A live action Garfield??

[Zero Signal]

"This live-action film version of the Jim Davis comic strip will feature a CGI main character and Breckin Meyer as Jon Arbuckle, Garfield's owner. Jennifer Love Hewitt will play Arbuckle's love interest, and the plot will emphasize the interactions between Garfield and Odie."

Starring Breckin Meyer, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Bill Murray, Nick Cannon, Debra Messing

Director(s) Peter Hewitt

Screenwriter(s) Joel Cohen, Alec Sokolow

Studio 20th Century Fox

Release Date
May 14, 2004

Genre
Comedy, Animated

Country
U.S.

Media Type
Color

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

edit: here is a promontional piece of art

http://www.chud.com/graphics8/garfield.jpg

Also:

"Debra Messing will play pink, gap-toothed kitty Arlene, Garfield's girlfriend."

"Surreal casting rumor of the day: Bill Murray as the voice of Garfield. Interesting career move for Mr. Murray."

"Peter Hewitt, the brilliant genius behind Thunderpants, has signed on to direct this one"
(that quote just drips with sarcasm)

[Ninjavenom]

Sigh....

[pjalne]

Someone on another board suggested that Bill Murray should wear a Garfield costume where his face can be seen through the mouth. I'd pay to see that.

[Jixby Phillips]

This is old news you old los... ER :lol

Bill Murray will take over Lorenzo Music's (Is that his name?) role as the voice of garfield. Lorenzo Music took over Bill Murray's role as the voice in the Ghostbusters cartoon.

All full circle and shit.

The casting is so fucking wrong. A friend of mine jokingly suggested Ben Affleck as Jon, and I realized it acutually would be better than Brekin Meyer. Janeane Garofalo should play the vet.

[Esuohlim]

This just seems like the crappiest idea ever. Maybe if it was animated like Shrek (I guess "computer animated", but isn't everything animated by computers nowadays?) it would actually be cool. But live-action? It's going to look like shit, especially if there's a lot of emphasis on Garfield and Odie. They might as well just make Bill Murray wear a plastic Garfield mask with eyes cut out of it and a rubber band around the back. And he'll wear a suit and tie. And the vet scene will be priceless. :(

On second thought, the crappier they make it, the better it will be.

[pjalne]

I'm all for Milhouse backwards's idea.

[FS]

I would agree that there's not many things you can't make a movie of. But Garfield is one of them.

This is going to be so terrible. You just KNOW they'll have dusted off some Hollywood script formula to fill up the full length of the movie, which means that Jon will be doing romantically clumsy shit for 2 1/2 hours until finally Garfield picks up on the fact that he likes the vet, and conspires with either Jon or Odie to bring the two together for the last half hour. SHIT. UTTER SHIT. GODDAMMIT EVEN IN MY IMAGINATION I JUST WANT TO SAW OFF ROGER EBERT'S THUMBS.

Someone on another board suggested that Bill Murray should wear a Garfield costume where his face can be seen through the mouth. I'd pay to see that.

They should just take the script from Easy Money, except have Bill dressed like that instead of a clown for the heist. The rest of the movie could be the same. I wouldn't mind seeing it again.

[pjalne]

Holy shit, the director did Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey!

Someone should start an online petition to make the studio cast Bill Murray as Garfield. No voice acting, real-life Bill Murray.

[Jixby Phillips]

They should just take the script from Easy Money, except have Bill dressed like that instead of a clown for the heist. The rest of the movie could be the same. I wouldn't mind seeing it again.

You mean Quick Change? or is that some crazy foreign title?

The only good part of that movie is the bank robery itself that takes place in the begining :(

[Ooner]

It's a good thing Garfield already really really sucked, otherwise this would be sad.

[Protoclown]

GOD HATES US ALL :tear

[Zbu Manowar]

Why doesn't Hollywood just give up now so they can maintain their dignity? You know, by producing more direct-to-video sequel shit and still acting like they're the movie capital of the world?

[FS]

Why did I say Easy Money? :( Yeah, Quick Change.

Maybe they could make Garfield vs. Beethoven for Christmas :(

It'll be "out of this world"!

Soundtrack by Coolio.

[Professor Cool]

i still wondering what the hell Nick Cannon is gonna play...

[Zero Signal]

i still wondering what the hell Nick Cannon is gonna play...
He plays a character named "Louis" (the voice), so maybe it is a CG character.

http://us.imdb.com/Title?0356634

[Daphne]

Janeane Garofalo should play the vet.
That's Liz for all you Garfield Newbies! :lol

[Ninjavenom]

Bring back Lyman!!


Next, they'll be making Calvin and Hobbes: The Motion Picture. :explode

[Protoclown]

No, because Bill Watterson will never sell out. That's why there's no official Calvin and Hobbes merchandise, and never will be.

[Comrade Rocket]

No, next will be a live-action peanuts movie.

And they'll get a quadrpaligec(SP) to play charlie brown

That joke would be funny if i knew how to spell that word.
CURSE MY LACK OF A DICTIONARY.

[Ninjavenom]

I was talking about the idiocy of the idea, not the likleyhood(sp?), Proto.

[the_dudefather]

id rather see bill murrey in a sequel to osmosis jones (should there ever be one)

anyone else see the original, its a fun movie

[Esuohlim]

SURE, CHANGE THE SUBJECT >:

[the_dudefather]

whatever, i used to love the garfield and friends cartoon years ago, but now when i look at it it seems so.....dull..

[KILLADEUCE]

I wash my hands of this shit... A live action movie based off of garfield sounds about as apealing to me as having my stomach pumped...

On another hand, When are they gonna come out with a Bloom County Animated movie? (never of course) now that is something i wanna see.. Providing Berke oversees it.

[pjalne]

There already is one, it's called A Wish for Wings That Work. Or maybe that was just a thirty-minute Christmas special. Anyway, it's unavailable, and Breathed isn't really all that keen on rereleasing Bloom County stuff.

[KILLADEUCE]

I recall seeing that christmas special a few years back... (Well it was more than a few hehehe) That's too bad that they arent continuing BC but then again, it had a good run... Not much more to do with it really... I must say i about cried when i read the last strips with Opus leaving

[EverythingWillSuck]

I know it'll suck, but deep down I want to see it......

Lol, Nick Cannon. >:

[The Retro Kat]

No, because Bill Watterson will never sell out. That's why there's no official Calvin and Hobbes merchandise, and never will be.

Is the sticker of calvin peeing thats always on the back of trucks unofficial?


Also, this movie might pass as decent if Joel Cohen is writing...I have much faith in that man.

[pjalne]

I just read that the plot is as follows: Odie is kindapped, and Garfield has to rescue him. Also, vet romance.

In other words: Same plot as the NES game + J-Love.

[Cap'n Crunch]

Wait, you actually played that game long enough to know what the plot was?

This movie is one of the worst ones probably coming out next year. Well, this and the new Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

[pjalne]

The game basically says 'OMG ODIES GONE FIND HIM GARFIELD' the second you put it in.

I try to keep an open mind and refrain from bashing a movie I've never seen, but this one is going to be terrible.

[EverythingWillSuck]

The NES or Genesis game? :/

[Protoclown]

No, because Bill Watterson will never sell out. That's why there's no official Calvin and Hobbes merchandise, and never will be.

Is the sticker of calvin peeing thats always on the back of trucks unofficial?

You bet your ass it is. Those are "bootleg" stickers, NOT endorsed by Bill Watterson in any way. He receives no money from them.

There is NO Calvin and Hobbes merchandise. NONE whatsoever. I have an awful lot of respect for the man for sticking to his guns.

[executioneer]

no merchandise except the books, you mean :(

-willie

[Protoclown]

Not exactly merchandise, since those are the actual comics themselves. :(

[The Retro Kat]

...and shirts.

[pjalne]

The shirts aren't licensed products.

EWS: read my posts again.