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The Rats of NIMH Returning to the Big Screen

July 28, 2009


Paramount is developing a feature version of Robert C. O'Brien's award-winning children's tale "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH," says The Hollywood Reporter.

Director Neil Burger (The Illusionist) is in talks to write the screenplay, and former Walden executive Cary Granat is on board to produce.

The film would be the second theatrical go-round for the book, which MGM brought to the screen in 1982 as the animated The Secret of NIMH, directed by Don Bluth.

The story centers on a mouse -- the titular Mrs. Frisby, re-named Mrs. Brisby in the MGM movie -- faced with a crisis when her son falls ill and she must move her family to escape a farmer's plow.

Mrs. Frisby enlists a group of former lab rats, whom she soon discovers run a highly evolved society, who possess advanced technologies and divide labor in the manner of a human community.

COMMENTS (39)

Posted by:
smokingpotisnotacrime
July 28, 2009
that's cool. i'm a fan. hope the animation is cutting edge!
Posted by:
God
July 28, 2009
dude. Secret of NIMH. childhood right there.
Posted by:
Rob
July 28, 2009
They better not make a stupid, terrible knock-off of the original 1982 movie. I loved that movie as a kid. It was amazing. Making a new version could be a bad decision.
Posted by:
blue magic
July 28, 2009
Wow, a remake of an animated classic...unless of course, they go the route of CG, like Pixar.
Posted by:
Christ Help Us
July 28, 2009
THIS BETTER NOT BE IN CGI!!!
Posted by:
Snarky Bastard
July 28, 2009
The original is a classic, but I don't mind this so long as they keep it a bit closer to the book.
Posted by:
Cole
July 28, 2009
please.....please.... do not ruin the 1982 animated classic.... it better live up. NIMH!!!!
Posted by:
me not you
July 28, 2009
Of course its going to be CGI, how many regular animated movies do you see made anymore?
Posted by:
Anthony
July 28, 2009
I'm thinking this would work well as a stop-motion film like Coraline.
Posted by:
jason
July 28, 2009
love the books, but never saw the 1982 movie...this could be cool

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