It seems a bit odd to have this article posted immediately following Rosie Huntington-Whiteley’s lingerie commercial, but I guess that’s what happens when you cover all corners of the movie world and not just the fanboy aspect. As a matter of fact, I traditionally don’t cover the more childish affairs, and while I am not interested in seeing Fox’s Ramona and Beezus, it brought me back to my childhood when I read a lot of Beverly Cleary’s books, though I am not sure I read the Ramona ones… after all, I was a big tough guy. I couldn’t be caught reading the girlie ones, I stuck with Ralph the mouse, Henry and his faithful dog Ribsy.
Then again, maybe I did read the Ramona ones. I do remember her as a character, not as distinctly as I remember Henry, Ribsy and Ralph, but I do remember Ramona Quimby, or at least her existence. Am I alone on this or did more of you read the Cleary stories when you were younger? I think I was like five or six when I was reading them, but I can’t be sure.
The new film stars Joey King as Ramona and Selena Gomez (“Hannah Montana”) as Beezus and I believe is simply based on the Ramona books by Cleary and not specifically the “Ramona and Beezus” entry. It’s due in theaters on July 23 so I guess if you have a little girl in the family this is likely where you’ll be in the third weekend of July.
The trailer is directly below and I have added the first images and poster here.
