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UPDATED! Pixar Live-Action? Brad Bird Directing? What Day Is It Today?

Suh by ErnieAnderson	Apr 1st, 2007 01:38:54 AM
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Suh by ErnieAnderson	Apr 1st, 2007 01:38:54 AM
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BREAKING NEWS: Terrell Owens signs 6yr deal with Eagles by zillabeast	Apr 1st, 2007 01:43:35 AM
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ok i'll be the A-hole... by slder78	Apr 1st, 2007 01:56:46 AM
this is an April Fool's right? Garth at Dark Horizons has Spiderman 4 set for 2008, with Jason Bourne meeting his son.
Thank goodness someone mentioned... by LordEnigma	Apr 1st, 2007 02:00:13 AM
It's April's fools day. Fucking hell. This should be fun. Like it's always...not. If this is indeed true...cool. If not, then, AWWW MAN! NOT COOL DREW! NOT COOL!
Did Kurt Russel Laugh? by THE KNIGHT	Apr 1st, 2007 02:02:14 AM
If so, then of course....! It's okay.... :)
SPIELBERG/CAMERON/BIRD by THE KNIGHT	Apr 1st, 2007 02:03:43 AM
Who will own SUMMER 2009? Start placing your bets.... I'm betting everyone will side with AVATAR?
APRIL FOOLS? by THE KNIGHT	Apr 1st, 2007 02:04:30 AM
Twats...
Dude, that's so uncool by tommy5tone	Apr 1st, 2007 02:07:54 AM
Stories like these are the reason I HATE April Fool's Day.
We'll See... by TheRealMoriarty	Apr 1st, 2007 02:09:25 AM
Mark Fergus was the last writer at Paramount. That's true. We've been hearing rumblings about Pixar wanting the JOHN CARTER property for months. That's true. Yes, today is April 1st, and if this is a joke, it's a well-crafted one. But there's enough truth in here that I'm willing to run it as a news story. If it is a joke, it's on me, too, guys.
Damn you Michael Bay by MCMLXXVII	Apr 1st, 2007 02:09:29 AM
Damn you Michael Bay
Kurt Russell as Boba Fett!! by Flim Springfield	Apr 1st, 2007 02:18:36 AM

Woah! by DerLanghaarige	Apr 1st, 2007 02:23:18 AM
I'm speechless
Well, Moriarty, you do realise by mark-blackmagic	Apr 1st, 2007 02:27:01 AM
that apparently they also got Bought out by Disney today.
Funny story that one :) by bioforge	Apr 1st, 2007 02:28:33 AM
Thanks for the laugh
Michael Bay to direct War on Terrorism by 12-GAUGE	Apr 1st, 2007 02:41:50 AM
April Fools?
Congrats Mori.... YOU'VE BEEN HAD! by W3bzpinn3r	Apr 1st, 2007 02:48:47 AM
Gonna need to change the handle now. Moriarty was a genius at the same level as Holmes... to fall for a joke like this is sad... What shall the new handle be... "TheRealMcWeenie"? nah... sounds like either fast food or cheap porn. Guess you get to stay "Moriarty" afterall.
Confirmed bogus by cinephobia	Apr 1st, 2007 03:02:43 AM
Won't be a surprise to anybody, but I wrote about this on my site and the source blogger immediately confirmed in the comments that it's bogus: http://tinyurl.com/2fxx8b
Yep, Totally Got Fooled by TheRealMoriarty	Apr 1st, 2007 03:11:29 AM
Guy used just enough truth to reel me in completely. I'll leave it up, since this is the first time in my entire run at AICN that I've been pranked on April 1st successfully.
Dumb Shit by Professor Krapp	Apr 1st, 2007 03:13:13 AM
I could smell that fart a mile away.
"since this is the first by SpencerTrilby	Apr 1st, 2007 04:20:55 AM
"since this is the first time in my entire run at AICN that I've been pranked on April 1st successfully" what about those Captivity ads then? You mean they were FOR REAL? Looks like they did warp your fragile little mind after all.
That news was... by m_reporter	Apr 1st, 2007 04:28:24 AM
... just too good to be true. Oh well , nice 1st April jok, but Peter Jacksons King Kong 2 news was by far the best.
live action by drave117	Apr 1st, 2007 04:42:17 AM
Brad Bird's next project is actually going to be live action, though! No word on what it is going to be yet.
hehe by Luxo Jr	Apr 1st, 2007 05:02:33 AM
Yeah I think I got a lot of people on this one. I agree m_reporter though. PJ's one last year was tops! There were people coming into chat for at least 2 days afterwards asking if it was real or not.
sup thomas by mark-blackmagic	Apr 1st, 2007 05:14:51 AM
lol
I pranked you about Baby Seinfelds Mory... by Aust1n	Apr 1st, 2007 05:56:19 AM
But I guess that wasn't on April 1st
I was so stoked by son of Kong, went around telling ppl by bioforge	Apr 1st, 2007 06:02:43 AM
Thanks for reminding me :)
Son of Kong:Barsoom Boogaloo by TomBodet	Apr 1st, 2007 06:42:45 AM
Hey why not? this woulda been neat! Anyways.
AWW, Man... by LordEnigma	Apr 1st, 2007 07:26:24 AM
NOT COOL, DREW! NOT COOL! Maybe reality and make-believe can come together at some point to make this happen? The idea of a R-rated PIXAR movie maes me totally freakin giddy. Why? I am a emotionally stunted adult. Who happens to love the moving pictures a bit too much.
How true is the 3/23 FilmStew article? by halfmoth	Apr 1st, 2007 07:39:29 AM
http://tinyurl.com/2nh84e “[Executive producer] John [Lasseter] brought us in to do an adaptation of the trilogy,” Fergus explains during a recent interview with FilmStew.
In real Disney news... by bobbycap_1456	Apr 1st, 2007 08:20:34 AM
Apparently, Corinne Bailey Rae has been cast in the lead role in The Frog Princess. Actually, I'm not sure how true this is. However, since there are some 'witnesses,' maybe it's more than just a rumor. http://tinyurl.com/334bgv
Remember the Miyazaki/Pixar collaboration? by half vader	Apr 1st, 2007 08:31:52 AM
That was an April Fool's day thing too wasn't it? I SO wanted that one to be true.
But Russell liked it...DAMMIT! by Jumping Windows	Apr 1st, 2007 09:35:38 AM
Right after I read the article, I looked to my left and saw that Kurt Russell was smiling, so it is obvious that he liked the idea. But Snake was not happy to hear that this was an April Fool's joke.
Alright, I give: What's this new Kurt Russell thing? by Nosferatu Jones	Apr 1st, 2007 09:41:11 AM
Kurt has been mentioned about 5 times as liking/smiling/laughing. Obviously I missed the original joke.
@Nosferatu Jones A few days ago DonutBoy sent in by comedian_x	Apr 1st, 2007 10:16:47 AM
a Grindhouse review and here is the excerpt: "The final scene (i swear to god) had the killer having sex withsome one's decapitated head in the SNL "dick in the box" way. I couldn't believe this movie wasn't rated X. I looked over and Kurt Russell was laughing pretty hard, so I guess it was okay." ...And the talkback, nay, society was changed forever.
April Fools. by jimmy_009	Apr 1st, 2007 10:56:51 AM
Didn't buy it for a second. Although it would be cool. The only thing cooler would be Pixar doing a Calvin and Hobbes cartoon.
internet assholes by troutpencil	Apr 1st, 2007 12:14:25 PM
Stuff like this happens all the time to people like Moriarty and Devin Faraci at CHUD. I mean stuff like them writing authoritative essays about things which immediately are made to look silly. I remember Devin wrote an enormous essay about how Batman Begins 2 was not getting made as his detective faculties were so skillfully able to deduce (even though no one else was as stupid as he was and thus knew otherwise) and like two days later the Dark Knight got an official press release. It's because these fucking pricks think they're the smartest guys in the world and blessed with Nancy Drew's powers of deduction, so you get shit like Moriarty trashing the upcoming Casino Royale and that AICN post about how the Indiana Jones movie wasn't happening, and to read them while knowing otherwise is just like getting drowned in douchebag water.
sad this one is real by Beerisgood	Apr 1st, 2007 12:15:36 PM
I wish this one was fake, but on the kid's choice awards last night it was announced that Dakota Fanning and Will Ferrell are teaming up to make a big-screen version of that awful '80s sitcom, SMALL WONDER.
Thank GOODNESS by 900LBGorilla	Apr 1st, 2007 01:13:54 PM
Wow I must be the only one here saying THANK GOODNESS this is B/S. Love Brad Bird, and Pixar are great…but I have Z-E-R-O faith that they would do anything other than kiddi-fy this property. This movie is in trouble with Disney anyway, but it’s only real shot is to be given to a non-kiddy director…(and that’s a long shot now). Just like “Alexander” I’d rather see this not made AT ALL until it is in the hands of a director who knows what the hell to do with it….waiting for the first attempt at a film is probably going to be a lot shorter than waiting for someone to re-make a film someone cluster $#%@s into mediocrity or an outright failure. For this film- I actually hope Disney sells the property… for Alexander thanks Oliver “I smoked too many doobies to think straight” Stoned…we’ll probably now never see a film that does that subject matter justice.
beerisgood......... by liljuniorbrown	Apr 1st, 2007 01:30:08 PM
If your telling the truth about the "Small Wonder" Will Ferrell thing then I must go away and prepare my family because the Apocalypse is close at hand. That sitcom sucked balls so bad I think everyone involved with it (actors,writers,directors,grip guys,lighting tech's) gathered together one night and killed themselves.
That's a cruel f***ing joke. by MCVamp	Apr 1st, 2007 01:33:11 PM
No, really.
I think Ferrell/Fanning "Small wonder" sounds genius by Daddylonghead	Apr 1st, 2007 01:56:13 PM
I probably won't go see it, but I doff my hat to the marketing brilliance of whoever cooked it up!
WOULD YOU TAKE THE MONEY & RUN? by Daddylonghead	Apr 1st, 2007 01:59:19 PM
BELIEVE ME SWEETY I GOT ENOUGH TO FEED THE NEEDY. It's like the ads are doing a call-and-response duet. And like another TBer mentioned, Chevy's skin color in those ads is really something special. Lookin' good, Mr. Chase, lookin' good...
Could be worse... by frankenberry	Apr 1st, 2007 01:59:44 PM
A "Small Wonder" movie with Ferrell and Fanning still sounds better than that stupid "Different Strokes" remake on the way.
Actual conversation.... by liljuniorbrown	Apr 1st, 2007 02:41:23 PM
Producer: I was taking a shit the other day and you know what it reminded me of? Studio Head: Not really...Wait,movie idea? Producer: The tv series Small Wonder. The one about the guy who made a robot daughter. Studio Head: Wow what did you eat, a bowl Aids covered in Death? That show stunk.It will only appeal to people who never seen or heard of the series and the lowest of the low end of our normal demographic. I'm loving it!!! What about the licensing rights and ownership? Producer: The shows creators were murdered in 1989 by the actor who played the brother to the Robot.He was caught in a ditch in Florida fucking the prop robots head. Studio Head: Can we get Will Ferrell?
Aw CRAP, it was too good to be true by Drath	Apr 1st, 2007 02:57:19 PM
FUCK. Well, Pixar, you might want to think about this one....please? I'd trade the Incredibles sequel for this actually, and that's the only sequel from Pixar I really want to see. Come on guys, you've got to do this while Hugh Jackman is still young enough to make it work!
I can't be the only one who doesn't care by performingmonkey	Apr 1st, 2007 03:15:53 PM
How many times can John Carter be brought back from the dead? I don't know. I'd rather see a movie about...The Outhere Brothers.
"Small Wonder" announcement footage by myusername	Apr 1st, 2007 03:27:20 PM
A bit more on that "Small Wonder" remake: Someone has posted footage of Ferrell making the announcement, at YouTube. http://tinyurl.com/2gz4l7
Small Wonder Song by Beerisgood	Apr 1st, 2007 03:29:20 PM
I wonder what foolish band they'll get to redo the SW theme song... Fallout Boy? P!ATD? ah... The Killers!!! Yes, that's it!
Fuck Brad Bird - Zack Snyder should direct this by McGsStepson	Apr 1st, 2007 05:22:25 PM
And he should direct the SMALL WONDER remake too.
Small wonder was by emeraldboy	Apr 1st, 2007 05:35:57 PM
terrible.........
...Ouch! by Womb2dooM	Apr 1st, 2007 05:46:00 PM
Skunked ya, Mori!
love that small wonder! by Beerisgood	Apr 1st, 2007 07:09:41 PM
When they made the announcement, you could just see it in Dakota F.'s eyes' that she's NEVER seen one episode... I guess she should consider herself lucky.
Pixar to do live-action? by Amy Chasing	Apr 1st, 2007 08:09:57 PM
was I the only one thinking this was BS from the start? I don't work for Pixar or know what's going on there, but I never got the impression that they were ready to start making live-action films. Maybe my bullshit-o-meter is on higher alert today, even though it's already April 2nd where I am. Jokes on you guys I'm afraid. ;P
I Got Suckered by Evil Chicken	Apr 1st, 2007 08:40:54 PM
… into believing the reported Black Suit on Spiderman picture posted a couple of years ago. Bird is amazing though.
Movie Called Fractrure... by fluffybunnywhiskers	Apr 1st, 2007 11:13:09 PM
This is off topic... why is Fracture's trailer not on AICN yet, or did I miss it? Starring Anthony Hopkins and Ryan Gosling? Looks awesome... and I had to find it on a diff site just to hear about it. Lame. Trailer from Apple: http://tinyurl.com/37qdbo
ah, hell... by Beerisgood	Apr 2nd, 2007 04:23:52 AM
April Fool's.
AmyChasing... by TheRealMoriarty	Apr 2nd, 2007 08:06:55 AM
... much of WALL-E, the next Pixar film after RATATOUILLE, is live-action, so this doesn't seem that far-fetched.
Fool me twice... by SympatheticDevil	Apr 2nd, 2007 01:31:58 PM
When I was a kid, the local paper published an article on March 31 telling us that Kevin Bacon was going to be staring in a film that they were going to shoot around town, including our flour mill where they were going to have a big dance scene. The article ended with a reminder that the next day was April Fools Day. Footloose started filming in town three months later. Letting something leak for April Fools is a great way to squash rumors. Now nobody is going to believe future John Carter rumors, because we'll still be redfaced from getting fooled the first time.
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