Animated Penguins Go "Surf's Up" with a Colorful Voice Cast
Sony's animated penguin comedy "Surf's Up" won't hit theaters until the summer of '07, but producers have already locked up a pretty impressive roster of voice-actors, including Jeff Bridges, Zooey Deschanel, James Woods, Jane Krakowski, and Shia LeBeouf.
The CGI penguin party is "goes behind the scenes in the world of competitive penguin surfing. The film profiles up-and-coming surf penguin Cody Maverick (LaBeouf) as he enters his first pro competition. Bridges will voice the character of "the Geek," a washed-up, overweight and cantankerous King Penguin who becomes young Cody's mentor. Deschanel will play Lani, the penguin lifeguard of Pen Gu Island's South Beach," says Variety.
Jon Heder, Mario Cantone, Michael McKean, and Brian Benben have also been enlisted to fill out the supporting cast.
Co-directed by a pair of big-screen animation veterans, Chris Buck ("Tarzan") & Ash Brannon ("Toy Story 2"), "Surf's Up" looks to catch a tidal wave of box office bucks two summers from now.
The CGI penguin party is "goes behind the scenes in the world of competitive penguin surfing. The film profiles up-and-coming surf penguin Cody Maverick (LaBeouf) as he enters his first pro competition. Bridges will voice the character of "the Geek," a washed-up, overweight and cantankerous King Penguin who becomes young Cody's mentor. Deschanel will play Lani, the penguin lifeguard of Pen Gu Island's South Beach," says Variety.
Jon Heder, Mario Cantone, Michael McKean, and Brian Benben have also been enlisted to fill out the supporting cast.
Co-directed by a pair of big-screen animation veterans, Chris Buck ("Tarzan") & Ash Brannon ("Toy Story 2"), "Surf's Up" looks to catch a tidal wave of box office bucks two summers from now.
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GhostintheFlesh writes: on Aug 01 2005 08:08 AM Whats up with all the penguins lately? (Reply to this) |
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antickpix writes: on Aug 01 2005 10:14 AM penguin is the new remake (Reply to this) |
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lovelykeira writes: on Aug 01 2005 12:17 PM It seems animated films can get who ever they want, with the good pay and easy work. I do like Bridges, who sounds like he's doing his penguin version of The Big Lebowski. I also like Deschanel and Woods, who they didn't say what his character would be. (Reply to this) |
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synergyred writes: on Aug 01 2005 06:06 PM Funny thing? I'll probably just end up seeing this movie just because it's about penguins. It could look like crap, and I'd see it, just because it's about pengiuns. I am... a tad bit obsessed :) (Reply to this) |
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scottybarkbark writes: on Aug 02 2005 03:44 PM penguins rock! (Reply to this) |
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8599061 writes: on Mar 10 2007 07:50 AM [b]Music[/b] If they don't have Prince doing the music it's just not a Penguin movie. (Reply to this) |
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