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Heathcliff Coming to the Big Screen?

Source:Variety
May 31, 2009


Heathcliff will be getting a second life on the screen courtesy of a joint venture between family animation studio Magic Lantern Entertainment and rights holder FitzRoy Media, reports Variety.

The two companies have signed a deal to develop a range of properties, from direct-to-DVD animated films to a potential live-action theatrical feature, updating the popular comicstrip character for the 21st century.

Created by George Gately in 1973, the sarcastic Heathcliff remains in print today, written and drawn by Gately's nephew, Peter Gallagher.

The hope is to create a live-action/CG hybrid similar to Alvin and the Chipmunks or Garfield: The Movie.

COMMENTS (5)

Posted by:
Tony_C
June 1, 2009
I haven't seen the cartoon in years..
Posted by:
WCB
June 1, 2009
Dear god, no. It didn't work for Garfield, and It's not gonna work for Heathcliff.
Posted by:
E
June 1, 2009
Yet again Hollywood raping my childhood.
Posted by:
Matt Owen
June 2, 2009
This should be about on the same par as Garfield: A Tale of Two Kitties.

The title says it all, folks.
Posted by:
J Smith
June 2, 2009
If Heathcliff is coming to the big screen? & distributed by 20th Century Fox (like Garfield & Alvin & The Chipmunks)? it should be PG-13 & it should have irrelevant humor.

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