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YOGI BEAR Hitting the Big Screen

By: Jarrod Sarafin
Date: Friday, October 03, 2008
Source: The Hollywood Reporter

Warner Bros. has announced their plans to develop a live-action/animated Yogi Bear for the big screen, reports The Hollywood Reporter. The move comes a year after 20th Century Fox banked at the box office with their adaptation of Alvin and the Chipmunks, a film which wound up grossing $359.6 million worldwide and spawning a sequel due in theaters in March 19, 2010.

Screenwriters Joshua Sternin and Jeffrey Ventimilia are penning the screenplay. Donald De Line is producing via his De Line Pictures; Karen Rosenfelt is also producing, with Jon Berg overseeing for the studio.

Plot Concept: Yogi Bear first appeared as a supporting character in 1958 in another classic cartoon, "The Huckleberry Hound Show." In 1961, he got his own show, which has aired in reruns frequently during the past half-century. Yogi's exploits take place in Jellystone Park, where he and Boo Boo get into good-natured mischief and must elude their nemesis, Ranger Smith.

Most of the movie will be live-action, but Yogi Bear and sidekick Boo Boo will be done in CG.




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Comments/Responses
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ponyboy76 • Oct 03, 2008, 02:45am •
"Its like deja vu all over again"

Oh, wrong Yogi.

Darkknight2280 • Oct 03, 2008, 04:31am •
I have just two things to say about this...

WHY?

And

WTF?

StarlightGuard • Oct 03, 2008, 04:46am •
Hey Boo Boo! I'm going to Hollywood, and you are too!

But Yogi, won't the ranger miss us?

We'll take him with us! They won't let animals conduct their own legal business!!!

*applause, applause*

I thank you.

I like Yogi Bear, and the rest of Hanna Barbera's offerings. I can only hope they don't foul this up.

Miner49er • Oct 03, 2008, 05:26am •
I wonder if it will be like The Anatominals on SNL?

bluetiger • Oct 03, 2008, 07:05am •
if done correctly, this has great potential to be a good comedy/family movie. It might even spawn a franchise!!!

fft5305 • Oct 03, 2008, 08:10am •
This will probably be cheesy as hell, do great with the kiddies and spawn a series of DTV sequels without the main (human) star and make a ton of money for the studio while raping the childhood memories of my generation. *sigh*

redhairs99 • Oct 03, 2008, 08:32am •
Forget Yogi and Boo Boo...BRING ON A LIVE ACTION/CGI HAIR-BEAR BUNCH!

silversurfer • Oct 03, 2008, 10:25am •
Yogi was cool as he was.....this has the potential of being bad....very bad. I understand that there's a whole generation of children who don't even know who Yogi Bear is. Sometimes that's a good thing...

On another front, why not do Jonny Quest already? That's one that could be done and it be pretty good.

MrJawbreakingEquilibrium • Oct 03, 2008, 12:15pm •
I bet they do it like they did Underdog and used an actual dog rather than a anamorphic one. I don't know if I used the right word...you know, the word when they make things that aren't normally bipedal, um, bipedal. Underdog, Hong Kong Fuey, Yogi Bear, etc. I forget. Pass.

7thGuest • Oct 03, 2008, 01:49pm •
I like Yogi Bear so I will give this a chance, but I admit that them making this could be a giant Boo-Boo.

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