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UPDATED!! More NIMH Rats On The Way??

Merrick again...

Seems Bluth's SECRET OF NIMH can be seen, right now, via the Hulu embed below:


Or, you can GO HERE to watch the film via a larger playback window.

Thanks to Brian for the heads up about this!









Merrick here...

Robert C. O'Brien's book MRS. FRISBY AND THE RATS OF NIMH (HERE) may soon return to screens courtesy of Paramount.

Robert C. O'Brien's "Rats of NIMH" won the Newbery Medal in 1972 and has been a staple in children's bookstores and libraries since. 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.
[EDIT}
It's likely the new "NIMH" would combine live-action and animation in the manner of "Alvin & the Chipmunks" and other kiddie hybrids.

...contextualizes THR HERE.

ILLUSIONIST director Neil Burger would script the new project (and direct?).

Don Bluth previously adapted this material THE SECRET OF NIMH in 1982 (HERE) - this is what it looked like back then:







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CAKE!
by Mennen
Jul 28th, 2009
02:27:45 PM
CAKE!
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02:27:47 PM
and... More Cake.
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Love is the Key...
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Jul 28th, 2009
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Well, hope they use the tone from the '82 film
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PLEASE NO
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Like someone suggesting on another board...
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02:38:27 PM
"suggested"
by Nasty In The Pasty
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02:38:47 PM
This is a welcome remake.
by Dingbatty
Jul 28th, 2009
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Not Fucking Interested.
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And maybe Frisbee won't be dicks about
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Jul 28th, 2009
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Hollywood has learned one thing
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Jul 28th, 2009
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On a related note...
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Jul 28th, 2009
02:45:06 PM
If you read the book, you'll see how
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Don Bluth
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Did Somebody Say Bluth?
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Jul 28th, 2009
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Jul 28th, 2009
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Jul 28th, 2009
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The book was good, but the movie was an improvement
by Nasty In The Pasty
Jul 28th, 2009
02:50:22 PM
Crow3711...
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Jul 28th, 2009
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Don't remake this.
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Jul 28th, 2009
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Don Bluth
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Jul 28th, 2009
03:05:58 PM
Welcome to Brisbyland! The funnest place on Earth!
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Jul 28th, 2009
03:08:06 PM
Book ending depressing as all hell
by shutupfanboy
Jul 28th, 2009
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probably one of the first books i read
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Jul 28th, 2009
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I'm not so sure having the rats dressed as
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Medieval Rodents:
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Jul 28th, 2009
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I keep expecting Dirk the Daring to pop up.
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Jul 28th, 2009
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REMAKES OF EVERY DISNEY FILM ON THE WAY?
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Jul 28th, 2009
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dammit
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Jul 28th, 2009
03:19:54 PM
I can think of a Disney toon that needs a
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@Nasty In The Pasty
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Jul 28th, 2009
03:22:58 PM
Well, Mullah, its NOT a remake...
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Jul 28th, 2009
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Medieval Rodent subgenre
by savagedave
Jul 28th, 2009
03:30:03 PM
The original was a classic
by Jordo
Jul 28th, 2009
03:38:19 PM
Don't Forget...
by kershner
Jul 28th, 2009
03:40:35 PM
LOVE the '82 version
by Logan_1973
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Usually I hate remakes, but what I really want to see
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Jul 28th, 2009
04:32:54 PM
on the topic of BLACK CAULDRON....
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Dingbatty
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Jul 28th, 2009
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felt pelt
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Jul 28th, 2009
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Not a remake
by spacechampion
Jul 28th, 2009
04:36:13 PM
On the subject of remakes
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Jul 28th, 2009
04:40:35 PM
Wateship Down remake- don't even say it!
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Jul 28th, 2009
04:43:24 PM
PixarsSUP remakes and Shakespeare
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Jul 28th, 2009
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Plague dogs is also fine as it is
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Jul 28th, 2009
04:55:57 PM
by the way: Fuck Proofreading!!
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Jul 28th, 2009
04:56:50 PM
mooli_mooli
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Jul 28th, 2009
04:58:49 PM
loved the book
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Jul 28th, 2009
05:03:08 PM
I loved the movie with a passion...
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Jul 28th, 2009
05:29:44 PM
Finky: I got where you were coming from
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Jul 28th, 2009
05:30:43 PM
I saw the sequel
by Geomancer21
Jul 28th, 2009
05:37:40 PM
Where is Don Bluth anyway?
by ricarleite2
Jul 28th, 2009
05:50:12 PM
Finky089 - I agree.
by Hint_of_Smegma
Jul 28th, 2009
05:58:33 PM
Hopeful
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Jul 28th, 2009
05:59:24 PM
Bluth died a couple years back.
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Jul 28th, 2009
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WOW
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06:03:15 PM
Bluth died a couple years back. by Semen Stains
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Williams' Tailchaser's Song should be
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You'd think
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Bluth
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Fuck You, Hollywood
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Jul 28th, 2009
06:50:19 PM
Remakes, reboots, etc
by Shaner Jedi
Jul 28th, 2009
06:50:36 PM
Don Bluth
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Jul 28th, 2009
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I knew it.
by Xian042
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Yeah i know hes awesome Shat
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07:07:16 PM
Would like to know if there is going to be
by Dingbatty
Jul 28th, 2009
07:38:52 PM
Grindhouse: Theatrical Cut Available on Netflix Streaming!!!!
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Jul 28th, 2009
08:00:14 PM
Yet another sign of the coming Apocolypse in 2012.
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Jul 28th, 2009
08:09:24 PM
i agree with danceto...
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"FUCK...YOU...GOOOOOODDDDDDD!! !!! !!!!!"
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Jul 28th, 2009
08:15:28 PM
in response to the last two talkbacks...
by StonedWriter88
Jul 28th, 2009
08:19:14 PM
So-Crates...
by Darkman
Jul 28th, 2009
08:23:51 PM
WHAT THE FUCK?? ARE ALL THE WRITERS DEAD IN HOLLYWOOD??
by Dark Doom
Jul 28th, 2009
08:45:34 PM
the original movie didn't do the concept justice at all
by _V_
Jul 28th, 2009
09:27:26 PM
That's cool
by kafka07
Jul 28th, 2009
09:35:10 PM
So_Crates, re: Shannen Doherty
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Jul 28th, 2009
09:35:17 PM
Shit, Darkman beat me to the Doherty thing
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Jul 28th, 2009
09:40:57 PM
Pasty
by Abe_Vigoda
Jul 28th, 2009
09:50:31 PM
sounds great
by bone_white
Jul 28th, 2009
10:03:59 PM
they constantly make new material
by bone_white
Jul 28th, 2009
10:06:09 PM
THIS IS SO TOTALLY UNNECESSARY!!!!
by Royston Lodge
Jul 28th, 2009
10:06:54 PM
Why not just re-release the original on the big screen?
by Royston Lodge
Jul 28th, 2009
10:09:05 PM
fair enough
by So-Crates
Jul 28th, 2009
10:16:53 PM
Hells yeah Jobacca
by StrokerX
Jul 28th, 2009
10:40:57 PM
Abe_Vigoda:
by Nasty In The Pasty
Jul 28th, 2009
10:42:33 PM
Theatrical re-issues are a thing of the past
by Nasty In The Pasty
Jul 28th, 2009
10:46:54 PM
NIMH better than NICAD
by Antz
Jul 28th, 2009
11:04:06 PM
shit, Bluth is dead?
by one_guy_from_andromeda_
Jul 28th, 2009
11:51:41 PM
Bluth ain't dead. he's just retired
by finky089
Jul 29th, 2009
12:07:21 AM
Theatrical re-issues
by finky089
Jul 29th, 2009
12:15:54 AM
but, think about this when Ghostbuster 3 comes out
by finky089
Jul 29th, 2009
12:19:08 AM
I doubt this will happen
by awardgiver
Jul 29th, 2009
01:43:04 AM
www.donbluth.com
by CaseyMcCall
Jul 29th, 2009
02:41:51 AM
Royston Lodge and So-Crates...
by Talkbacker with no name
Jul 29th, 2009
05:00:13 AM
I looooove The Secret Of NIMH
by AsimovLives
Jul 29th, 2009
06:33:10 AM
I lost all my Dragon's Lair trading cards/stickers
by Belasco_House
Jul 29th, 2009
07:05:27 AM
Live action?
by mouse1797
Jul 29th, 2009
07:09:32 AM
Heh. Gonterman.
by Deathpool
Jul 29th, 2009
08:44:25 AM
asimov
by Six Demon Bag
Jul 29th, 2009
08:47:11 AM
I watched this on Netflix a few weeks ago
by c4andmore
Jul 29th, 2009
09:18:18 AM
Not a remake?
by Rerun
Jul 29th, 2009
09:28:20 AM
"animation is of course severely dated"
by Nasty In The Pasty
Jul 29th, 2009
10:12:05 AM
Six Demon Bag
by AsimovLives
Jul 29th, 2009
10:40:38 AM
remake the Godfather?
by finky089
Jul 29th, 2009
10:41:49 AM
Magic
by nametaken
Jul 29th, 2009
10:53:35 AM
I don't think the necklace was in the book
by finky089
Jul 29th, 2009
10:56:41 AM
The only real reason the necklace is in the movie is
by finky089
Jul 29th, 2009
10:57:09 AM
(oh, fuckin AICN!) Continued from above
by finky089
Jul 29th, 2009
11:00:22 AM
Secret Sucked
by Grammaton Cleric Binks
Jul 29th, 2009
11:52:21 AM
Nasty in the Pasty
by Bouncy X
Jul 29th, 2009
11:59:21 AM
I think people mean that the style is dated,
by Dingbatty
Jul 29th, 2009
12:10:18 PM
Bluth had fuck-all to do with the horrible Land Before Time sequ
by Nasty In The Pasty
Jul 29th, 2009
12:28:28 PM
els
by Nasty In The Pasty
Jul 29th, 2009
12:28:46 PM
The "magic" amulet make little narrative sense...
by Nasty In The Pasty
Jul 29th, 2009
12:33:17 PM
and the hits keep on rolling!
by spiceybiscuit
Jul 29th, 2009
12:42:11 PM
I liked this movie
by Booberella
Jul 29th, 2009
12:45:50 PM
Bluth seems to ne neither dead or retired
by ricarleite2
Jul 29th, 2009
01:02:50 PM
Godfather Remake?
by dancetothebeatofthelivingdead
Jul 29th, 2009
01:54:28 PM
The gay remark
by dancetothebeatofthelivingdead
Jul 29th, 2009
01:57:46 PM
@Talkbacker with no name
by So-Crates
Jul 29th, 2009
03:14:21 PM
Godfather remake
by finky089
Jul 29th, 2009
04:36:57 PM
I didn't say he had anything to do with those
by Dingbatty
Jul 29th, 2009
04:47:11 PM
Muppets Godfather
by Kankennon
Jul 29th, 2009
05:46:29 PM
Tessio
by dancetothebeatofthelivingdead
Jul 29th, 2009
07:10:05 PM
Tessio ctd.
by dancetothebeatofthelivingdead
Jul 29th, 2009
07:12:51 PM
Clemenza
by dancetothebeatofthelivingdead
Jul 29th, 2009
07:14:41 PM
"More faithful" remake...
by Chief Joseph
Jul 29th, 2009
08:44:07 PM
Dingbatty... Frisby change wasn't Frisbee
by MurderMostFowl
Jul 29th, 2009
10:00:48 PM
What's not to like about Popeye?
by theycallmemrtibbs
Jul 29th, 2009
10:29:44 PM
Remakes
by TheHumanBeingAndFish
Jul 30th, 2009
12:51:34 AM
Popeye
by dancetothebeatofthelivingdead
Jul 30th, 2009
07:14:23 AM

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