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Marmaduke to hit the big screen

Posted by Alan Gardner
March 9, 2009

Brad Anderson’s Marmaduke comic strip is being made into a big-screen movie. The Hollywood reporter is reporting that director Tom Dey will be developing a movie based on the comic strip. Still unknown is whether the movie will be animated, live-action or a hybrid, like the recent Garfield movies.

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#1		Bill Hinds March/9/2009 @ 8:50 am	Woof woof! Bravo for Brad.
#2		Charles Brubaker March/9/2009 @ 11:14 am	Well, that came out of nowhere. Didn’t think the strip even had that much of a following to even be considered to make a movie about it. The only animated adaptation of it was from the Ruby-Spears Saturday Morning series, sharing the spotlight with Heathcliff. (episodes of it can be seen on YouTube if anyone cares)
#3		Steve Lowtwait March/9/2009 @ 9:01 pm	That’s exciting for Marmaduke. However, my impression is that this strip seems a little past its prime for a movie nowadays. I could be wrong though. When is ‘The Yellow Kid’ movie coming out?
#4		phil tography March/9/2009 @ 10:04 pm	Marm on the big screen ? What is next Opus and Bill ? Will they never learn, tsk, tsk, tsk.
#5		Mike Peterson March/10/2009 @ 3:31 am	Are there any “big dog” gags that the Beethoven movies didn’t run into the ground?
#6		Tony Cochran March/12/2009 @ 12:13 pm	It’s rumored that the same guy who voice overed Scooby Doo is doing Marm’s voice. Only he’s instructed to be a little less over the top and use a Connecticut accent for the barking sequences. I’m hoping they include one of his ice cream truck chasing scenes in the movie.
#7		Mark Tatulli March/12/2009 @ 3:58 pm	Yo, Tony…you coming to the Reubens in LA this year or what? (not to change the subject…)

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