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Marty Krofft Uses Where The Wild Things Are To Explain the Upcoming Pufnstuf Movie
28 October 2009 4:25 PM, PDT | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
Marty Krofft has a vision for the upcoming H.R Pufnstuf movie and it might sound a little familiar to fans of Spike Jonze' Where the Wild Things Are. Galvanized by the box office success of the Sendak adaptation, Krofft is pushing for similar man-in-suit technology to bring his lollopping great characters to life. Sounds good to me. On the other hand, he's not looking to strike the same melancholy chords as Wild Things but something altogether more sugar and spice. I'm not sure sweetness is worth a great deal without at least a little of something savoury, and I'm even less sure it will work at the box office. Krofft told the New York Daily News "We always wanted to do low-tech costumes and high-tech heads. But it'll be a big difference in tone, of course - we'll be bright, not dark."
and an older article
Sid and Marty Krofft Eyeing Johnny Depp For H.R. Pufnstuf Adaptation
3 June 2009 1:00 PM, PDT | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »
After wandering in the entertainment industry wilderness for years, Sid and Marty Krofft are set to emerge with a higher profile than theyve ever had, as Will Ferrell introduces the world to his big budget adaptation of the Kroffts trippy 70s TV thrillride, Land of the Lost. Theres no time for the septuagenarian brothers to rest however, because theyre now ramping up another adaptation of one of their vintage Saturday morning kids show: H.R. Pufnstuf.
Running for just seventeen episodes on NBC from 1969 to 1972, Pufnstuf told the acid-washed tale of a boy named Jimmy who rides a magical boat to Living Island, only to get stranded there by bushy-browed evildoer Wilhelmina W. Witchiepoo. If the Kroffts play their cards right, Johnny Depp whos played beloved childrens book characters like Willy Wonka in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and the Mad Hatter in the upcoming »
Marty Krofft Uses Where The Wild Things Are To Explain the Upcoming Pufnstuf Movie
28 October 2009 4:25 PM, PDT | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
Marty Krofft has a vision for the upcoming H.R Pufnstuf movie and it might sound a little familiar to fans of Spike Jonze' Where the Wild Things Are. Galvanized by the box office success of the Sendak adaptation, Krofft is pushing for similar man-in-suit technology to bring his lollopping great characters to life. Sounds good to me. On the other hand, he's not looking to strike the same melancholy chords as Wild Things but something altogether more sugar and spice. I'm not sure sweetness is worth a great deal without at least a little of something savoury, and I'm even less sure it will work at the box office. Krofft told the New York Daily News "We always wanted to do low-tech costumes and high-tech heads. But it'll be a big difference in tone, of course - we'll be bright, not dark."
and an older article
Sid and Marty Krofft Eyeing Johnny Depp For H.R. Pufnstuf Adaptation
3 June 2009 1:00 PM, PDT | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »
After wandering in the entertainment industry wilderness for years, Sid and Marty Krofft are set to emerge with a higher profile than theyve ever had, as Will Ferrell introduces the world to his big budget adaptation of the Kroffts trippy 70s TV thrillride, Land of the Lost. Theres no time for the septuagenarian brothers to rest however, because theyre now ramping up another adaptation of one of their vintage Saturday morning kids show: H.R. Pufnstuf.
Running for just seventeen episodes on NBC from 1969 to 1972, Pufnstuf told the acid-washed tale of a boy named Jimmy who rides a magical boat to Living Island, only to get stranded there by bushy-browed evildoer Wilhelmina W. Witchiepoo. If the Kroffts play their cards right, Johnny Depp whos played beloved childrens book characters like Willy Wonka in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and the Mad Hatter in the upcoming »
