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http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/how-grinch-stole-christmas-remake-419447
Eh. At least it's animated. Though I still want a stop-motion Cat in the Hat.'How the Grinch Stole Christmas' Remake in the Works at Universal
4:36 PM PST 2/7/2013 by Borys Kit
The studio and its Illumination division have hired Peter Candeland to direct and animated version of the Dr. Seuss classic.
The Grinch is coming back to theaters.
Universal and its Illumination Entertainment division are developing an animated version of the Dr. Suess classic How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Peter Candeland is set to direct, with Illumination CEO Chris Melendandri producing. Audrey Geisel, widow of Dr. Suess author Theodore Geisel, will executive produce.
Grinch was famously adapted in 1966 into a half-hour animated special that continues to air on television during the holiday season. Universal made a live-action film version in 2000 starring Jim Carrey. Despite offending Suess purists, the film grossed $260 million in domestic theaters. That film set in motion a relationship between Universal and the Geisel estate, which collaborated on a Cat in the Hat live-action movie starring Mike Myers ($101 million domestic).
Melendandri also has a history with Suess adaptations. He executive produced Fox's adaptation of Horton Hears a Who, which led to him making Dr. Suess' The Lorax under his Illumination banner at Universal.
Candeland is an up-and-coming director with no major credits. There also is no writer yet attached to the new Grinch movie.