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Elijah Wood To Star In FX Doggie Sitcom??
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“Lord of the Rings” icon Elijah Wood has landed the lead in “Wilfred,” an FX sitcom pilot about a man and a dog.
Wood would play the man and Australian actor Jason Gann would play the canine, described as a mix of Labrador Retriever and “Russell Crowe on a bender.” Not too different from Gollum if you think about it.
It’s based on an Australian series Gann co-created and starred in. David Zuckerman (“The Big House,” “Family Guy,” “American Dad”) wrote the American version of the pilot.
The Australian version:
Find all of The Hollywood Reporter’s story on the matter here.
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and I've never heard of this... looks like it could have potential.. more a Youtube skit though
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thy name is Summer Heights High
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called Francois en Serie, about a man whose inner personalities (man ih him, artist in him, animal in him...) manifest in the real world. it's a great concept.
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I guess movie roles for ex-Hobbits have dried up? At least Dominic was able to parlay into Lost for awhile and FF briefly.
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and I have heard of this. I just don't understand all this remaking. Because Kath and Kim turned out so well right?
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Jun 30, 2010 5:44:07 AM CDT
Man, didn't Wood used to have a career?
by bp_drills_america_a_new_asshole
From LOTR to that football hooligan flick and now man and his dog. Poor guy.
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do you think it will be before someone cracks a hobbit joke?
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Elijah can play a vampire in the next shitty installment of Twilight and have the tween's/twink's hearts fluttering again.
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Bad idea
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Jun 30, 2010 10:32:22 AM CDT
That's absolute crap! What a shite idea for Elijah and FX.
by snake foreskin
That'll last about a week.
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Dog started talking to him and the next thing you know he's Son of Sam.
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Frodo gotta eat?
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That movie is awesome.
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or is the girl just really stupid and thinks the guy in the dog suit is a real dog? I admit, I didn't watch the entire clip.
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for a number of very good reasons.
They're all dumb as stumps, their accent makes them sound even dumber and they know fuck all about anything.
This is not funny, but to them is probably a real side-splitter. -
I mean, really? Seems destined to fail, but it's so absurd that I'll definitely check it out if it actually gets broadcast. It's one of those things that could be interesting because it's totally different and surreal, or suck because it's totally different and ridiculous.
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Bet your pissed at the fact that most american girls love aussie accents, and you can't get laid.
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just like Greg The Bunny
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I hear that show is actually getting a spin-off about the ape puppet, Warren I think it was, sort of a spoof on celebrity rehab shows. I think it's going to be on MTV though, so prob not going to be as good as it could have been.
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And yes, it IS funny. Maybe it's not as easy to get watching an out of context clip, maybe it's too out there for Americans (I'm a Brit myself). I've watched 3 eps so far and am loving it.
Don't get it? Go back to family guy. Wait a minute...anyone questioning 'is he a dog or not, I don't get it!?' If you can 'get' Stewie & Brian, you shouldn't have too much trouble wrapping your brain around Wilfred (which is better than most American comedies btw). -
it was on SBS over here in australia for a few years. I've seen pretty much every episode and reckon the australian version is brilliant. I think the best description I've read is the guy in the dog suit is like Chopper in a dog suit. Very dark very weird. Highly recommended. Kind of looking forward to see how the us version turns out. Could work a treat considering they have the same actor in the dog suit. Oh and I think season one and two are out on dvd here in australia if anyone is interested.
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because I couldn't tell from what I watched. As soon as it started I was reminded of that SNL skit with Megan Fox, where she was living with a dude who had convinced her he was Optimus Prime. It was really just a guy in an Optimus mask who wanted to be live with Megan Fox. Fox brings home a date and his reactions to this fake Optimus, and the way she was with him, was similar to the guy in the video with the dog. I couldn't tell if he was simply disturbed by the dog's un-dog like behavior (he's never met a dog that acted like that) or if he was baffled that this guy who was so obviously a man in a dog suit, had convinced his date he was a real dog. The look on his face didn't come across to me as one who didn't like dogs, but rather as someone completely baffled and bewildered, maybe even a bit horrified, at what he was seeing. A mix of "I can't believe she's this stupid" and "I can't believe this guy is getting away with it" and "this asshole's totally going to blow my chances with the girl".
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