Chicken Little writers move on to actual humans
Filed under: Action, Comedy, Deals, Disney
Ron Friedman and Steve Bencich, the scribes behind the year's Chicken
Little, have reteamed with Disney to write a live-action picture called The Missing Link. The
screenplay, which has not yet been written, was bought based entirely on the pitch the writers put together for the
company. Let me tell you, this is one fantastic pitch - and I swear I'm not being sarcastic. Here, read it for
yourself: the movie is "described as a monkey spy adventure in the vein of The
Bourne Identity." I mean, holy crap.Let's just unpack this, shall we? Monkey. Ok, that's not the best way to start, if only because it calls to mind Ed, that horrible Matt LeBlanc movie. But then it gets going. Spy. Awesome! Spies rule! Plus, they do well at the box office - maybe you've heard of a guy named James Bond? Adventure. Ok, cool. Could go either way, but some adventure movies are excellent. Then comes the real kicker: "in the vein of The Bourne Identity." And, suddenly, the whole thing just falls into place. Monkeys! Running around in Europe! Looking for their true selves! Driving cars! Killing people!
Friends, I don't want to jump the gun here, but I think we may have just found the next Snakes on a Plane.
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1-06-2006 @ 1:25PM
Christopher Campbell said...
Oh come on. Do you not love the monkey movies? I'll have you know that whoever co-stars in this film could go on to be mayor of a california city if not govern the entire state!! Primates have been good for many careers, though Matt LeBlanc was not one of them.
My idea is to just go with a name we trust, brand it a sequel to Project X and have Virgil crash land his plane and awake with amnesia. Only in the last 20 years since we last saw him, he's learned martial arts and the ability to drive a Mini Coop through oncoming traffic.
Get Matthew Broderick and Helen Hunt back for some cameos and you've got yourself a giant hit.
I'll be first in line to review that one.
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1-06-2006 @ 4:09PM
Trent said...
Will the movie be called Lancelot Link: Secret Chimp?
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