Alcon Entertainment, the company behind the 2006 Wicker Man remake and the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants franchise, announced yesterday that they would be bringing a live-action/c-g hybrid of Hanna-Barbera's Hong Kong Phooey to the silver screen.
Brett Ratner (Rush Hour) will produce with partner Jay Stern, along with Alcon founders Broderick Johnson and Andrew Kosove. Alex Zamm, who made Carrot Top's Chairman of the Board, has been chosen to direct, presumably based on his experience working in the c-g hybrid medium on such projects such as Inspector Gadget 2, Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2, and Doctor Dolittle: Million Dollar Mutts (aka, Number 5.)
The film is being designed as a starring vehicle for Eddie Murphy, who has been chosen to try to fill the Scatman Crothers sized void behind the voice-over microphone as Penry/Hong Kong Phooey.
Whether or not he'll do that in the exact same voice he used as Mushu in Mulan (1998) and through countless Shrek-a-paloozas (2001-2010) has yet to be heard.
(Source: The Hollywood Reporter)
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