New CG-animated “Garfield” in the works as franchiseMay 24, 2016 - 10:36 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The lasagna-loving cat is having another adventure captured on the big screen. A new animated adaptation of "Garfield" is in the works from Alcon Entertainment, which has acquired the rights from the beloved character's creator Jim Davis, AceShowbiz said. Alcon's plan is to build a new franchise based on the CG-animated films. Davis will serve as executive producer along with Bridget McMeel from Amuse. They will produce along with Alcon co-CEOs Broderick Johnson and Andrew Kosove. "Jim Davis's creation has been an international sensation for all ages for decades, and we are thrilled to bring an animated Garfield feature to the big screen," Johnson and Kosove said in a statement. Garfield, which originates from comic strips, has been featured in two movies before. Bill Murray voices the cat in both 2004's "Garfield" and 2006's "Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties". The former took in $200 million worldwide while the latter earned $141.7 million. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |