Spyro the Dragon Breathing Feature-Length Fire
From the Playstation to the big screen.
What do Elijah Wood, Stewart Copeland of the Police, Dr. Dolittle 4, and a digital purple dragon have in common?
If you said "Dear God, please let the answer be 'nothing,'" we've got some bad news for you -- Variety is reporting that The Animation Picture Company is working on bringing Spyro the Dragon to theaters.
Spyro is, of course, the purple protagonist of the long-running videogame series that bears his name. Since debuting in 1998, Spyro has fire-breathed and head-butted his way through multiple platform adventures -- adventures successful enough to secure the soundtrack involvement of Stewart Copeland and the voicework of Elijah Wood (neither of whom are mentioned as being involved in the movie, by the way).
So now you know where Copeland and Wood come in. How about Dr. Dolittle? Well, as it turns out, APC's Spyro script is being written by Steve and Dan Altiere, the scribes responsible for yes, you guessed it, the fourth installment of the Dolittle saga. It hasn't been released yet, but with a title like Dr. Dolittle 4: First Dog, what could go wrong?
Variety's report mentions that "no director has yet been hired." Dust off those résumés, young filmmakers!
Source: Variety
If you said "Dear God, please let the answer be 'nothing,'" we've got some bad news for you -- Variety is reporting that The Animation Picture Company is working on bringing Spyro the Dragon to theaters.
Spyro is, of course, the purple protagonist of the long-running videogame series that bears his name. Since debuting in 1998, Spyro has fire-breathed and head-butted his way through multiple platform adventures -- adventures successful enough to secure the soundtrack involvement of Stewart Copeland and the voicework of Elijah Wood (neither of whom are mentioned as being involved in the movie, by the way).
So now you know where Copeland and Wood come in. How about Dr. Dolittle? Well, as it turns out, APC's Spyro script is being written by Steve and Dan Altiere, the scribes responsible for yes, you guessed it, the fourth installment of the Dolittle saga. It hasn't been released yet, but with a title like Dr. Dolittle 4: First Dog, what could go wrong?
Variety's report mentions that "no director has yet been hired." Dust off those résumés, young filmmakers!
Source: Variety
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on Oct 26 2007 06:02 AM They'll spend millions to make a Spyro movie yet they can't bring themselves to make a Halo movie. Hollywood wonders why people aren't going to the theater. I'm convinced Hollywood is run by Manatees. (Reply to this) |
on Oct 26 2007 06:15 AM I blame George W. Bush. (Reply to this) |
on Oct 26 2007 07:02 AM Wow. Once again hollywood backs the most idiotic idea. (Reply to this) |
on Oct 26 2007 07:17 AM NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO :( (Reply to this) |
on Oct 26 2007 07:50 AM I agree with the previous comments. They should be making great movies that we DO wanna see. BUT, if they get Brad Bird (PIXAR) in on this, it could be worth my time. Ratatouile was amazing, if short on gags. (Reply to this) |
on Oct 26 2007 07:52 AM Is this a terrorist strike? Are we being subjected to attrocious film for a reason? I don't want to live in a world where THIS is what is being fed to us. (Reply to this) |
on Oct 26 2007 08:17 AM i hate elijah woods voice, im sorry but it just bothers me. Happy feet was sh#t! (Reply to this) |
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on Oct 26 2007 09:04 AM Elijah Wood was not created to do voice over work, for sure. Spyro movie? I liked that game (sue me). It could be good; I'll hold my judgment until later. (Reply to this) |
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on Oct 26 2007 09:55 AM Well this is certainly something that sorta came outta nowhere, huh? I dunno, it 'could' in theory be a good kid's flick. Doubt it though... I agree that they should definitely be making the Halo movie instead. And I blame crazy Hollywood liberal types, not George W. Bush. (Reply to this) |
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on Oct 26 2007 10:01 AM Spyro needs to be voiced by joe pesci or danny devito and given a hard R. (Reply to this) |
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on Oct 26 2007 10:09 AM In reply to this comment (#1224042) That would freakin hilarious. Now that i would pay to see! (Reply to this) |
on Oct 26 2007 10:38 PM spyro is a great video game franchise and as a kid i loved it. if any want to kill me for that love well so be it. can't wait for the movie and heck it be nice to see a good dragon film for once. they better hurry before the hobbit comes and smog dominates my imagination (Reply to this) |
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on Oct 27 2007 12:31 AM A Ratchet and Clank movie would be much cooler. Who plays Spyro still? (Reply to this) |
on Oct 27 2007 10:43 AM i'll go kill myself now . . . maybe the future director will do the same (Reply to this) |
on Oct 27 2007 01:57 PM lameeeeee.......... (Reply to this) |
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on Oct 27 2007 01:58 PM yeah, the games were fun when i was younger, but seriously..... why are they doing this?...... do they really think that it will be good? (Reply to this) |
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on Oct 31 2009 03:16 PM Well... Get ready to sharpen your pitchforks and light your tortches! I cant wait for this movie! I love Spyro the dragon, and I STILL play the games. Isint anything wrong with it. And I love dragons (though wolves are better) they dont make any dragon movies anymore. And... Oh! I DONT play Halo! Yup, my brother does but I DONT! So I would rather have a Spyro the dragon movie then a Halo movie! Take that! (Sorry one time I got mad at people for dis-ing Twilight so I drew a picture of a wolf eating a person who hated twilight lol, there was so much blood -EvilGrin-) (Reply to this) |
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