Garfield: The Movie

By: Corona's Coming Attractions
Date: Monday, June 14, 2004

Genre:
Comedy/Animation/Fantasy.

Studio:
20th Century Fox.

Production Company:
Unknown.

Project Phase:
In the Can.

Who's In It:
Breckin Meyer (Jon Arbuckle); Jennifer Love Hewitt (Dr. Liz Wilson); Stephen Tobolowsky (Walter J. Chapman).

Whose Voices Are In It:
Bill Murray (Garfield); Debra Messing (Arlene).

Who's Making It:
Peter Hewitt (Director); Joel Cohen, Alec Sokalow (Screenwriters); John Davis (Producer); Dean Cundey (Director of Photography); Peter Berger (Editor); Rhythm & Hues Studios (Visual Effects); Christophe Beck (Musical Score); based on the comic strip Garfield created by Jon Davis.

Premise:
After Garfield's owner buys a manic pooch named Odie his tranquil life transforms into a disaster zone. But when Odie gets
dognapped the fat cat mobilizes to save his former nemesis..

Release Date:
June 11, 2004.

Comments:
Discussed in the August 2003 issue of Cinescape magazine!

Scoop Feedback:

January 17, 2002... It looks like GARFIELD the cat is going to spring from the funny pages to the big screen as a CGI character in a live action version of his strip.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, GARFIELD will be written by Joel Cohen and Alec Sokolow of TOY STORY fame. The storyline will reportedly center on the bad blood between Odie and Garfield, which has fueled a lot of the comedy for the 24 year old comic strip.

No word on a release date. [The Hollywood Reporter.]

July 11, 2003... WILL & GRACE star Debra Messing will provide the feline voice for GARFIELD's girlfriend, Arlene, in the movie version of the comic strip. Bill Murrary voices the orange fat cat while Breckin Meyer plays Jon, Garfield's owner.

In Jon Davis' comic strip, Arlene was a pink kitty who had a sarcastic relationship with Garfield. The movie is due out in theaters next summer. [Variety.]

January 2, 2004... Over at JoBlo, the website has landed two never-before-seen images from next summer's GARFIELD movie, both showing the Bill Murray-voiced cat and one including Jennifer Love Hewitt (who plays veternarian Liz Sherman.)

That's one big cat. Check out the size of Garfield by clicking the image above and then heading over to JoBlo to see kitty in the director's chair.

And if you haven't seen the film's teaser trailer, it's available for download here.

[Groomed first by JoBlo.]

May 9, 2004... 20th Century Fox has provides us with new images from their upcoming lineup of summer movies including stills from ALIEN VS. PREDATOR, THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW, DODGEBALL: A TRUE UNDERDOG STORY, GARFIELD and I, ROBOT. [20th Century Fox.]

June 11, 2004... 20th Century Fox has supplied us with some more photos from GARFIELD: THE MOVIE. The comedy, which stars Breckin Meyer as Garfield's owner Jon and Jennifer Love Hewitt as Garfield's vet Liz, opens in theaters today.

Click on 'em to see what the big orange feline and his friends look like. [20th Century Fox.]