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Moviefone Goes Behind the Scenes On 'Land of the Lost'
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With all of the focus on Star Trek, Terminator: Salvation and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, it's kind of easy to forget that Land of the Lost is also coming out this summer. The big-screen remake hits theaters on June 5, and Moviefone's Maggie Furlong was lucky enough to take a trip behind the scenes and bring you all kinds of fun secrets and video interviews with Will Ferrell, Anna Friel, Danny McBride, Brad Siberling, and original co-creator Marty Krofft.
If you're as squeamish about the empty black eyes of the Sleestaks as I am, you might find this tidbit from Friel very comforting. Apparently she and her daughter Gracie had quite a thing for the lizard men: "She's only 2, but she strokes the sleestaks. They're quite handsome underneath those suits ... they're very tall. Hot sleestaks!" And the way you get into a Sleestak costume? Lots and lots of KY Jelly. (Seriously.)
If you're dying to know all about Lost before June, head over to Moviefone and check out their video and their write up. The actors address the story changes (what was once a 14 year old blonde is now a beautiful love interest), the special effects and the kitsch factor. And aren't you just dying to know what sparked jealousy off-screen between McBride, Ferrell, and Jorma "Chaka" Taccone ... and what producers did to resolve it? Go visit our Moviefone friends and find out.
If you're as squeamish about the empty black eyes of the Sleestaks as I am, you might find this tidbit from Friel very comforting. Apparently she and her daughter Gracie had quite a thing for the lizard men: "She's only 2, but she strokes the sleestaks. They're quite handsome underneath those suits ... they're very tall. Hot sleestaks!" And the way you get into a Sleestak costume? Lots and lots of KY Jelly. (Seriously.)
If you're dying to know all about Lost before June, head over to Moviefone and check out their video and their write up. The actors address the story changes (what was once a 14 year old blonde is now a beautiful love interest), the special effects and the kitsch factor. And aren't you just dying to know what sparked jealousy off-screen between McBride, Ferrell, and Jorma "Chaka" Taccone ... and what producers did to resolve it? Go visit our Moviefone friends and find out.
'H.R. Pufnstuf' on the Big Screen? Trippy...
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Let's all take a moment and give a cheer for the good old days of children's programming, shall we? Back to when kid's shows had more drug references than a Cheech and Chong skit, and Stevie Wonder was jamming on Sesame Street. So I guess it was only a matter of time before Hollywood started to cash in on the nostalgia -- and in an interview with the Brothers Krofft about the upcoming feature film remake of Land of the Lost, IESB scored a tidbit about their next feature film. According to the Kroffts, H.R. Pufnstuf is lined up for a feature film adaptation -- the Kroffts didn't mention any names, but Marty told IESB that, "he was days from finalizing with a particular studio."H.R. Pufnstuf premiered in 1969, and ran for seventeen episodes until finally going off the air in 1972. The story centered on a young boy named Jimmy who stumbled upon a magical 'Living Island' where everything was alive. Pufnstuf was the mayor of the island and protected Jimmy and his 'magic flute' from the big bad Witchiepoo. If you aren't familiar with the show, take a quick look at a clip and tell me what exactly Sid and Marty Krofft were 'puffin' on to come up with this -- no matter what they might say to the contrary.
Talk of a feature film first appeared back in 2002, when Columbia Pictures and Nickelodeon toyed with the idea of bringing Pufnstuf to a new generation of kids, but the project fell apart soon afterward. Maybe now that CGI is par for the course for any kid's flick, it might make some of those Living Island inhabitants a little easier on the production budget.
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