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RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT is walking on air, I never thought it would be on screen!






Hey folks, Harry here... Most of you know that I'm producing JOHN CARTER OF MARS with Alphaville and Paramount - but pretty much the entire time that I've been working with Jim Jacks and Sean Daniels on JOHN CARTER, they've also been working on a project that pretty much every boy on planet earth that has never grown up has been in love with... RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT! Well, today they finally announced through the trades (Hollywood Reporter & Variety) that Tim Burton and Jim Carrey are in negotiations to turn the script that Larry Karaszewski and Scott Alexander have written into a huge big budget film. Not only that, but Richard Zanuck has joined the team to help make this tremendous adaptation a reality. In addition you have Ken Atchity producing, and his partner Chi-Li Wong is executive producing. They're all loaded up with producing talent.






I've read the Karazewski and Alexander script and enjoyed it immensely. It takes place back when Ripley was literally the "most interesting man in the world" prior to World War II - when he lived upon his amazing estate on BION ISLAND ("Believe It Or Not Island") and it is really a rollicking period adventure. Some may look at it as a bit Indiana Jones - and definitely there is a relation to that wild spirit of adventure that Indiana Jones had, but where Indiana was underfinanced and usually ill-prepared for encounters - Ripley mounts amazing expeditions with a more varied assortment of adventurous mates.






Not only that - but his financial battles with William Randolph Hearst, his tormenting of the United States Postal Service and the love he had for the children of the world all kinda shine through. It's quirkier than the Indiana Jones films have been, but don't be mistaken - it's every bit as epic, in its own way.






The script bristles with invention and detail - and I've no doubt that Tim Burton is going to have a blast with all the various eccentricities of this lead character - from the fact that he was an illustrator of the strange and unbelievable to the collector of oddities and oddly beautiful. I can't wait to see this thing come to life!

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First?
by CatVutt
Nov 28th, 2005
09:45:44 PM
Maybe Harry could make a cameo as a statue in the background wea
by kintar0
Nov 28th, 2005
09:45:53 PM
"...flying away on wing and a prayer..."
by mookiedood
Nov 28th, 2005
09:48:05 PM
Get Jack Palance to do a Cameo!!!
by Nivek666
Nov 28th, 2005
09:49:50 PM
sixth...
by tomhagen
Nov 28th, 2005
10:03:41 PM
could be a cool movie...
by Spice-Orange
Nov 28th, 2005
10:04:59 PM
Second The Motion On The Palance Cameo.
by buster00
Nov 28th, 2005
10:10:19 PM
Should be Depp instead of Carrey
by BurlIvesLeftNut
Nov 28th, 2005
10:11:14 PM
Huh?
by quadrupletree
Nov 28th, 2005
10:17:35 PM
http://www.aintitcool.com/mult imedia/posters/tigger_poster.j pg
by jrbarker
Nov 28th, 2005
10:31:35 PM
Wow
by Nairb The Movie
Nov 28th, 2005
10:47:15 PM
Should be Dean Cain...
by chickychow
Nov 28th, 2005
10:48:24 PM
" I'm producing JOHN CARTER OF MARS "
by nsomnia
Nov 28th, 2005
10:54:32 PM
Jack Palance cameo...?
by ApneicMonkey
Nov 28th, 2005
10:58:00 PM
Tiggerfilm
by 433
Nov 28th, 2005
10:59:17 PM
Jim Carrey looks nothing like this guy.
by Nate Champion
Nov 28th, 2005
10:59:42 PM
Burton and Carrey making an Indian Jones-esque movie???
by Peven
Nov 28th, 2005
11:15:30 PM
The ref is on AMC right now, for anyone who wants some good laug
by Peven
Nov 28th, 2005
11:17:01 PM
Great Harry. How about a Goblet of Fire review?
by Bramton1
Nov 28th, 2005
11:53:03 PM
Now Harry, don't take this the wrong way, because I love thi
by Shermdawg
Nov 29th, 2005
12:15:17 AM
STRIKE FOUR
by 4720
Nov 29th, 2005
12:15:30 AM
Yep, I'm still pissed at him for Planet of the Apes.
by Shermdawg
Nov 29th, 2005
12:19:21 AM
Strike Four
by Dubster30
Nov 29th, 2005
12:22:13 AM
Strike Four
by Shermdawg
Nov 29th, 2005
12:33:29 AM
I can't stop laughing at the "most interesting man in the wo
by Uncle_Les
Nov 29th, 2005
12:48:07 AM
I would have preferred Bill Murray...
by JustinSane
Nov 29th, 2005
12:54:46 AM
Sammo...
by D_Biederbeck
Nov 29th, 2005
01:30:35 AM
now now..this sounds like a really cool idea !!
by Rcamacho2278
Nov 29th, 2005
02:15:39 AM
I'd rather Tim Burton not be on this
by BendersShinyAss
Nov 29th, 2005
02:42:21 AM
"the love he had for the children of the world"
by godoffireinhell
Nov 29th, 2005
03:30:26 AM
Nice GREATEST AMERICAN HERO reference, Harry.
by Darth Bono Jr.
Nov 29th, 2005
05:05:55 AM
And by the way, if Burton can make a movie out of bubblegum card
by Darth Bono Jr.
Nov 29th, 2005
05:08:02 AM
Believe It
by EyeofPolyphemus
Nov 29th, 2005
07:35:37 AM
Remember when the Talented Mr. Ripley came out?
by Sith Witch
Nov 29th, 2005
08:18:27 AM
Darth Bono Jr. Why did you have to say that?
by BendersShinyAss
Nov 29th, 2005
08:31:27 AM
will holly palance cameo?
by Spacesheik
Nov 29th, 2005
08:49:39 AM
Tim Burton? I'm SO not there. Sounds like a must-miss!
by kdraines
Nov 29th, 2005
10:28:59 AM
How about Dean Cain and Kelly Packard in it?
by Anna Valerious
Nov 29th, 2005
10:46:32 AM
Leerooooooy Jenkiiiins!!!!
by cyanide christ
Nov 29th, 2005
11:50:22 AM
I choose "not".
by rev_skarekroe
Nov 29th, 2005
12:04:07 PM
I'm guessing this flick won't include that Ripley had a
by oceansized
Nov 29th, 2005
12:51:19 PM
"You haven't seen the Bubble gum cards if you really think B
by Mike Nesmith
Nov 29th, 2005
12:52:54 PM
I have lost a TON of respect for Tim Burton
by Fernwick_
Nov 29th, 2005
01:05:50 PM
I would have liked to see
by Quin the Eskimo
Nov 29th, 2005
03:20:00 PM
That Superman V history is the biggest load of bullshit I've
by darthflagg
Nov 29th, 2005
03:45:23 PM
One question
by seppukudkurosawa
Nov 29th, 2005
03:47:38 PM
I actually wouldn't mind another Mars Attacks.
by Shermdawg
Nov 29th, 2005
04:17:44 PM
Tim Burton jumped the shark....
by IAmLegolas
Nov 29th, 2005
04:37:23 PM
Just callin' 'em as I see 'em
by MrCere
Nov 29th, 2005
05:37:04 PM
darthflagg
by one9deuce
Nov 29th, 2005
05:45:51 PM
Jim Carrey/Tim Burton doing a feature film of Robert Ripley?
by one9deuce
Nov 29th, 2005
05:50:58 PM
The readable version of this story...
by Nachokoolaid
Nov 29th, 2005
07:37:12 PM
Whats next, "real People" produced by harry's mom
by ChileanSeaBass
Nov 29th, 2005
09:36:13 PM
Tim and Jim
by Neosamurai85
Nov 29th, 2005
09:38:01 PM
I Agree That Burton's Let Loose His Fair Share Of Shitbombs.
by buster00
Nov 29th, 2005
09:39:30 PM
Sad but true
by Neosamurai85
Nov 29th, 2005
09:39:39 PM
They Better Give Paul Reubens a Cameo...
by stlfilmwire
Nov 30th, 2005
08:30:45 AM
my dream cast for this movie: chris collins as robert ripley{he
by jig98
Nov 30th, 2005
09:05:57 AM
Burton gets a lot of credit...
by Peven
Nov 30th, 2005
01:04:50 PM
"i mean, for instance,he doesn't do claymation himself, he p
by Neosamurai85
Nov 30th, 2005
07:06:11 PM
Dad?
by buster00
Dec 1st, 2005
10:30:49 PM
Dammit, I've told you once and I'll tell you again...SHU
by Shermdawg
Dec 2nd, 2005
05:19:02 PM

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