Downey Jr. drops "oz."

Saturday, January 22, 2011

Downey Jr. drops "oz."

Posted by Anthonyon 20. 01 2011in News Chat

I guess the truth is that Robert Downey Jr. is very very strong demand for these days. Between shooting that Iron Man, Avengers and Sherlock Holmes, it was the front runner to play the infamous "wizard" in the Sam Raimi film prequel to the wizard of Oz looks like "things changed…." "AICN is reports it aborts the role.

Aint it Cool News via The Hollywood reporter

… Robert Downey Jr. has "fallen out" of OZ, the grand and powerful - made Sam Raimi pseudo-prequel detailing how the man who would become "The Wizard" got to Oz and (probably) become the wizard.

Disney/Raimi/Etc. are now said negotiations with Johnny Depp in the role. That seems totally fine casting, although perhaps a little too uninspired and obvious.

I grew to appreciate Robert Downey Jr. as a player and have been looking forward to many of these films, with what was announced to participate, but I can't help but admit that I also was strongly disappointed by those he has chosen to abandon this film and its re-team with Favreau for Cowboys and aliens. It's a hard pill for me to swallow my mind is already beginning to imagine its excellent performance in a memorable movie and I really think that Johnny Depp is a fitting replacement. Johnny Depp is a fantastic actor and I am sure that he could do a fine job in the role, it is more that it is simply not the performance, I was expecting, and takes really a lot of wind in the sails of this film for me.

EXCLUSIVE: Robert Downey Jr., Star Peabody and Sherman DreamWorks Animation

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

EXCLUSIVE: Robert Downey Jr., Star Peabody and Sherman DreamWorks Animation

Image credit: Everett collection; PRN PR PhotosDreamWorks animation is to find a way back to "WABAC Machine.

That is a computer-based device, which is used for talking, Nero dog Mr. Peabody and Sherman pet boy, the old Rocky & Rush ™ Show, travel time and explore the unlikely things about history's greatest figures. The project was announced only internally to the DreamWorks-staff with Robert Downey Jr. sound super smart, bespectacled canine signed.

Comics, was created in the 1950s and ' 60s, but remained popular for decades, even though they may have fallen off the radar for those younger than 30. A new animated film planned for 2014, the aim is to bring back the mainstream pop culture duo. "Certainly for Boomers, they are our childhood memories of the sweet spot of the animation, but it gets a little out there more, well, not quite as familiar," says director Rob Minkoff (Lion King).

The script has been penned by Jeffrey Ventimilia and Joshua Stern, who wrote for the Simpsons, "that 70s Show and customize the Yogi Bear the last feature-version. Minkoff not divulge what historical figures Peabody and Sherman will meet, but said, the film focuses on not only their time on the road, but also the story of their origin.

"Mr. Peabody is this genetic anomaly" Minkoff says. "He has brothers and sisters, all of them talking, not super smart dogs. He is outcast, but has to win by being so large, so many things. " Sherman, not instead of, but of course not the dimwitted wide eyed and naive. This role has not yet been received.

Minkoff, said the Studio considered filmmaking such as animation and live action, but chose instead to make it a fully animated 3D computer — and, as the case may be.

CNN.com does not recognise any rows yet, but DreamWorks artists have already designed the concept of a picture of how the new Mr. Peabody displays. See the next question for Entertainment Weekly, out Jan 21, and note the strange resemblance to Iron Man star.