Underdog Flying onto the Big Screen


Source: Variety (http://www.variety.com/)
June 20, 2005


Walt Disney Pictures and Spyglass Entertainment are putting the final touches on a deal to bring the classic TV cartoon Underdog to the big screen as a live-action feature, reports Variety.

The trade says Disney has high hopes for the property as a possible franchise for its Walt Disney Pictures label. Producers are aiming to start preparing in November for shoot starting in January in Canada, possibly in Vancouver.

The tongue-in-cheek Underdog series, created by Buck Biggers and Chet Stover, made its debut in 1964 on NBC and ran until 1973. The character was an unlikely superhero: a beagle who sheds his milquetoast identity of Shoeshine Boy to become a caped superdog who speaks in rhymed couplets. Wally Cox provided his voice.

In the feature script, by Joe Piscatella and Craig A. Williams, a diminutive hound named Shoeshine gets superpowers after a lab accident. When he's adopted by a 12-year-old boy, the two form a bond around the shared knowledge that Shoeshine is really Underdog.

The characters of mad scientist Simon Barsinister and Underdog's love interest, Sweet Polly Purebred, are expected to be included in the movie. A real dog will be used for the title character, and CGI enhancements will be added.

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Oh,the horror! Another movie from a cartoon series. Original ideas are dead!

Jesus tap-dancing Christ, the end times are upon us for sure!!

:freak:

I won't say this is the WORST idea ever, but it's in the bottom 5.

How long before Top Cat and Hucklberry hound?

now all we need is a movie based on that gary coleman cartoon from the 80s(cant remember the name) but the good news is that Gary could still play himself!!!!

Oh dear Lord. Didn't these dolts learn anything from Rocky and Bullwinkle!

Please, let the madness stop now!

Huckleberry Hound? Who can forget the classic Huckleberry Hound Mountie trekking through the cold north woods?

"We get our man"
"We get our man"
"We get our man"
"Get with it man............." (I sure wish someone would!)

Huzz

What a bunch of negative nellies! Why Jessica Simpson is a natural for Sweet Polly Purebread! And Wayne Newton would be a great Simon Barsinister, plus think of the soundtrack possibilities! "The Donka Shane/Underdog Theme Medley" will be a smash! If they could just get Rick Berman to direct, this could be the best remake ever!

"Underdog set phasers on stun."says Directer Rick
"But Rick, Underdog does not have phasers!" said writer
"I am the director! If I say we have phasers, then we have phasers!!"

Another Rick Berman masterpiece!

Go Go Gophers
Watch 'em go go go....

Somehow I think we aren't the target audience. I think my kids will love it.:)

Mr. Peepers is turning over in his grave. :rolleyes:

How about Batfink and Karate. "my wings are like a shield of steel"

what about secret squirrel and rhicoche rabbit ?

target audience or no. i smell something stinky

Ummm....Nah.

How about "Bat-Fink the Movie" I always wanted to see a Super-Sonic-Sonar-Radar on the big screen.

Mandolin pic's within a month!

BTW- the used to make mandolin pic's from a few layers of old movie film, pressed together and heated to bond it together, then cut to shape.

I won't say this is the WORST idea ever, but it's in the bottom 5. How long before Top Cat and Hucklberry hound?

Didn't you hear...?

Now, a Hong Kong Phoey movie would be killer! :thumbsup: :freak: :jest:

It all depends on if they can make him both humble *and* lovable...

Live action Clutch Cargo with animated mouths!