20th Century Fox Animation and Blue Sky Studios have landed the rights to adapt Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who as a computer-animated movie.
Horton the elephant, one of Dr. Seuss’ most beloved characters, will be computer animated by Fox’s digital boutique, Blue Sky Studios, which launches its second feature, Chris Wedge’s Robots on Friday.
Fox has also acquired the rights to Horton Hatches an Egg, the second book featuring Horton.
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New Line Cinema is in final negotiations with filmmaker Don Coscarelli to bring the cult horror film Phantasm back to the big screen.
The first Phantasm, which Coscarelli wrote and directed, was released in 1979. It told the story of a young boy named Mike and his friends, who face off against a mysterious grave robber known as the Tall Man and his killer flying spheres. The film spawned three sequels, all of which were made by Coscarelli.
Coscarelli would act as producer on the new version, in which the Tall Man travels from town to town turning the dead into his own army and using his deadly spheres against anyone who opposes him. Mike, who is developing psychic powers, and his brother try to stop him. The movie is being developed as a relaunch and as a possible trilogy about Mike’s coming of age.
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