Live-Action Beavis & Butt-Head?

Tuesday, June 03, 2008
By: Ryan Ball

In a recent interview on the MTV Movies Blog, Mike Judge revealed that he is considering making a live-action movie based on his this MTV cartoon Beavis & Butt-Head. The catastrophe-creating cartoon duo provide a brief intro to The Animation Show Volume 3, which hits DVD today.

Judge, who also co-created the FOX primetime animated series King of the Hill, told MTV that for years he hated the idea of re-imagining Beavis & Butt-Head with live actors, but is warming to the idea. The concept may hinge on finding two actors who can bring the heavy metal-loving characters to life. Judge noted that Johnny Depp once expressed interest in playing Beavis, since he and Marlon Brando would imitate the characters on the set of Don Juan De Marco. Sean William Scott from the American Pie movies also came up in discussion as a possible Butt-Head.

The 1999 comedy Office Space marked Judge’s live-action directorial debut. He has since made Idiocracy and is currently working on a film titled Extract with Jason Bateman. The workplace comedy will be something of a companion piece to Office Space, with Bateman playing the beleaguered boss of a company that makes vanilla and other types of extracts. Other characters may be played by Gary Cole and Stephen Root from Office Space, which was spawned from Judge’s series of Milton animated shorts.

Reader Comments

• Michael Sporn : Michael Sporn Animation, Inc.

  Wednesday, June 04, 2008

  What a bad idea that would be! Beavis & Butthead worked because it was animated and because the animation was mixed with live action. May as well try KING OF THE HILL in live action!

• Andy Norton : Student : Freelance

  Thursday, June 05, 2008

  I have always found Judge\'s animation very down-to-earth, with his human characters, that are stylised, but don\'t act in a cartoonish manner.
  With this in mind, I would find it a curiosity to see how he approaches his animation style in live action film.
  We shouldn\'t really be dissillussioned at seeing this renowned cartoon duo go live-action, when we should be concerned about how successful the film will be in its own right- anyone forgot Beavis and Butthead Do America?

• your mom : your mom : moms

  Monday, July 14, 2008

  this movie is going to be the best movie since a movie...

• kelly : driver : whole sale\'s

  Thursday, August 21, 2008

  Live-Action Debut could be good, if its gone about the right way, i miss b&b alot, and if they do make a Live-Action Debut, just hope its a good one, or make another carttoon series, i sure miss the boys, either way