Tag "Theodor Geisel"

Universal-Illumination to Reboot Seuss’s ‘Grinch’

February 8, 2013 by Mercedes Milligan 1 Comment divider image

Universal Studios and its Illumination Entertainment animation division are banking that Dr. Seuss fans have sufficiently recovered from the much-maligned Jim Carrey take on the green meanie and are ready to see a new CG feature adaptation of How the Grinch Stole Christmas. The new Grinch outing will be directed [...]

Universal’s ‘The Lorax’ Expected to Top the Charts

March 1, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

How the team at Illumination Entertainment put a shiny new 3-D polish on Dr. Seuss’ cautionary, environmentally themed The Lorax. More than 40 years after Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel) wrote and illustrated his powerful children’s classic The Lorax, the alarming environmental message of the book is more urgent than ever [...]

3-D ‘Lorax’ Comes to 269 IMAX Screens

February 28, 2012 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments divider image

The latest 3-D CG flick from Universal Pictures/Illumination Entertainment, Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax, will come to IMAX March 2, opening on 269 domestic screens simultaneously, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The IMAX launch will be concurrent with the film’s North American wide release. In addition, Lorax will open in seven [...]

Al Pacino to Voice New ‘Despicable Me’ Villain

February 6, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

Universal/Illumination’s sequel to Despicable Me just added more star power to its voice lineup. Deadline reported that master thespian Al Pacino has signed to play the new villain in Despicable Me 2. The film, which is slated to come out on July 3, 2013, will feature Pacino as the Gru’s [...]

PBS Plans Cat-In-The-Hat-A-Thon for March 2

February 2, 2012 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments divider image

PBS KIDS will be honoring the 108th birthday of Theodor Geisel (a.k.a. Dr. Seuss) on March 2 with a two-hour marathon of its popular preschool series The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!. Kids can engage the beloved characters through online/mobile games and video content, while parents can [...]

Johnny Depp to Portray Dr. Seuss for Illumination

October 10, 2011 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

The life of celebrated children’s author Dr. Seuss (aka Theodor Geisel) is being adapted into a live-action Universal feature, produced by Illumination’s Christopher Meledandri and David Kennedy and Infinitum Nihil’s Christi Dembrowski and Johnny Depp. Keith Bunin (In Treatment) is the project’s screenwriter. Depp is attached to star as the [...]