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Lost Roles

5 Failed Attempts to Turn Comedy Movies Into Animated Series

by | January 17th, 2013

Adapting a popular comedy movie into an animated series aimed at adults rarely works out, but it's still something Hollywood has been trying after decades of failed projects. In the 80s and 90s, there was a trend towards turning movies into Saturday morning cartoons, with Ghostbusters, The Mask, and Beetlejuice, amongst countless others, serving as the basis for successful kids shows. But when it comes to adult series, these animated adaptations always fail, with cartoon versions of Spaceballs, Clerks, Friday, and most recently, Napoleon Dynamite all being quickly canceled, all in 13 episodes or less. Despite the lack of success in the field, numerous comedy writers and studios have [...]

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Zoolander 2 — In Movie Form — Coming in 2012

by | November 12th, 2010

OK, first there were reports of a Zoolander sequel being written by Justin Theroux. Then Ben Stiller said he was going to make animated Zoolander web shorts in lieu of a sequel. And now Paramount has said that it's planning to have a real-deal Zoolander 2 movie out in 2012. Whatever, guys, just figure your shit out and get back to us.

Questionable Decisions

Zoolander 2 May Actually Be an, uh, Animated Web Series

by | October 20th, 2010

So it was reported last week that Zoolander 2 was in the works, but Ben Stiller just announced that he's working on a Zoolander animated web series. Buh?

“It’s just a way to say, ‘Hey, let’s go do a couple of little five-minute episodes,’” Mr. Stiller said, “as opposed to saying, ‘Hey, let’s pitch it to the studio and then let’s have a fight over the budget for six months.’”

The “Zoolander” cartoon, Mr. Stiller said, will see him reprise the character that he and Drake Sather created for comedy skits shown on the VH1 Fashion Awards in the 1990s. Mr. Stiller said he hoped to [...]

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