Wan to direct and produce and The Wanderling for 20th Century Studios and director Stephen Daldry, and The Phantom Tollbooth for TriStar. Vukadinovich most recently...
- 10/9/2020
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
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The Criterion Channel’s September 2020 Lineup Includes Sátántangó, Agnès Varda, Albert Brooks & More
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As the coronavirus pandemic still rages on, precious few remain skeptical about going to the movies. But while your AMCs and others claim some godlike safety from Covid, there remains a chunk of people still uncomfortable hitting up theaters. To them, we bring you the September 2020 Criterion Channel lineup.
It starts off with quite the swath of content too. Béla Tarr’s Sátántangó hits the service on September 1, and its seven-plus hours should take up a large chunk of your day. Coming soon after is a collection of more than a dozen Joan Blondell starrers from the pre-Code era, including Howard Hawks’ The Crowd Roars, three collaborations with Mervyn LeRoy, and Ray Enright & Busby Berkeley’s Dames.
For some stuff released almost a century later, the service also sees the addition of documentary bender Robert Greene. His Actress, Kate Plays Christine, and Bisbee ’17 join soon after. Janicza Bravo, director of Lemon,...
It starts off with quite the swath of content too. Béla Tarr’s Sátántangó hits the service on September 1, and its seven-plus hours should take up a large chunk of your day. Coming soon after is a collection of more than a dozen Joan Blondell starrers from the pre-Code era, including Howard Hawks’ The Crowd Roars, three collaborations with Mervyn LeRoy, and Ray Enright & Busby Berkeley’s Dames.
For some stuff released almost a century later, the service also sees the addition of documentary bender Robert Greene. His Actress, Kate Plays Christine, and Bisbee ’17 join soon after. Janicza Bravo, director of Lemon,...
- 8/25/2020
- by Matt Cipolla
- The Film Stage
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Mythos Studios has expanded the team behind the animated feature film Cupid with Michael Gracey (the director of The Greatest Showman) joining as executive producer and Mike Vukadinovich (Hulu’s The Runaways) coming aboard to write the script for the Justin Bieber vehicle.
Pic is built around the Hellenic tale of Cupid and Psyche with Bieber set to executive produce and voice the title role as the winged figure of myth and passion. The announcements were made by Founding Chairman of Marvel Studios David Maisel, now Chairman and Co-Founder of Mythos Studios. Mythos was founded in 2018 by Maisel and Scooter Braun, founder of Sb Projects and Chairman of Ithaca Holdings, who joined as the principal investor..
Gracey brings his extensive experience working at the intersection of music and film to the feature, an original adaptation of the enduring 2,000-year-old love story.
“The addition of Michael Gracey and Mike Vukadinovich, who...
Pic is built around the Hellenic tale of Cupid and Psyche with Bieber set to executive produce and voice the title role as the winged figure of myth and passion. The announcements were made by Founding Chairman of Marvel Studios David Maisel, now Chairman and Co-Founder of Mythos Studios. Mythos was founded in 2018 by Maisel and Scooter Braun, founder of Sb Projects and Chairman of Ithaca Holdings, who joined as the principal investor..
Gracey brings his extensive experience working at the intersection of music and film to the feature, an original adaptation of the enduring 2,000-year-old love story.
“The addition of Michael Gracey and Mike Vukadinovich, who...
- 2/20/2020
- by Geoff Boucher
- Deadline Film + TV
Who wants to meet Eddie Munster? Lucky St. Lous-area fans of The
Munsters will have the chance this Sunday when he makes an appearance at Cosmic Comics (132 West Main Street in downtown Belleville). He’ll be there from 12-4pm and will be bringing along his Munster’themed autos ‘Dragula’, and ‘The Munsters Coach’ That’s Mother’s Day, so take your Mom to meet Eddie! A Facebook invite for the event can be found Here
Butch was born on August 2, 1953 in Los Angeles California. He made his acting debut in 1961 at the age of eight opposite Eddie Albert in the film “The Two Bears”. While living in Illinois with his grandmother, Butch was flown to Los Angeles to test for the role of Eddie Munster at CBS Studios. “I went in and an hour later I came out with the job” he recalls. Although a cute little kid, he could play brat parts easily.
Munsters will have the chance this Sunday when he makes an appearance at Cosmic Comics (132 West Main Street in downtown Belleville). He’ll be there from 12-4pm and will be bringing along his Munster’themed autos ‘Dragula’, and ‘The Munsters Coach’ That’s Mother’s Day, so take your Mom to meet Eddie! A Facebook invite for the event can be found Here
Butch was born on August 2, 1953 in Los Angeles California. He made his acting debut in 1961 at the age of eight opposite Eddie Albert in the film “The Two Bears”. While living in Illinois with his grandmother, Butch was flown to Los Angeles to test for the role of Eddie Munster at CBS Studios. “I went in and an hour later I came out with the job” he recalls. Although a cute little kid, he could play brat parts easily.
- 5/7/2019
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Sony Pictures announced on Thursday that TriStar president Hannah Minghella will expand her role at the studio to assume oversight of TriStar Television.
The studio hopes the role expansion, which takes effect immediately, will strengthen its synergistic efforts between all lines of business. On the film side, Minghella will continue to report to Tom Rothman, Sony Pictures chairman, and on the TV side to Chris Parnell and Jason Clodfelter, co-presidents of Sony Pictures TV.
Minghella assumes the TriStar TV role from the late Suzanne Patmore Gibbs who passed away last March.
Also Read: Kristen Stewart in Talks to Star in Holiday Rom-Com 'Happiest Season' at TriStar
“Bringing the film and television arms of TriStar together is an exciting opportunity to put content first,” Minghella said in a statement. “It allows us to be more dynamic in our approach to storytelling and meet the audience where they are. I’m thrilled...
The studio hopes the role expansion, which takes effect immediately, will strengthen its synergistic efforts between all lines of business. On the film side, Minghella will continue to report to Tom Rothman, Sony Pictures chairman, and on the TV side to Chris Parnell and Jason Clodfelter, co-presidents of Sony Pictures TV.
Minghella assumes the TriStar TV role from the late Suzanne Patmore Gibbs who passed away last March.
Also Read: Kristen Stewart in Talks to Star in Holiday Rom-Com 'Happiest Season' at TriStar
“Bringing the film and television arms of TriStar together is an exciting opportunity to put content first,” Minghella said in a statement. “It allows us to be more dynamic in our approach to storytelling and meet the audience where they are. I’m thrilled...
- 1/31/2019
- by Trey Williams
- The Wrap
Songwriter Norman Gimbel, whose works won him an Oscar, Grammy and admission to the Songwriters Hall of Fame, has died. He passed on Dec. 19 at his home in Montecito, Calif. at age 91, according to a tribute posted by Bmi. Gimbel’s lyrics to Roberta Flack’s Killing Me Softly and Jim Croce’s I Got A Name were just some of the highlights of a catalog that reads like a compilation of 20th century hits. His lyrics graced the English language version of The Girl from Ipanema and the TV themes to Happy Days and Laverne & Shirley; he earned an Academy Award with David Shire for Jennifer Warnes’s It Goes Like It Goes; he was the Best Original Song winner for 1979’s Sally Field starrer Norma Rae; and shared the Grammy Song of the Year with longtime writing collaborator Charles Fox in 1973 for Killing Me Softly.Gimbel and...
- 12/28/2018
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
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Norman Gimbel, an Oscar and Grammy-winning composer whose lyrics graced hit songs such as Roberta Flack’s “Killing Me Softly with His Song” and Jim Croce’s “I Got a Name,” died at the age of 91 on December 19 at his longtime home in Montecito, Calif.
His death was confirmed by Bmi, which paid tribute on its website, noting: “Bmi was greatly saddened to learn of the passing of renowned songwriter Norman Gimbel, a truly prolific and gifted writer who will be greatly missed by his many friends and fans here.”
The Brooklyn native wrote the words to both “The Girl from Ipanema” and the “Happy Days” theme, earning an Academy Award with David Shire for Jennifer Warnes’ “It Goes Like It Goes,” the Best Original Song winner for 1979’s “Norma Rae,” which also garnered Sally Field her first of two Best Actress Oscars.
With his longtime writing collaborator Charles Fox,...
His death was confirmed by Bmi, which paid tribute on its website, noting: “Bmi was greatly saddened to learn of the passing of renowned songwriter Norman Gimbel, a truly prolific and gifted writer who will be greatly missed by his many friends and fans here.”
The Brooklyn native wrote the words to both “The Girl from Ipanema” and the “Happy Days” theme, earning an Academy Award with David Shire for Jennifer Warnes’ “It Goes Like It Goes,” the Best Original Song winner for 1979’s “Norma Rae,” which also garnered Sally Field her first of two Best Actress Oscars.
With his longtime writing collaborator Charles Fox,...
- 12/28/2018
- by Roy Trakin
- Variety Film + TV
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Between now and doomsday, it’s unlikely that we’ll get a movie that will defile the work of Tchaikovsky and E.T.A. Hoffman more than 2010’s “The Nutcracker in 3D,” the movie that took the classic story and ballet and added Holocaust metaphors, Tim Rice-penned hip-hop lyrics, and a bizarre turn by Nathan Lane as Albert Einstein. But while it may not be quite as terrible, “The Nutcracker and the Four Realms” earns runner-up status on the list of worst cinematic “Nutcracker” misfires.
Maybe it was the massive reshoots — directorial credit is shared by Lasse Hallstrom, who shot the first go-round, and Joe Johnston — or perhaps the script by first-timer Ashleigh Powell was always muddled and convoluted, but the results are singularly dispiriting. Rather than harken back to an elegant, whimsical earlier period of history, this “Nutcracker” calls to mind the early 2010s, when the success of...
Maybe it was the massive reshoots — directorial credit is shared by Lasse Hallstrom, who shot the first go-round, and Joe Johnston — or perhaps the script by first-timer Ashleigh Powell was always muddled and convoluted, but the results are singularly dispiriting. Rather than harken back to an elegant, whimsical earlier period of history, this “Nutcracker” calls to mind the early 2010s, when the success of...
- 11/1/2018
- by Alonso Duralde
- The Wrap
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Game of Thrones director Matt Shakman was set to make his feature debut with The Phantom Tollbooth movie adaptation, but now animation filmmaker Carlos Saldanha will take his place. Saldanha directed Rio, Ferdinand and one of the Ice Age films, and will make his live-action feature debut with the film adaptation of Norton Juster’s classic children’s book about a boy who travels to a […]
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- 10/24/2018
- by Chris Evangelista
- Slash Film
Norton Juster’s 1961 Ya classic The Phantom Tollbooth is much beloved by a certain kind of precociously nerdy child, i.e., the sort of pedantic little asshole who’ll smile smugly at you when you ask if you “can” do something, and respond with a chipper “Don’t you mean ‘May’ instead?’” Juster’s tale of a boy who finds…...
- 10/24/2018
- by William Hughes on News, shared by William Hughes to The A.V. Club
- avclub.com
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Carlos Saldanha, the director of animated films “Rio” and most recently “Ferdinand,” has signed on to direct a live-action feature adaptation of the classic children’s novel “The Phantom Tollbooth” at TriStar, an individual with knowledge of the project told TheWrap.
Ted Melfi (“Hidden Figures”) wrote the current draft of the screenplay, based on Norton Juster’s 1961 book, along with previous writers Michael Vukadinovich and Phil Johnston.
“The Phantom Tollbooth,” which is being produced by Donald De Line and Ed McDonnell, would be Saldanha’s live-action feature debut.
Also Read: 'Ferdinand' Movie Review: Charming Kids' Cartoon Is Bullish on Non-Conformity
“The Phantom Tollbooth,” which featured illustrations by Jules Feiffer, is a fantasy novel about a bored young boy named Milo. He receives a magic tollbooth as a gift and finds himself transported to the Kingdom of Wisdom. He meets two companions and goes on a quest to rescue...
Ted Melfi (“Hidden Figures”) wrote the current draft of the screenplay, based on Norton Juster’s 1961 book, along with previous writers Michael Vukadinovich and Phil Johnston.
“The Phantom Tollbooth,” which is being produced by Donald De Line and Ed McDonnell, would be Saldanha’s live-action feature debut.
Also Read: 'Ferdinand' Movie Review: Charming Kids' Cartoon Is Bullish on Non-Conformity
“The Phantom Tollbooth,” which featured illustrations by Jules Feiffer, is a fantasy novel about a bored young boy named Milo. He receives a magic tollbooth as a gift and finds himself transported to the Kingdom of Wisdom. He meets two companions and goes on a quest to rescue...
- 10/24/2018
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
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Carlos Saldanha, the director behind the colorful Rio and Ice Age animated movies, has signed on to direct The Phantom Tollbooth, Tri-Star’s adaptation of the Norton Juster children’s classic.
Donald De Line and Ed McDonnell are producing the project, which would end up being the live-action feature debut for Saldanha, who last helmed Ferdinand, the adaptation of another children’s classic.
First published in 1961 with illustrations by Jules Feiffer, Phantom Tollbooth centers on Milo, an apathetic child who is bored by everything. When a tollbooth mysteriously appears in his room, he drives through it and discovers the magical Lands Beyond —...
Donald De Line and Ed McDonnell are producing the project, which would end up being the live-action feature debut for Saldanha, who last helmed Ferdinand, the adaptation of another children’s classic.
First published in 1961 with illustrations by Jules Feiffer, Phantom Tollbooth centers on Milo, an apathetic child who is bored by everything. When a tollbooth mysteriously appears in his room, he drives through it and discovers the magical Lands Beyond —...
- 10/24/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
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Carlos Saldanha, the director behind the colorful Rio and Ice Age animated movies, has signed on to direct The Phantom Tollbooth, Tri-Star’s adaptation of the Norton Juster children’s classic.
Donald De Line and Ed McDonnell are producing the project, which would end up being the live-action feature debut for Saldanha, who last helmed Ferdinand, the adaptation of another children’s classic.
First published in 1961 with illustrations by Jules Feiffer, Phantom Tollbooth centers on Milo, an apathetic child who is bored by everything. When a tollbooth mysteriously appears in his room, he drives through it and discovers the magical Lands Beyond —...
Donald De Line and Ed McDonnell are producing the project, which would end up being the live-action feature debut for Saldanha, who last helmed Ferdinand, the adaptation of another children’s classic.
First published in 1961 with illustrations by Jules Feiffer, Phantom Tollbooth centers on Milo, an apathetic child who is bored by everything. When a tollbooth mysteriously appears in his room, he drives through it and discovers the magical Lands Beyond —...
- 10/24/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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If you watched the Game of Thrones episode “The Spoils of War” earlier this year and thought “Wow, whoever directed this is going to get to make a big movie in the very near future,” congrats. You were right. And it looks like director Matt Shakman will make his big screen debut with an adaptation […]
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- 12/8/2017
- by Jacob Hall
- Slash Film
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Matt Shakman is set to direct TriStar's live action/hybrid adaptation of the Norton Juster classic children’s book The Phantom Tollbooth, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.
Phil Johnston wrote the latest draft of the script, originally by Michael Vukadinovich. Donald De Line and Ed McDonnell are producing, with TriStar head Hannah Minghella and Nicole Brown overseeing.
First published in 1961 with illustrations by Jules Pfeiffer, The Phantom Tollbooth centers on Milo, an apathetic child who is bored by everything. When a tollbooth mysteriously appears in his room, he drives through it and discovers the magical Lands Beyond — which is full of intriguing places...
Phil Johnston wrote the latest draft of the script, originally by Michael Vukadinovich. Donald De Line and Ed McDonnell are producing, with TriStar head Hannah Minghella and Nicole Brown overseeing.
First published in 1961 with illustrations by Jules Pfeiffer, The Phantom Tollbooth centers on Milo, an apathetic child who is bored by everything. When a tollbooth mysteriously appears in his room, he drives through it and discovers the magical Lands Beyond — which is full of intriguing places...
- 12/8/2017
- by Ashley Lee
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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Exclusive: TriStar is setting Matt Shakman to direct The Phantom Tollbooth, a live-action/hybrid adaptation of Norton Juster’s classic children’s book. Shakman is the artistic director of the Geffen Playhouse who spent five years as executive producer of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia and directed two Game of Thrones episodes last season, “East Watch” and “The Spoils of War.” He chose this over a number of offers as he steps up to a big feature. The script is by…...
- 12/8/2017
- Deadline
The Toyman Toy Show in St. Louis has been going strong for over 25 years now and just keeps getting bigger and better! The fun takes place seven times a year at The Machinists Hall 12365 St Charles Rock Road in Bridgeton, Mo 63044. There are over 120 vendors at the Toyman Toy Show spread out over 220 tables. all selling vintage toys, comics, dolls, diecast cars, movie memorabilia, and more as well as cosplayers and artists. It’s an unbelievable amount of fun for only $5!
The next Toyman Show is November 6th from 9:00a to 3:00p and Butch Patrick, Eddie Munster from the beloved ’60s TV show The Munsters will be there! Butch was born on August 2, 1953 in Los Angeles California. He made his acting debut in 1961 at the age of eight opposite Eddie Albert in the film “The Two Bears”. While living in Illinois with his grandmother, Butch was flown to...
The next Toyman Show is November 6th from 9:00a to 3:00p and Butch Patrick, Eddie Munster from the beloved ’60s TV show The Munsters will be there! Butch was born on August 2, 1953 in Los Angeles California. He made his acting debut in 1961 at the age of eight opposite Eddie Albert in the film “The Two Bears”. While living in Illinois with his grandmother, Butch was flown to...
- 9/18/2017
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The Toyman Toy Show in St. Louis has been going strong for over 25 years now and just keeps getting bigger and better! The fun takes place seven times a year at The Machinists Hall 12365 St Charles Rock Road in Bridgeton, Mo 63044. There are over 120 vendors at the Toyman Toy Show spread out over 220 tables. all selling vintage toys, comics, dolls, diecast cars, movie memorabilia, and more as well as cosplayers and artists. It’s an unbelievable amount of fun for only $5!
The next Toyman Show is November 6th from 9:00a to 3:00p and Butch Patrick, Eddie Munster from the beloved ’60s TV show The Munsters will be there! Butch was born on August 2, 1953 in Los Angeles California. He made his acting debut in 1961 at the age of eight opposite Eddie Albert in the film “The Two Bears”. While living in Illinois with his grandmother, Butch was flown to...
The next Toyman Show is November 6th from 9:00a to 3:00p and Butch Patrick, Eddie Munster from the beloved ’60s TV show The Munsters will be there! Butch was born on August 2, 1953 in Los Angeles California. He made his acting debut in 1961 at the age of eight opposite Eddie Albert in the film “The Two Bears”. While living in Illinois with his grandmother, Butch was flown to...
- 8/28/2017
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Im Global Television has optioned Drew Magary’s fantasy novel The Hike to develop as a TV series. It will be executive produced by David S. Goyer will under his recently-signed first-look deal with Im Global TV, along with Kevin Turen. Magary will pen the TV adaptation. Described by reviewers as Cormac McCarthy's Alice in Wonderland, and The Phantom Tollbooth mixed with a game of Dungeons & Dragons, The Hike, published in August, is a blend of fantasy, folklore, and…...
- 11/15/2016
- Deadline TV
The Toyman Toy Show in St. Louis has been going strong for over 25 years now and just keeps getting bigger and better! The fun takes place seven times a year at The Machinists Hall 12365 St Charles Rock Road in Bridgeton, Mo 63044. There are over 120 vendors at the Toyman Toy Show spread out over 220 tables. all selling vintage toys, comics, dolls, diecast cars, movie memorabilia, and more as well as cosplayers and artists. It’s an unbelievable amount of fun for only $5!
The next Toyman Show is November 6th from 9:00a to 3:00p and Butch Patrick, Eddie Munster from the beloved ’60s TV show The Munsters will be there! Butch was born on August 2, 1953 in Los Angeles California. He made his acting debut in 1961 at the age of eight opposite Eddie Albert in the film “The Two Bears”. While living in Illinois with his grandmother, Butch was flown to...
The next Toyman Show is November 6th from 9:00a to 3:00p and Butch Patrick, Eddie Munster from the beloved ’60s TV show The Munsters will be there! Butch was born on August 2, 1953 in Los Angeles California. He made his acting debut in 1961 at the age of eight opposite Eddie Albert in the film “The Two Bears”. While living in Illinois with his grandmother, Butch was flown to...
- 10/28/2016
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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Readers who grew up with the beloved Norton Juster children’s book, “The Phantom Tollbooth,” are in for a treat. The Tracking Board reports that Tristar Pictures is developing a film adaptation of the 1961 novel and has tapped Michael Vukadinovich to pen the script.
The film has been in the works for quite some time and recently moved from Warner Bros. to Tristar. The project previously had Gary Ross directing the feature from a script written by Alex Tse.
Now, Donald De Line is producing through his De Line Pictures with Ed McDonnell of Maple Shade Films. Nicole Brown is the studio executive for Tristar.
Read More: ‘Little Women’: Greta Gerwig Will Rewrite Sony’s Remake of Louisa May Alcott Novel
For those unfamiliar with the classic tale, “The Phantom Tollbooth,” illustrated by Jules Feiffer, follows a bored young boy named Milo who unexpectedly receives a magic tollbooth one afternoon and,...
The film has been in the works for quite some time and recently moved from Warner Bros. to Tristar. The project previously had Gary Ross directing the feature from a script written by Alex Tse.
Now, Donald De Line is producing through his De Line Pictures with Ed McDonnell of Maple Shade Films. Nicole Brown is the studio executive for Tristar.
Read More: ‘Little Women’: Greta Gerwig Will Rewrite Sony’s Remake of Louisa May Alcott Novel
For those unfamiliar with the classic tale, “The Phantom Tollbooth,” illustrated by Jules Feiffer, follows a bored young boy named Milo who unexpectedly receives a magic tollbooth one afternoon and,...
- 8/6/2016
- by Liz Calvario
- Indiewire
Since any New York cinephile has a nearly suffocating wealth of theatrical options, we figured it’d be best to compile some of the more worthwhile repertory showings into one handy list. Displayed below are a few of the city’s most reliable theaters and links to screenings of their weekend offerings — films you’re not likely to see in a theater again anytime soon, and many of which are, also, on 35mm. If you have a chance to attend any of these, we’re of the mind that it’s time extremely well-spent.
Film Society of Lincoln Center
The second weekend of “Jane and Charlotte Forever” offers two from Varda, a rare Rivette picture, Serge Gainsbourg’s tribute to his daughter, Zeffirelli‘s Jane Eyre, and a Bertrand Tavernier title, among others.
Museum of Modern Art
Lubitsch, Clair, and Griffith wrap up “Modern ‘Matinees’: Fashionably Late.”
“All That...
Film Society of Lincoln Center
The second weekend of “Jane and Charlotte Forever” offers two from Varda, a rare Rivette picture, Serge Gainsbourg’s tribute to his daughter, Zeffirelli‘s Jane Eyre, and a Bertrand Tavernier title, among others.
Museum of Modern Art
Lubitsch, Clair, and Griffith wrap up “Modern ‘Matinees’: Fashionably Late.”
“All That...
- 2/5/2016
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
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The children of animator Abe Levitow have donated the Abe and Charlotte Levitow Collection, which traces their father’s work as an animator at Warner Bros., Upa and MGM, to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The Academy announced the gift Thursday. Donated in their parents’ honor by the Levitows’ three children, Roberta, Judy and Jon, the collection features animation cels, backgrounds, storyboards, graphic art materials and related film prints and includes Levitow’s work on the features Gay Purr-ee (1962) and The Phantom Tollbooth (1970). The collection will be housed in the Academy’s Margaret Herrick Library and the Academy
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- 7/25/2013
- by Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
James Bobin (Flight of the Conchords, The Muppets, the upcoming The Muppets...Again!) is in talks to direct the sequel to Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland (2010), provisionally titled Into the Looking Glass. It'll be a challenge for any director to match the sheer visual audacity and vibrancy that Tim Burton brought. (And if they don't, then the series will risk losing its muchness.) A few possible candidates with that kind of visual flair that come to mind, who've already made use of colour on that level, are Ang Lee (Life of Pi), Sam Raimi (Oz, The Great and Powerful, which arguably made the most integral use of 3D of any film other than Martin Scorsese's Hugo), Kurt Wimmer (Ultraviolet), the Wachowskis (Speed Racer), and Zhang Yimou (Hero, House of Flying Daggers).
James Bobin may not have made a film as obviously visually stylish as those mentioned above with The Muppets,...
James Bobin may not have made a film as obviously visually stylish as those mentioned above with The Muppets,...
- 6/1/2013
- Shadowlocked
So, ComicMix readers, as per my previous column, Awesome Con DC happened April 20 and 21…and, I say this unironically, it was awesome. I had a blast. I spent time with good friends; I met new friends; I walked the con floor and met comics legends (great chat, Larry Hama!) and witty and charming award-winning artists (hello, Ben Templesmith!); and was delighted with the strong turnout of talented local comics folks. I went to a couple of panels (amazing, for me, since I usually plan to go to tons and then don’t go to…any); and wore my Girl Jayne Firefly costume. And yes, naturally, I bought some stuff (surprise!). I also pretended to be Nick Galifianakis for awhile (don’t tell!) and did three fantaaaastic interviews: with Nick, and with the amazingly talented Phil Lamarr and Billy West. (More convention pictures here, and oh by the way, next year...
- 4/30/2013
- by Emily S. Whitten
- Comicmix.com
The following "Auditions at a Glance" calendar conveniently organizes projects by the date and day-of-the-week that the projects' auditions are taking place, to help you schedule your plans. Click on any of the following links to see the casting and job notices related to the dates and project titles highlighted below. Thurs. Jan. 10 • 'Gypsy' • HBO Camera Assessment Fri. Jan. 11 • HBO Camera Assessment Sat. Jan. 12 • 'Dana's Dilemma' • 'Gypsy' • 'Grease' • 'Hairspray' • 'Ragtime' • 'Ramona' • 'See Rock City and Other Destinations' • '12 Angry Men' Sun. Jan 13 • 'Damn Yankees' • 'Grease' • 'Hairspray' • 'Ragtime' • 'The Vagina Monologues' • '12 Angry Men' • 'Avenue Q' Mon. Jan. 14 • 'Caught in the Net' • 'Damn Yankees' • 'Jersey Boys', Nv • 'The Lover' • 'The Scottsboro Boys' • 'Little Shop of Horrors', NoCal • 'The Mission Play' • 'Avenue Q' Tues. Jan. 15 • 'Caught in the Net' • 'Damn Yankees' • 'Jersey Boys', Singers & Dancers, Nv • 'Grease' • 'The Scottsboro Boys' Weds. Jan. 16 • 'The Phantom Tollbooth' Thurs.
- 1/8/2013
- backstage.com
Whenever a movie studio announces plans for another remake, the reaction among fans and pundits is always the same: Hollywood doesn't have any new ideas.
But we like to look on the bright side of things, which is why we're so happy when we hear of a cool remake or reboot. Hey, who needs new ideas when there are already so many great old ideas waiting to be rediscovered?
With that in mind, we've compiled a list of 50 — that's right, 50! — upcoming Hollywood remakes that tickle our fancy. Because if these films were good the first time, you never know, you might just enjoy them even more the second time around.
'Dredd'
Attached: Karl Urban, Olivia Thirlby
Status: The good news for director Pete Travis ("Vantage Point") and star Urban ("Star Trek," "The Lord of the Rings") is that they won't have to do much to meet fan expectations; Sylvester Stallone...
But we like to look on the bright side of things, which is why we're so happy when we hear of a cool remake or reboot. Hey, who needs new ideas when there are already so many great old ideas waiting to be rediscovered?
With that in mind, we've compiled a list of 50 — that's right, 50! — upcoming Hollywood remakes that tickle our fancy. Because if these films were good the first time, you never know, you might just enjoy them even more the second time around.
'Dredd'
Attached: Karl Urban, Olivia Thirlby
Status: The good news for director Pete Travis ("Vantage Point") and star Urban ("Star Trek," "The Lord of the Rings") is that they won't have to do much to meet fan expectations; Sylvester Stallone...
- 8/1/2012
- by Scott Harris
- NextMovie
Everett Jules Feiffer, illustrator of “The Phantom Tollbooth”
The year was 1939, the tail end of the Depression was in sight and the war years were yet to begin. Jules Feiffer, “The Phantom Tollbooth” illustrator who would go on to win a Pulitzer Prize, was 10 years old and desperate for money.
So he went to his corner store and asked if there was any job he could do. Turns out, they needed a delivery boy.
“I was a very shy kid...
The year was 1939, the tail end of the Depression was in sight and the war years were yet to begin. Jules Feiffer, “The Phantom Tollbooth” illustrator who would go on to win a Pulitzer Prize, was 10 years old and desperate for money.
So he went to his corner store and asked if there was any job he could do. Turns out, they needed a delivery boy.
“I was a very shy kid...
- 12/21/2011
- by Alexandra Cheney
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
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Norton Juster The author of “The Phantom Tollbooth”
In childhood, a knife was mightier than a sword for Norton Juster. The 82-year-old author of “The Phantom Tollbooth” recently celebrated the book’s 50th anniversary.
But before he found himself in a Brooklyn basement writing the revered children’s book, Juster spend Wednesday evenings and all day Saturday slicing and chopping fruit and nuts.
Juster entered the working world at age 15 working for a place called the Golden Brand Nut Company.
In childhood, a knife was mightier than a sword for Norton Juster. The 82-year-old author of “The Phantom Tollbooth” recently celebrated the book’s 50th anniversary.
But before he found himself in a Brooklyn basement writing the revered children’s book, Juster spend Wednesday evenings and all day Saturday slicing and chopping fruit and nuts.
Juster entered the working world at age 15 working for a place called the Golden Brand Nut Company.
- 11/16/2011
- by Alexandra Cheney
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
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Hannah Jayanti isn't the only one to be affected by Norton Juster's children's adventure novel "The Phantom Tollbooth" (with illustrations by Jules Feiffer), but she is the only one on Kickstarter raising money for a film that will celebrate the book's legacy. "A friend of mine intro'ed me to Norton," Jayanti told iW. "I had worked with her a few years back. She told me had met him. I was ...
- 11/4/2011
- Indiewire
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Knopf
Since it was first published in 1961, Norton Juster’s “The Phantom Tollbooth” has never been out of print, a rare occurrence for a book that’s celebrating its 50th anniversary. Especially seeing as “The Phantom Tollbooth” was conceived in a basement room in Brooklyn and illustrated by Juster’s upstairs neighbor at the time, Jules Feiffer.
Knopf is releasing two new editions of the celebrated children’s book, one with margin notes by Leonard Marcus, “The Annotated Phantom Tollbooth” and another,...
Since it was first published in 1961, Norton Juster’s “The Phantom Tollbooth” has never been out of print, a rare occurrence for a book that’s celebrating its 50th anniversary. Especially seeing as “The Phantom Tollbooth” was conceived in a basement room in Brooklyn and illustrated by Juster’s upstairs neighbor at the time, Jules Feiffer.
Knopf is releasing two new editions of the celebrated children’s book, one with margin notes by Leonard Marcus, “The Annotated Phantom Tollbooth” and another,...
- 10/25/2011
- by Alexandra Cheney
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
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Colin Meloy didn’t mean for his first novel to seem like a concept album, but it’s hard not to imagine the rollicking adventure tale set in the woods of Portland, Oregon as a kind of forgotten Decemberists CD. Meloy, the frontman of the indie-rock group, released “Wildwood,” a young adult novel, earlier this month.
The book tells the story of Prue, a young girl living on the fringes of Portland with her parents and baby brother, Mac. When...
The book tells the story of Prue, a young girl living on the fringes of Portland with her parents and baby brother, Mac. When...
- 10/4/2011
- by Nick Andersen
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
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The Hollywood Reporter scored an exclusive with the story of writer/director Rawson Thurber (Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story) negotiating to film the pot comedy that started the film-scripting careers of Steve Faber and Bob Fisher back in 2002. The writing duo had been TV writers when they decided to write a comedy spec to break into features.
And so they birthed We’re the Millers, a story about a pot dealer who wants to make one last score before retiring from the business on his 30th birthday.
How big? 1,400 pounds.
How’s he’s going to drive a Winnebago to Mexico, fill it with over half a ton of weed, and drive it back across the border? By hiring a fake family.
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The Hollywood Reporter scored an exclusive with the story of writer/director Rawson Thurber (Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story) negotiating to film the pot comedy that started the film-scripting careers of Steve Faber and Bob Fisher back in 2002. The writing duo had been TV writers when they decided to write a comedy spec to break into features.
And so they birthed We’re the Millers, a story about a pot dealer who wants to make one last score before retiring from the business on his 30th birthday.
How big? 1,400 pounds.
How’s he’s going to drive a Winnebago to Mexico, fill it with over half a ton of weed, and drive it back across the border? By hiring a fake family.
What could...
- 5/4/2011
- by Den Shewman
- Corona's Coming Attractions
With studios mourning the Deathly Hallows and the twilight of Twilight, all eyes are seemingly on The Hunger Games, with many expecting it to become the next big thing.
Suzanne Collins’ trilogy of novels have proved to be a huge success, with a rabid fanbase already in place for Lionsgate’s films, and Deadline have narrowed down the three previous potentials for the director’s chair to Gary Ross, writer of Big and director of Seabiscuit and Pleasantville.
Ross was linked to a new adaptation of Norton Juster’s The Phantom Tollbooth but if he picks up Lionsgate’s offer he’ll be taking on something of a phenomenon.
The fans will no doubt debate the choice of director, just as Harry Potter and Twilight fans did before them, and if Ross is selected I wonder if he’ll court the legion of fans who are eagerly awaiting (or not) the film adaptation?...
Suzanne Collins’ trilogy of novels have proved to be a huge success, with a rabid fanbase already in place for Lionsgate’s films, and Deadline have narrowed down the three previous potentials for the director’s chair to Gary Ross, writer of Big and director of Seabiscuit and Pleasantville.
Ross was linked to a new adaptation of Norton Juster’s The Phantom Tollbooth but if he picks up Lionsgate’s offer he’ll be taking on something of a phenomenon.
The fans will no doubt debate the choice of director, just as Harry Potter and Twilight fans did before them, and if Ross is selected I wonder if he’ll court the legion of fans who are eagerly awaiting (or not) the film adaptation?...
- 9/14/2010
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The only thing to kick the Monday morning blues right in the face is here, the latest episode of the Mouth Off podcast hits the internet.
Up for discussion this week is the Harald Zwart’s remake of the classic (?) 80s film The Karate Kid, this time starring Jaden Smith and the Jackie Chan. Bleeding Cool’s Movie Man Brendon Connelly, Craig Skinner and I take off the rose tints and stare deeply into the abyss of the latest remake to hit our screens.
Craig returns triumphant from Montreal to bring us all the news from Fantasia Fest and we also look ahead to FrightFest, so plenty to pleasure you aurally this week, as well as our resident Ripped from the Crypt section which this week takes as a theme films which mix animation with live action.
Click here to subscribe or listen to the Mouth Off feed in iTunes,...
Up for discussion this week is the Harald Zwart’s remake of the classic (?) 80s film The Karate Kid, this time starring Jaden Smith and the Jackie Chan. Bleeding Cool’s Movie Man Brendon Connelly, Craig Skinner and I take off the rose tints and stare deeply into the abyss of the latest remake to hit our screens.
Craig returns triumphant from Montreal to bring us all the news from Fantasia Fest and we also look ahead to FrightFest, so plenty to pleasure you aurally this week, as well as our resident Ripped from the Crypt section which this week takes as a theme films which mix animation with live action.
Click here to subscribe or listen to the Mouth Off feed in iTunes,...
- 8/2/2010
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Charles B. Pierce was a popular regional filmmaker who made his feature film debut as director, producer, and cinematographer for the 1972 docu-drama The Legend of Boggy Creek. The low-budget film dramatized the legend of a Sasquatch-like creature known as the Fouke Monster, that was reputed to terrorize the small town in Arkansas near Texarkana. Boggy Creek became a major hit on the drive-in circuit. Pierce also directed and wrote a 1985 pseudo-sequel, The Barbaric Beast of Boggy Creek, Part II, and appeared in the role of Professor Brian C. `Doc’ Lockart.
Pierce was born in Hammond, Indiana, on June 16, 1938, and moved to Hampton, Arkansas, with his family as a child. He operated an advertising agency in Texarkana, and began working in films as a set decorator in the mid-1960s. He worked on numerous film and television productions including Chuck Jones’ animated feature The Phantom Tollbooth (1970), and the films Pretty Maids All in a Row...
Pierce was born in Hammond, Indiana, on June 16, 1938, and moved to Hampton, Arkansas, with his family as a child. He operated an advertising agency in Texarkana, and began working in films as a set decorator in the mid-1960s. He worked on numerous film and television productions including Chuck Jones’ animated feature The Phantom Tollbooth (1970), and the films Pretty Maids All in a Row...
- 3/15/2010
- by Jesse
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
ne of my favorite books as a kid was The Phantom Tollbooth and I have found myself wondering with films like Harry Potter, Chronicles of Narnia and Percy Jackson and the Olympians getting made why hasn’t this classic gotten a remake in live-action?
The site Pajiba is reporting that Gary Ross, director of Pleasantville and Seabiscuit and former writer of Raimi’s doomed Spider-man 4 will be producer, in charge of developing a remake of The Phantom Tollbooth at Warner Brothers. The project will be a “hybrid live-action/animated fantasy remake” with a first draft of the script written by Alex Tse (Watchmen).
The first film based on the popular novel was an animated feature film from 1970 directed by Chuck Jones and based on the children’s book by Norman Juster.
Don’t start looking for another Where the Wild Things Are, because we don’t think this type of...
The site Pajiba is reporting that Gary Ross, director of Pleasantville and Seabiscuit and former writer of Raimi’s doomed Spider-man 4 will be producer, in charge of developing a remake of The Phantom Tollbooth at Warner Brothers. The project will be a “hybrid live-action/animated fantasy remake” with a first draft of the script written by Alex Tse (Watchmen).
The first film based on the popular novel was an animated feature film from 1970 directed by Chuck Jones and based on the children’s book by Norman Juster.
Don’t start looking for another Where the Wild Things Are, because we don’t think this type of...
- 2/18/2010
- by Kevin Coll
- FusedFilm
I loved Where the Wild Things Are. Spike Jonze was able to conjure in me a sense of awe and admiration for how beautifully and powerfully he rendered the wild rumpus, and it was definitely a pick of the year for me.
Part of its charm was the nostalgic roots the film held, and with Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland coming out next week another of our childhood classics comes to the screen.
Some of you may remember Norman Juster’s anarchic, witty book The Phantom Tollbooth, and maybe more of you will have seen the legendary Chuck Jones bringing the story to life in his 1970 film, but it is often forgotten under the weight of more popular childhood reads. As the movie was unavailable here in the UK at the time I discovered its existence I had to plough through eBay to find a VHS, yes – a video tape,...
Part of its charm was the nostalgic roots the film held, and with Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland coming out next week another of our childhood classics comes to the screen.
Some of you may remember Norman Juster’s anarchic, witty book The Phantom Tollbooth, and maybe more of you will have seen the legendary Chuck Jones bringing the story to life in his 1970 film, but it is often forgotten under the weight of more popular childhood reads. As the movie was unavailable here in the UK at the time I discovered its existence I had to plough through eBay to find a VHS, yes – a video tape,...
- 2/18/2010
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
When I was a little kid I wasn’t big on reading. Let’s face it, I’m a movie guy so I’m big on visuals. Yet, The Phantom Tollbooth was one of the few exceptions. It was one of those books I could read over and over again because of the amazing pictures it painted in my mind. When I found out there was a cartoon version directed by Chuck Jones, I anxiously rented it at my local library and watched it with great disappointment.
Read more on Gary Ross developing Phantom Tollbooth remake…...
Read more on Gary Ross developing Phantom Tollbooth remake…...
- 2/18/2010
- by Wilhem Oliva
- GordonandtheWhale
Now this sounds like fun! Pajiba is reporting that Gary Ross, director of Pleasantville and Seabiscuit as well as being Tobey Maguire's friend and producer, is developing a remake of The Phantom Tollbooth at Warner Brothers. The project will be a "hybrid live-action/animated fantasy remake" with a first draft of the script written by Alex Tse (of Watchmen). The original Phantom Tollbooth was an animated feature film from 1970 directed by Chuck Jones and based on the children's book by Norman Juster. As much as I'd wish this would be like Where the Wild Things Are, I don't think that's the kind of hybrid they're talking about. The Phantom Tollbooth follows a young boy named Milo who finds a magical tollbooth that transports him to the enchanting Kingdom of Wisdom, which he must save by rescuing a pair of princesses from a dark power that threatens their destruction. That sounds awesome.
- 2/18/2010
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Gary Ross is a director whose name gets associated with a lot more projects than he's actually directed -- for such an supposedly in-demand director, he's not exactly prolific. He's helmed exactly two movies since 1998 -- Pleasantville and Seabiscuit, but his name has nevertheless been attached to the Venom spin-off, and he was behind a rewrite for the now-dead Sam Raimi/Toby Maguire version of Spider-Man 4.
In addition to Matt Helm and Tokyo Suckerpunch (among others), you can add this one to the list of movies that Gary Ross is currently developing: The Phantom Tollbooth, a remake of the 1970 Chuck Jones animated feature based on the children's book by Norman Juster.
Ross is producing a hybrid live-action/animated fantasy remake with Warner Brothers and his own shingle, Larger than Life Productions, as a project he plans to direct. Alex Tse (Watchmen) wrote the first draft of the script, but Warner...
In addition to Matt Helm and Tokyo Suckerpunch (among others), you can add this one to the list of movies that Gary Ross is currently developing: The Phantom Tollbooth, a remake of the 1970 Chuck Jones animated feature based on the children's book by Norman Juster.
Ross is producing a hybrid live-action/animated fantasy remake with Warner Brothers and his own shingle, Larger than Life Productions, as a project he plans to direct. Alex Tse (Watchmen) wrote the first draft of the script, but Warner...
- 2/18/2010
- by Dustin Rowles
Jules Feiffer is known for his work as a graphic novelist, a cartoonist, a screenwriter, a novelist, and a playwright – although among comics fans he is perhaps best known as Will Eisner's long-time assistant on, and oft-time writer of, The Spirit. But in the outside world, he might very well be best known as the illustrator of Norton Juster's children's classic, The Phantom Tollbooth.
Now that a half century has passed, Feiffer and Juster are finishing up their second project together. Titled The Odious Ogre, it is scheduled to be released by Scholastic Books next year at this time.
Feiffer told Publisher's Weekly he’s had a blast. “The one thing I will say is that, in relation to the other characters, he is possibly the biggest ogre in captivity,” Feiffer said. “He was great fun to draw, though—more fun for me than for the ogre.” He...
Now that a half century has passed, Feiffer and Juster are finishing up their second project together. Titled The Odious Ogre, it is scheduled to be released by Scholastic Books next year at this time.
Feiffer told Publisher's Weekly he’s had a blast. “The one thing I will say is that, in relation to the other characters, he is possibly the biggest ogre in captivity,” Feiffer said. “He was great fun to draw, though—more fun for me than for the ogre.” He...
- 10/9/2009
- by Mike Gold
- Comicmix.com
Turner Classic Movies will be saluting the 36th Annual Telluride Film Festival with a Labor Day celebration that will feature an all-day film marathon.
The marathon will include films recently screened at Telluride, along with tributes to stars and filmmakers that were honored at the fest.
The following is a complete schedule of TCM's Labor Day, Sept. 7, salute to the Telluride Film Festival:
6:00 a.m. Godless Girl (1929) 8:00 a.m. I'm King Kong: The Exploits of Merian C. Cooper (2005) 9:00 a.m. King Kong (1933) 11:00 a.m. Uncle Silas (1951) 1:00 p.m. The Black Book (1949, aka Reign of Terror) 2:45 p.m. The Men Who Made Movies: Sam Fuller (2002) 3:45 p.m. Park Row (1952) 5:15 p.m. An Optical Poem (1938) and The Dot and the Line (1965) 5:45 p.m. The Phantom Tollbooth (1969) 7:30 p.m. Chuck Jones: Memories of Childhood (2009) 8 p.m. They Made Me a Fugitive (1947) 10 p.
The marathon will include films recently screened at Telluride, along with tributes to stars and filmmakers that were honored at the fest.
The following is a complete schedule of TCM's Labor Day, Sept. 7, salute to the Telluride Film Festival:
6:00 a.m. Godless Girl (1929) 8:00 a.m. I'm King Kong: The Exploits of Merian C. Cooper (2005) 9:00 a.m. King Kong (1933) 11:00 a.m. Uncle Silas (1951) 1:00 p.m. The Black Book (1949, aka Reign of Terror) 2:45 p.m. The Men Who Made Movies: Sam Fuller (2002) 3:45 p.m. Park Row (1952) 5:15 p.m. An Optical Poem (1938) and The Dot and the Line (1965) 5:45 p.m. The Phantom Tollbooth (1969) 7:30 p.m. Chuck Jones: Memories of Childhood (2009) 8 p.m. They Made Me a Fugitive (1947) 10 p.
- 7/28/2009
- icelebz.com
Turner Classic Movies will be saluting the 36th Annual Telluride Film Festival with a Labor Day celebration that will feature an all-day film marathon.
The marathon will include films recently screened at Telluride, along with tributes to stars and filmmakers that were honored at the fest.
The following is a complete schedule of TCM's Labor Day, Sept. 7, salute to the Telluride Film Festival:
6:00 a.m. Godless Girl (1929) 8:00 a.m. I'm King Kong: The Exploits of Merian C. Cooper (2005) 9:00 a.m. King Kong (1933) 11:00 a.m. Uncle Silas (1951) 1:00 p.m. The Black Book (1949, aka Reign of Terror) 2:45 p.m. The Men Who Made Movies: Sam Fuller (2002) 3:45 p.m. Park Row (1952) 5:15 p.m. An Optical Poem (1938) and The Dot and the Line (1965) 5:45 p.m. The Phantom Tollbooth (1969) 7:30 p.m. Chuck Jones: Memories of Childhood (2009) 8 p.m. They Made Me a Fugitive (1947) 10 p.
The marathon will include films recently screened at Telluride, along with tributes to stars and filmmakers that were honored at the fest.
The following is a complete schedule of TCM's Labor Day, Sept. 7, salute to the Telluride Film Festival:
6:00 a.m. Godless Girl (1929) 8:00 a.m. I'm King Kong: The Exploits of Merian C. Cooper (2005) 9:00 a.m. King Kong (1933) 11:00 a.m. Uncle Silas (1951) 1:00 p.m. The Black Book (1949, aka Reign of Terror) 2:45 p.m. The Men Who Made Movies: Sam Fuller (2002) 3:45 p.m. Park Row (1952) 5:15 p.m. An Optical Poem (1938) and The Dot and the Line (1965) 5:45 p.m. The Phantom Tollbooth (1969) 7:30 p.m. Chuck Jones: Memories of Childhood (2009) 8 p.m. They Made Me a Fugitive (1947) 10 p.
- 7/28/2009
- icelebz.com
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