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Faris, Aykroyd and Timberlake Board Yogi Bear

November 6, 2009

Anna Faris, Dan Aykroyd and Justin Timberlake are in talks to star in Yogi Bear, Warner Bros.' big screen adaptation of the classic Hanna-Barbera cartoon.

The film is being directed by Eric Brevig and produced by Donald De Line and Karen Rosenfelt as a live-action/CG hybrid.

Faris will play a nature documentarian who follows the antics of a bear in fictional Jellystone Park. Aykroyd will voice Yogi, and Timberlake may voice Yogi's companion, Boo Boo.

The studio hopes to get Yogi Bear under way in New Zealand in December. Brad Copeland penned the current script with Joshua Sternin and Jeff Ventimilia writing the original draft.

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Posted by:

Unravelings Syntax

November 6, 2009

Come on...really?

Posted by:

Little Lebowski

November 6, 2009

Sorry, no. If you're doing Yogi and Boo Boo, you gotta have the right voices with the right inflections.

It'd be like having Snagglepuss the movie, starring Gilford Godfrey as Snagglepuss. It's wrong.

Posted by:

WCB

November 6, 2009

Are you kidding me? *sigh* I bet they get Will Ferrell to play Ranger Smith. Or better yet, Steve Carrell.

Posted by:

Roger, Roger

November 6, 2009

wait, Justin Timberlake as Boo?

L O L

Posted by:

Angel of Death

November 6, 2009

Boo Boo: I dunno Yogi. I dont think Mr. Ranger's going to like this.

Yogi: We must Boo Boo. We're on a mission from God.

Boo Boo: But Yogi, what goes around goes around goes around comes all the way back around.
Now Break it down: Bring it all down to OmletteVille.

Posted by:

nonentity

November 6, 2009

At least Dan Aykroyd is doing SOMETHING. Anything. I've watched "Ghostbusters," "Blues Brothers," "The Great Outdoors," and "Trading Places" all pretty recently, and come to the conclusion that I miss seeing people like him in movies.

This is gonna suck for sure, or be about as good as that crappy "Garfield" movie, but hey, at least the man gets some work.

Timberlake may be a tool, but I thought he kicked ass in "Southland Tales" so I've started cuttin' him some slack. Anna Faris, however, is annoyingly bad all the time. How is she still getting all of these roles?

Posted by:

armyofrobots

November 6, 2009

well, when they do the zombieland sequel, we can have Dan Aykroyd get shot and his regret can me "maybe Yogi Bear...siiiiiigggghhhhhhhh"

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armyofrobots

November 6, 2009

I meant to say can be "maybe Yogi Bear...siiiiiggghhhh"

I got too excited and was giggling too much and I mistyped!

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nonentity

November 6, 2009

Hahahaha!! Didn't even catch that when I mentioned "Garfield." Nice!