Dolittle | Jan 17 2020 | Universal | 16% RT | Winner of the Kids Choice Award!

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[franfar]

Interesting. If it's zany enough it could appeal well to families/kids.

[aabattery]

I dig it. They better set the ham to eleven though.

[franfar]

1 minute ago, aabattery said:

I dig it. They better set the ham to eleven though.

Similar to Power Rangers, the movie cannot take itself too seriously or it'll falter.

[RandomCat]

Worse ideas for remakes.

[Eric Atreides]

Will this be a musical like the original movie?

[TalismanRing]

I do so hope it has a Push Me Pull You.

 

 

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Several studios chased this one hard. I’d heard 20th Century Fox — which made the 1967 Rex Harrison film and the redo films that starred Eddie Murphy — and Sony were in the mix at one point or another over the weekend.

 

A package for a branded family tentpole starring Downey — who has propelled two big franchises with his Iron Man and Sherlock Holmes characters — understandably doesn’t come cheap. Most studios don’t play in the first-dollar gross sandbox anymore, but I’ve heard this was the exception, a throwback auction where the ask was a first-dollar gross outlay around 25% on a film that will carry an event-film budget possibly north of $160 million.

 

 

Damn
 

[aabattery]

Wait, am I reading this right? That's a fucking huge budget if true.

[TalismanRing]

20 minutes ago, aabattery said:

Wait, am I reading this right? That's a fucking huge budget if true.

 

It's pretty avg for a tent pole, even lower than avg and I assume since they got RDJ and they're paying him that much they're looking for it to be a tent pole. 

 

The books is a period adventure that spans the globe and they're going to need VFX for many of the animals and probably locations. 

[ban1o]

This is my first time learning that Eddie Murphy's wasn't the original 

[franfar]

 

We'll be watching RDJ talk to the animals on May 24, 2019.

 

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/universal-dates-robert-downey-jrs-doctor-doolittle-989234?utm_source=twitter

[Eric Atreides]

http://deadline.com/2017/04/universal-untitled-doctor-dolittle-project-1202079456/

 

Moved to April 12.

[Sam]

Sounds like a better spot for the movie in terms of competition. But not with that blockbuster budget I guess.

[YM!]

Is this Illumination too?

[aabattery]

2 minutes ago, YourMother said:

Is this Illumination too?

 

Nope.

[Fancyarcher]

4 minutes ago, YourMother said:

Is this Illumination too?

 

It's supposed to live-action, with CGI animals, so nah!

Edited April 30, 2017 by Fancyarcher

[AniNate]

Stephen Gaghan? Dear lord...

[Box Office Hit]

Filming Begins in February 2018
 

[dudalb]

On ‎3‎/‎20‎/‎2017 at 0:44 PM, aabattery said:

Wait, am I reading this right? That's a fucking huge budget if true.

Well, it's in the Dr Dolittle tradition. The 1967 film was notorious for going way,way, over budget.  So much so that the management at Fox was very much afraid they had another Cleopatra on their hands.

[Box Office Hit]

Antonio Banderas, Michael Sheen Join Voyage Of Doctor Dolittle in Live Action Roles; Emma Thompson, Ralph Fiennes, Tom Holland, and Selena Gomez Will Voice the Talking Animals