Exclusive: Will Gluck’s Olive Bridge Entertainment has sold the rights to Geoff Rodkey’s middle-grade novel We’re Not From Here to Columbia Pictures, Deadline can report.
The feature adaptation will be a family-focused hybrid live-action and animation film which Rodkey will adapt with Mike Mitchell directing and Gluck and Jodi Hildebrand of Olive Bridge Entertainment producing.
The Crown Books published comedic book follows a family of humans who immigrate to an alien planet.
Rodkey is the Emmy-nominated screenwriter of the films Daddy Day Care, Rv, The Shaggy Dog and Good Luck Charlie, It’s Christmas! He’s also the author of nine novels for middle-grade readers, including the New York Times bestselling Tapper Twins comedy series and the adventure-comedy trilogy The Chronicles of Egg. The first book in the series, Deadweather and Sunrise, was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize in the U.
The feature adaptation will be a family-focused hybrid live-action and animation film which Rodkey will adapt with Mike Mitchell directing and Gluck and Jodi Hildebrand of Olive Bridge Entertainment producing.
The Crown Books published comedic book follows a family of humans who immigrate to an alien planet.
Rodkey is the Emmy-nominated screenwriter of the films Daddy Day Care, Rv, The Shaggy Dog and Good Luck Charlie, It’s Christmas! He’s also the author of nine novels for middle-grade readers, including the New York Times bestselling Tapper Twins comedy series and the adventure-comedy trilogy The Chronicles of Egg. The first book in the series, Deadweather and Sunrise, was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize in the U.
- 5/29/2020
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Disney Channel Original Movie Girl Vs. Monster has assembled its cast. The film stars Olivia Holt as a teen girl who on the eve of Halloween, discovers that she’s a fifth generation monster hunter but before she begin her family’s true calling, the monsters will try to stop her. Joining her in the cast are Jennifer Aspen (Gcb) and Brian Palermo (The Social Network) as the her parents, as well as Brendan Meyer (Disney Xd’s Mr. Young), Kerris Dorsey (Moneyball), Katherine McNamara (New Years Eve), Luke Benward (Disney Channel’s Minutemen), Tracy Dawson (Call Me Fitz) and Adam Chambers (Good Luck Charlie). Stuart Gillard will direct from a script by Annie DeYoung, Ron McGee and Geoff Rodkey. Sheri Singer is executive producing. The movie is slated to premiere in the fall, during the second annual month-long Monstober event. In addition to her co-starring role on the new ABC dramedy Gcb,...
- 3/28/2012
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Exclusive: Disney Channel has greenlighted its next original movie. Tentatively titled Girl Vs. Monster, it stars Olivia Holt of Disney Xd’s Kickin’ It. The project, which will be presented to advertisers at the Disney Channels Worldwide Kids Upfront tomorrow, centers on a teen girl (Holt) who, on the eve of Halloween, discovers she’s a fifth generation monster hunter. But before she begins her family’s true calling, the monsters will try to stop her. Stuart Gillard is set to direct the movie from a script by Annie DeYoung, Ron McGee and Geoff Rodkey. Sheri Singer executive produces.
- 3/12/2012
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Gp Putnam came out of a seven-publisher auction with publication rights to The Chronicles of Egg, a new three-book series written by Geoff Rodkey. He’s the writer whose screen credits include Daddy Day Care, Daddy Day Camp and Rv. Set in a fictional pirate-infested Caribbean island chain, the young-adult book series tells the story of a 13-year-old boy on the run from a wealthy and powerful villain trying to kill him for his connection to a hidden treasure. Egg has no idea what the connection is. Book deal was made by Josh Getzler and Jennifer Besser, and Rodkey’s repped by Gersh. He intends to write the screenplay adaptation, though screen rights haven’t been sold yet. The first title, Deadweather and Sunrise, will be published next summer.
- 6/29/2011
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
Update: The Gersh Agency has just confirmed Deadline's report that it has acquired Hohman, Maybank, Lieb and issued a press release that follows the original story break. Exclusive: The Gersh Agency is putting the finishing touches on a major deal that will give a real shot in the arm to its literary department. Gersh is acquiring Hohman, Maybank, Lieb, the well-respected boutique literary agency. Founders Bob Hohman, Bayard Maybank and Devra Lieb will become partners and will bolster a Gersh lit department that recently lost deal makers Sara Self and David Kopple. I'm told Hohman Maybank Lieb will bring such writers as Saving Private Ryan scribe Robert Rodat, Valentine's Day scribe Katherine Fugate, Finding Nemo scribe Dave Reynolds, Welcome to the Rileys scribe Ken Hixon, Cheaper By the Dozen scribe Sam Harper, The Great and Powerful Oz scribe Mitchell Kapner, Source Code's Ben Ripley, Londongrad's David Scarpa, Daddy Day Care's Geoff Rodkey,...
- 12/1/2010
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
The Disney Channel's new hit series, Good Luck Charlie, has been picked up for a second season while season one of the TV show is still airing. In addition to the next season plans, pre-production has already begun on a holiday movie.
Good Luck Charlie centers around the Duncan family as they adjust to the surprise birth of their fourth child, Charlotte, who's been nicknamed "Charlie." When the parents return to work, they ask their three other kids to pitch in and help raise their little sister. The cast includes Bridgit Mendler, Jason Dolley, Bradley Steven Perry, Leigh-Allyn Baker, Mia Talerico, and Eric Allan Kramer.
Here's the official renewal announcement that includes info on the upcoming movie...
Disney Channel'S Newest Hit, "Good Luck Charlie," Is Picked-up For Second Season, Plus A Disney Channel Original Movie
Geoff Rodkey Recruited to Write...
Good Luck Charlie centers around the Duncan family as they adjust to the surprise birth of their fourth child, Charlotte, who's been nicknamed "Charlie." When the parents return to work, they ask their three other kids to pitch in and help raise their little sister. The cast includes Bridgit Mendler, Jason Dolley, Bradley Steven Perry, Leigh-Allyn Baker, Mia Talerico, and Eric Allan Kramer.
Here's the official renewal announcement that includes info on the upcoming movie...
Disney Channel'S Newest Hit, "Good Luck Charlie," Is Picked-up For Second Season, Plus A Disney Channel Original Movie
Geoff Rodkey Recruited to Write...
- 7/13/2010
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
"Good Luck Charlie" literally gets its wish for Disney Channel has renewed the show for another season. It was also announced on Sunday, July 11 that the series starring Bridgit Mendler will get a TV movie treatment much like the other Disney shows such as "Wizards of Waverly Place".
The series itself follows two teenagers, Teddy and Casey Holliday, and their 10-year-old brother, Gabe, whose parents enlist their help when they return to work after the birth of their fourth child, Charlotte, aka Charlie. Since its premiere in April this year, the show has been averaging 4.1 million viewers per week.
The second season is to debut next year but the TV movie's date is unknown. Geoff Rodkey, who also writes the series, will be writing the script while the cast reprise their roles.
Disney Channel will soon lose one of its highest performing series "Hannah Montana". But the channel is confident...
The series itself follows two teenagers, Teddy and Casey Holliday, and their 10-year-old brother, Gabe, whose parents enlist their help when they return to work after the birth of their fourth child, Charlotte, aka Charlie. Since its premiere in April this year, the show has been averaging 4.1 million viewers per week.
The second season is to debut next year but the TV movie's date is unknown. Geoff Rodkey, who also writes the series, will be writing the script while the cast reprise their roles.
Disney Channel will soon lose one of its highest performing series "Hannah Montana". But the channel is confident...
- 7/12/2010
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
The Disney Channel's sitcom "Good Luck Charlie" will get a sophomore season as well as an original movie. The comedy tells of three teenagers (played by Bridgit Mendler, Jason Dolley and Bradley Steven Perry), who care for their new baby sister. Pic brings in an average of 4.1 million viewers a week. "Charlie" premiered three months ago, becoming the top-rated series on TV among kids aged 6-11 and tweens aged 9-14. The network is also developing an original movie based on the show written by Geoff Rodkey ("Daddy Day Care"). Show is executive produced by Dan Staley, Phil Baker and Drew Vaupen.
- 7/12/2010
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Disney Channel freshman sitcom "Good Luck Charlie" is getting a second season -- plus an original movie.
Since premiering three months ago, "Charlie" has become the top-rated series on TV among kids 6-11 and tweens 9-14. The comedy, about three teens (Bridgit Mendler, Jason Dolley, Bradley Steven Perry) caring for their new baby sister, averages 4.1 million viewers each week.
The second season will likely debut next year, and in the meantime the network is developing an original movie based on the show written by Geoff Rodkey ("Daddy Day Care") and starring the show's cast.
"Charlie" is executive produced by Dan Staley, Phil Baker and Drew Vaupen.
Since premiering three months ago, "Charlie" has become the top-rated series on TV among kids 6-11 and tweens 9-14. The comedy, about three teens (Bridgit Mendler, Jason Dolley, Bradley Steven Perry) caring for their new baby sister, averages 4.1 million viewers each week.
The second season will likely debut next year, and in the meantime the network is developing an original movie based on the show written by Geoff Rodkey ("Daddy Day Care") and starring the show's cast.
"Charlie" is executive produced by Dan Staley, Phil Baker and Drew Vaupen.
- 7/11/2010
- by By James Hibberd
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Duane Adler ( Step Up , Save the Last Dance ) has been hired to rewrite the screenplay for Wind Dancer Productions' teen dance drama Jump Around , which he also will direct. Firdosi Wharton wrote the original script, about a group of teenagers who form a double-dutch jump-roping team at their high school and compete for a spot in an international competition. Double Dutch this year became an official varsity sport in New York City schools. Wind Dancer also has in development The Goblin , written by Geoff Rodkey with Charles Gibson attached to direct, and American Lightning , adapted by Mark Frost from the book by Howard Blum.
- 12/9/2009
- Comingsoon.net
The man has dancing in his blood.
Duane Adler, who co-wrote "Step Up" and "Save the Last Dance," has been hired to rework the screenplay for the teen dance drama "Jump Around," which he also will direct for Wind Dancer Prods.
Wind Dancer execs Matt Williams ("What Women Want") and Judd Payne ("Passengers") will produce with Granat Entertainment VP Jared Mass, who brought the project to the company. Wind Dancer's David McFadzean and Dete Meserve will exec produce.
Firdosi Wharton originally wrote the "Jump Around" script, about a group of teenagers who form a double-dutch jump-roping team at their high school and compete for a spot in an international competition. Double Dutch this year became an official varsity sport in New York City schools.
"We went to the Apollo Theater this year to see these kids in action, and the dance moves are truly ground-breaking," Williams said.
Adler, repped by Icm and Blain & Associates,...
Duane Adler, who co-wrote "Step Up" and "Save the Last Dance," has been hired to rework the screenplay for the teen dance drama "Jump Around," which he also will direct for Wind Dancer Prods.
Wind Dancer execs Matt Williams ("What Women Want") and Judd Payne ("Passengers") will produce with Granat Entertainment VP Jared Mass, who brought the project to the company. Wind Dancer's David McFadzean and Dete Meserve will exec produce.
Firdosi Wharton originally wrote the "Jump Around" script, about a group of teenagers who form a double-dutch jump-roping team at their high school and compete for a spot in an international competition. Double Dutch this year became an official varsity sport in New York City schools.
"We went to the Apollo Theater this year to see these kids in action, and the dance moves are truly ground-breaking," Williams said.
Adler, repped by Icm and Blain & Associates,...
- 12/9/2009
- by By Jay A. Fernandez
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
I want you to picture Al Franken, shirtless, lingering on a desert island with a bunch of supermodels. Don't think about it too long, both because it's harmful to your brain and beacuse this mental image, thankfully, will never come to exist. But you must know that the almost-Senator from Minnesota wrote the pitch Don't Send Help along with Geoff Rodkey, and now, God save us, it's actually becoming a movie. Fox has hired screenwriting Cameron Fay to shape the script into something manageable, according to THR, with Soul Men director David Friendly on board as well. Friendly is stepping in for Andy Fickman, who presumably moved on to bigger and better things following Race to Witch Mountain's massive success. The whole pitch sounds like the definition of a one-note joke, and I'm not sure how much humor can really be wrung out of seeing a guy marvel at the...
- 6/25/2009
- cinemablend.com
Screenwriting newcomer Cameron Fay has been hired to rewrite the Fox comedy Don't Send Help . The film is about a grungy beauty pageant host who ends up stranded on a deserted island with a handful of supermodels. Fay has come aboard to give the project a younger sensibility. Not-quite-yet Minnesota Sen. Al Franken originated the project as a pitch with Geoff Rodkey ( Rv ). TV writers Josh Sternin and Jeff Ventimilia ("That '70s Show") wrote subsequent drafts.
- 6/25/2009
- Comingsoon.net
Cameron Fay is putting on his Spf 50.
The screenwriting newcomer has been hired to rewrite the Fox comedy "Don't Send Help." David Friendly ("Soul Men") is producing the film, about a grungy beauty pageant host who ends up stranded on a deserted island with a handful of supermodels. Fay has come aboard to give the project a younger sensibility.
Not-quite-yet Minnesota Sen. Al Franken originated the project as a pitch with Geoff Rodkey ("Rv"). TV writers Josh Sternin and Jeff Ventimilia ("That '70s Show") wrote subsequent drafts.
Andy Fickman ("Race to Witch Mountain") once was attached to direct the project, which was then set up at Fox Atomic before the label was shuttered. Exec Debbie Liebling is overseeing for Fox.
Fay, repped by UTA and Mosaic Media Group, has his romantic-comedy screenplay "Unnatural Selection" in development at Universal with producer Scott Stuber. He later sold a pitch called "30 Days of Exploration" to Universal and Stuber.
The screenwriting newcomer has been hired to rewrite the Fox comedy "Don't Send Help." David Friendly ("Soul Men") is producing the film, about a grungy beauty pageant host who ends up stranded on a deserted island with a handful of supermodels. Fay has come aboard to give the project a younger sensibility.
Not-quite-yet Minnesota Sen. Al Franken originated the project as a pitch with Geoff Rodkey ("Rv"). TV writers Josh Sternin and Jeff Ventimilia ("That '70s Show") wrote subsequent drafts.
Andy Fickman ("Race to Witch Mountain") once was attached to direct the project, which was then set up at Fox Atomic before the label was shuttered. Exec Debbie Liebling is overseeing for Fox.
Fay, repped by UTA and Mosaic Media Group, has his romantic-comedy screenplay "Unnatural Selection" in development at Universal with producer Scott Stuber. He later sold a pitch called "30 Days of Exploration" to Universal and Stuber.
- 6/24/2009
- by By Jay A. Fernandez
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Here is your dose of film news for June 22, 2009:
• Oscar winner Charles Gibson, who worked as visual effects artist on films such as "Terminator Salvation" and "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl," will make his directorial debut with "The Goblin," a comedy about a family who encounters a goblin in their new home. Geoff Rodkey wrote the script. (Variety)
• Universal will develop a comedy based on a pitch by Stacey Harman. The plot will center on a group of women who do anything but work on a corporate trip. Harman also wrote "Shared Fare," which DreamWorks is developing with Brian Robbins. (Variety)
• Focus Features is gearing up to develop "The Dubber," a comedy French actor Alain Chabat (pictured) is attached to star in. Mark and Jay Duplass wrote the most recent script (earlier writers include David Gilcreast, Jay Chandrasekhar, Richard Raddon and Marina Zenovich), about...
• Oscar winner Charles Gibson, who worked as visual effects artist on films such as "Terminator Salvation" and "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl," will make his directorial debut with "The Goblin," a comedy about a family who encounters a goblin in their new home. Geoff Rodkey wrote the script. (Variety)
• Universal will develop a comedy based on a pitch by Stacey Harman. The plot will center on a group of women who do anything but work on a corporate trip. Harman also wrote "Shared Fare," which DreamWorks is developing with Brian Robbins. (Variety)
• Focus Features is gearing up to develop "The Dubber," a comedy French actor Alain Chabat (pictured) is attached to star in. Mark and Jay Duplass wrote the most recent script (earlier writers include David Gilcreast, Jay Chandrasekhar, Richard Raddon and Marina Zenovich), about...
- 6/23/2009
- by Franck Tabouring
- screeninglog.com
Visual-effects specialist Charles Gibson will make his bigscreen directing debut with the Geoff Rodkey-scripted family comedy "The Goblin." Gibson won visual-effects Oscars for "Babe" and "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest." He performed visual effects and second unit directing on the "Pirates" franchise and "Terminator Salvation."Rodkey wrote "Daddy Day Care" and "Rv."According to Variety, the story revolves around a suburban family that moves into its new home only to find a cranky goblin who doesn't want them there.
- 6/23/2009
- by Adnan Tezer
- Monsters and Critics
Up 'til now the only sort of Goblin movie that I had heard about was Troll 2 and that's because it's supposed to be the worst movie that's ever been made. Having seen about five minutes of it, I'd tend to agree with the critics.
But there's a new Goblin movie in tinseltown and it's got the two hypenated genres that tend to install fear into those between the ages of 18 to 39 and joy into everyone outside of that age range: family-comedy. Flee for your sanity now while there's still time!
The Goblin is being produced by Wind Dancer Films from a script by Geoff Rodkey (Daddy Day Care, Rv). It sounds like the plot of about 30 movies that you've seen before with a similar premise: a family moves into their new suburban home only to discover that there is a goblin already living there that doesn't want roomies. But...
But there's a new Goblin movie in tinseltown and it's got the two hypenated genres that tend to install fear into those between the ages of 18 to 39 and joy into everyone outside of that age range: family-comedy. Flee for your sanity now while there's still time!
The Goblin is being produced by Wind Dancer Films from a script by Geoff Rodkey (Daddy Day Care, Rv). It sounds like the plot of about 30 movies that you've seen before with a similar premise: a family moves into their new suburban home only to discover that there is a goblin already living there that doesn't want roomies. But...
- 6/22/2009
- by Patrick Sauriol
- Corona's Coming Attractions
Visual-effects specialist Charles Gibson will make his big screen directing debut with the Geoff Rodkey-scripted family comedy The Goblin , says Variety . The story revolves around a suburban family that moves into its new home only to find a curmudgeonly goblin who doesn't want them there. Gibson won visual-effects Oscars for Babe and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest . He performed visual effects and second unit directing on the "Pirates" franchise and Terminator Salvation .
- 6/22/2009
- Comingsoon.net
What do you get when an Oscar winning visual effects artist teams up with the screenwriter of Daddy Day Care? A monstrous family comedy called The Goblin that's poised to be the greatest film of its kind since A Gnome Named Norm.
Variety reports that visual effects wizard Charles Gibson, who has won Oscars for his work on Babe and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, will make his directorial debut with The Goblin, a family comedy about a suburban family that moves into its new home only to find a curmudgeonly goblin who doesn't want them there.
The script was penned by Geoff Rodkey, screenwriter of such modern classics as Daddy Day Care, Rv, and the remake of The Shaggy Dog. Wonder how that curmudgeonly goblin feels about crappy family comedies?
And somewhere Verne Troyer sits by his phone desperately hoping the producers don't plan to go with an entirely computer-animated creature.
Variety reports that visual effects wizard Charles Gibson, who has won Oscars for his work on Babe and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, will make his directorial debut with The Goblin, a family comedy about a suburban family that moves into its new home only to find a curmudgeonly goblin who doesn't want them there.
The script was penned by Geoff Rodkey, screenwriter of such modern classics as Daddy Day Care, Rv, and the remake of The Shaggy Dog. Wonder how that curmudgeonly goblin feels about crappy family comedies?
And somewhere Verne Troyer sits by his phone desperately hoping the producers don't plan to go with an entirely computer-animated creature.
- 6/22/2009
- by Foywonder
- DreadCentral.com
I got a chance to talk to Charles Gibson, the man behind the effects for Terminator Salvation as well as Babe, Pirates of the Caribbean, and The Ring a bit ago regarding how he built Terminators for the screen. I asked him if there was any specific character that he was passionate about creating, but apparently I should have been asking whether there was a project he was passionate about directing. According to Variety, the Academy Award winner is going to step behind the director's chair for the first time with the family film The Goblin. The story focuses on a family that moves into a house where an unfriendly goblin resides and his efforts to get them to leave. I can only assume that he's also constantly throwing pumpkin bombs on innocent people and trying to kill Spider-man. It sounds fairly par for the course as far as family films go - being written by Geoff Rodkey...
- 6/22/2009
- by Dr. Cole Abaius
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Oscar winning visual effects supervisor and second-unit director Charles Gibson (seen above) will make his big screen directing debut with the family comedy The Goblin. The project is being developed by Daddy Day Care producer Matt Berenson, Wind Dancer Films principal Matt Williams, and production head Judd Payne. The script, written by Geoff Rodkey (Daddy Day Care, The Shaggy Dog, Rv) revolves around a suburban family that moves into its new home only to find a "curmudgeonly" goblin who doesn't want them there. "It's about creating a goblin that will appeal to audiences of all ages," Williams explains. Gibson won Oscars for the visual effects on Babe and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest and worked as a second-unit director on Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End and Terminator Salvation most recently. At first, I thought this might be an interesting project, but after taking a closer look...
- 6/22/2009
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Aiming squarely for the potty and missing virtually every time, Daddy Day Camp, the Eddie Murphy-less sequel to 2003's Daddy Day Care, makes for an awfully long 85 minutes -- even by the diminished demands of its juvenile target audience.
Any scrap of charm or honest-to-goodness humor already possessed in limited quantities by the original has been relegated to the outhouse in this sorry follow-up.
Obviously, Sony is banking on its intended demographic not being overwhelmed by Buena Vista's Underdog, given "Daddy's" arrival less than a week later. But minus Murphy, it's got nowhere to go but down.
It turns out Murphy isn't the only one who's out of the picture -- so is the rest of the original cast, including Jeff Garlin, who played his best buddy-turned-business partner.
So this time around, the roles of Charlie and Phil are played by once-upon-a-time Oscar winner Cuba Gooding Jr. and Garlin look-alike Paul Rae, still operating their thriving Daddy Day Care business.
But when they discover that their old childhood day camp has been run into the ground, they agree to take it over, much to the chagrin of their kids, who would prefer to go to the tonier Camp Canola, which is now operated by Charlie's old nemesis and tormentor, Lance Warner (Lochlyn Munro).
With mere days away from being foreclosed upon, the guys have to work fast, even if it's at the expense of Charlie's relationships with his eager-to-please son (Spencir Bridges) and disapproving military dad (Richard Gant).
Taking the reins from Daddy Day Care director Steve Carr, feature newbie Fred Savage would have seemed to be the man for the job, given his extensive Disney Channel directing credits.
But he can't seem to make much out of the shoddy blueprints furnished by screenwriter Geoff Rodkey (who wrote the first one), along with J. David Stem and David N. Weiss.
Their combined efforts produce enough puking, farting and shots to the crotch to fill the next Jackass movie, while the entire childhood rival plot line could have been lifted wholesale from Cheaper by the Dozen 2.
As far as the performances go, let's just say if Savage's cast was encouraged to play it any broader, they would have needed CinemaScope.
DADDY DAY CAMP
TriStar Pictures
A TriStar Pictures and Revolution Studios presentation
Credits:
Director: Fred Savage
Screenwriters: Geoff Rodkey, J. David Stem, David N. Weiss
Story by: Geoff Rodkey, Joel Cohen, Alec Sokolow
Producers: William Sherak, Jason Shuman
Executive producers: John Davis, Matt Berenson, Derek Dauchy, Richard Hull, Chris Emerson, Nancy Kirhoffer, Jefferson Richard
Director of photography: Geno Salvatori
Production designer: Eric Weiler
Music: Jim Dooley
Costume designer: Carolyn Leone-Smith
Editor: Michel Aller
Cast:
Charlie Hinton: Cuba Gooding Jr.
Lance Warner: Lochlyn Munro
Buck: Richard Gant
Kim Hinton: Tamala Jones
Phil Ryerson: Paul Rae
Uncle Morty: Brian Doyle-Murray
Dale: Joshua McLerran: Ben Hinton: Spencir Bridges
Running time -- 85 minutes
MPAA rating: PG...
Any scrap of charm or honest-to-goodness humor already possessed in limited quantities by the original has been relegated to the outhouse in this sorry follow-up.
Obviously, Sony is banking on its intended demographic not being overwhelmed by Buena Vista's Underdog, given "Daddy's" arrival less than a week later. But minus Murphy, it's got nowhere to go but down.
It turns out Murphy isn't the only one who's out of the picture -- so is the rest of the original cast, including Jeff Garlin, who played his best buddy-turned-business partner.
So this time around, the roles of Charlie and Phil are played by once-upon-a-time Oscar winner Cuba Gooding Jr. and Garlin look-alike Paul Rae, still operating their thriving Daddy Day Care business.
But when they discover that their old childhood day camp has been run into the ground, they agree to take it over, much to the chagrin of their kids, who would prefer to go to the tonier Camp Canola, which is now operated by Charlie's old nemesis and tormentor, Lance Warner (Lochlyn Munro).
With mere days away from being foreclosed upon, the guys have to work fast, even if it's at the expense of Charlie's relationships with his eager-to-please son (Spencir Bridges) and disapproving military dad (Richard Gant).
Taking the reins from Daddy Day Care director Steve Carr, feature newbie Fred Savage would have seemed to be the man for the job, given his extensive Disney Channel directing credits.
But he can't seem to make much out of the shoddy blueprints furnished by screenwriter Geoff Rodkey (who wrote the first one), along with J. David Stem and David N. Weiss.
Their combined efforts produce enough puking, farting and shots to the crotch to fill the next Jackass movie, while the entire childhood rival plot line could have been lifted wholesale from Cheaper by the Dozen 2.
As far as the performances go, let's just say if Savage's cast was encouraged to play it any broader, they would have needed CinemaScope.
DADDY DAY CAMP
TriStar Pictures
A TriStar Pictures and Revolution Studios presentation
Credits:
Director: Fred Savage
Screenwriters: Geoff Rodkey, J. David Stem, David N. Weiss
Story by: Geoff Rodkey, Joel Cohen, Alec Sokolow
Producers: William Sherak, Jason Shuman
Executive producers: John Davis, Matt Berenson, Derek Dauchy, Richard Hull, Chris Emerson, Nancy Kirhoffer, Jefferson Richard
Director of photography: Geno Salvatori
Production designer: Eric Weiler
Music: Jim Dooley
Costume designer: Carolyn Leone-Smith
Editor: Michel Aller
Cast:
Charlie Hinton: Cuba Gooding Jr.
Lance Warner: Lochlyn Munro
Buck: Richard Gant
Kim Hinton: Tamala Jones
Phil Ryerson: Paul Rae
Uncle Morty: Brian Doyle-Murray
Dale: Joshua McLerran: Ben Hinton: Spencir Bridges
Running time -- 85 minutes
MPAA rating: PG...
It probably sounded like a swell idea in the pitch meeting: Robin Williams vs. an uncooperative RV. But this concept never translates into laughs in the belabored and repetitive "RV." Nevertheless, any Williams comedy will translate into a big opening weekend and perhaps a solid two- to three-week run with family audiences. However, older family members and admirers of director Barry Sonnenfeld might wonder at the nearly complete absence of comic ingenuity in a film from the man who directed "Get Shorty", "The Addams Family" and "Men in Black".
The biggest disappointment is the rigorously rote nature of the characters and story line in Geoff Rodkey's script: Workaholic dad, Williams' Bob Munro, and dysfunctional family take a reluctant vacation to Colorado in a recreational vehicle. Everything that can go wrong with an RV does. Yet despite these hardships, the family pulls together and rediscovers the meaning of being a family again. Golly.
This is comedy writing by check list: Brakes fail. Check. Dishes go flying. Check. Toilet backs up. Check. Raccoons invade the trailer. OK, maybe you anticipated a skunk or a snake, but you knew some animal would take up residence.
One possibly predictable but still refreshing "challenge" comes in the form of fellow RVers, the aggressively friendly Gornicke family, headed by Jeff Daniels and Tony-winning Kristin Chenoweth. They are superannuated hippies, who permanently reside in their RV and homeschool the kids. This gives a new meaning to the term "trailer trash," but hey, they liven things up whenever they appear. Trouble is, the Munro family keeps trying to ditch them.
The secret agenda behind the abrupt and unwelcome change in plans from a tropical vacation in Hawaii to the road trip from hell is the fact Bob is about to lose his job unless he comes up with a killer sales pitch for a meeting in Colorado. Which turns the film's hero into a wimp who can't tell his own family that his job and their financial security are on the line. This is one speed bump from which no movie can recover.
Williams looks unusually glum as if he were aware this is not going to be one of his better comedy outings. Typically, he does pull all sorts of rabbits -- raccoons? -- out of his hat. At one point, when his younger son is threatened by three trailer park toughs, he breaks into ghetto-perfect rap jive that scares them off. But how does that come from his character, an anal-retentive, middle-class white guy?
The rest of the cast is asked to hit the same notes relentlessly, but they do so with a fair amount of grace. Cheryl Hines, as Bob's wife, displays enough sympathy and charm that you wonder why Bob can't confide in her. Joanna "JoJo" Levesque and Josh Hutcherson create believable put-upon kids that have hit the rebellious stage of early life.
Daniels and Chenoweth are a hoot as well-adjusted parents who are a lot smarter than they let on. Hunter Parrish, Chloe Sonnenfeld and Alex Ferris make brief though solid impressions as their kids. All other characters are exaggerated for cheap laughs.
Mostly country music fills the background as the road movie takes us through postcard scenery in Alberta, Canada. Fred Murphy's lensing and Michael Bolton's design fit the film's production needs nicely.
RV
Columbia Pictures
Columbia Pictures in association with Relativity Media presents a Red Wagon/Intermedia/IMF production
Credits:
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Screenwriter: Geoff Rodkey
Producers: Lucy Fisher, Douglas Wick
Executive producers: Bobby Cohen, Ryan Kavanaugh
Director of photography: Fred Murphy
Production designer: Michael Bolton
Music: James Newton Howard
Costume designer: Mary E. Vogt
Editor: Kevin Tent. Cast: Bob Munro: Robin Williams
Travis Gornicke: Jeff Daniels
Jamie: Cheryl Hines
Mary Jo: Kristin Chenoweth
Cassie: Joanna "JoJo" Levesque
Carl: Josh Hutcherson
Earl: Hunter Parrish
Moon: Chloe Sonnenfeld
MPAA rating PG
Running time -- 99 minutes...
The biggest disappointment is the rigorously rote nature of the characters and story line in Geoff Rodkey's script: Workaholic dad, Williams' Bob Munro, and dysfunctional family take a reluctant vacation to Colorado in a recreational vehicle. Everything that can go wrong with an RV does. Yet despite these hardships, the family pulls together and rediscovers the meaning of being a family again. Golly.
This is comedy writing by check list: Brakes fail. Check. Dishes go flying. Check. Toilet backs up. Check. Raccoons invade the trailer. OK, maybe you anticipated a skunk or a snake, but you knew some animal would take up residence.
One possibly predictable but still refreshing "challenge" comes in the form of fellow RVers, the aggressively friendly Gornicke family, headed by Jeff Daniels and Tony-winning Kristin Chenoweth. They are superannuated hippies, who permanently reside in their RV and homeschool the kids. This gives a new meaning to the term "trailer trash," but hey, they liven things up whenever they appear. Trouble is, the Munro family keeps trying to ditch them.
The secret agenda behind the abrupt and unwelcome change in plans from a tropical vacation in Hawaii to the road trip from hell is the fact Bob is about to lose his job unless he comes up with a killer sales pitch for a meeting in Colorado. Which turns the film's hero into a wimp who can't tell his own family that his job and their financial security are on the line. This is one speed bump from which no movie can recover.
Williams looks unusually glum as if he were aware this is not going to be one of his better comedy outings. Typically, he does pull all sorts of rabbits -- raccoons? -- out of his hat. At one point, when his younger son is threatened by three trailer park toughs, he breaks into ghetto-perfect rap jive that scares them off. But how does that come from his character, an anal-retentive, middle-class white guy?
The rest of the cast is asked to hit the same notes relentlessly, but they do so with a fair amount of grace. Cheryl Hines, as Bob's wife, displays enough sympathy and charm that you wonder why Bob can't confide in her. Joanna "JoJo" Levesque and Josh Hutcherson create believable put-upon kids that have hit the rebellious stage of early life.
Daniels and Chenoweth are a hoot as well-adjusted parents who are a lot smarter than they let on. Hunter Parrish, Chloe Sonnenfeld and Alex Ferris make brief though solid impressions as their kids. All other characters are exaggerated for cheap laughs.
Mostly country music fills the background as the road movie takes us through postcard scenery in Alberta, Canada. Fred Murphy's lensing and Michael Bolton's design fit the film's production needs nicely.
RV
Columbia Pictures
Columbia Pictures in association with Relativity Media presents a Red Wagon/Intermedia/IMF production
Credits:
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Screenwriter: Geoff Rodkey
Producers: Lucy Fisher, Douglas Wick
Executive producers: Bobby Cohen, Ryan Kavanaugh
Director of photography: Fred Murphy
Production designer: Michael Bolton
Music: James Newton Howard
Costume designer: Mary E. Vogt
Editor: Kevin Tent. Cast: Bob Munro: Robin Williams
Travis Gornicke: Jeff Daniels
Jamie: Cheryl Hines
Mary Jo: Kristin Chenoweth
Cassie: Joanna "JoJo" Levesque
Carl: Josh Hutcherson
Earl: Hunter Parrish
Moon: Chloe Sonnenfeld
MPAA rating PG
Running time -- 99 minutes...
- 4/28/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Walt Disney Pictures has paid seven figures for a family comedy pitch from Geoff Rodkey, a screenwriter who quickly has cultivated a reputation as a go-to guy for the genre. Mandeville Films' David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman and Tollin/Robbins' Brian Robbins and Mike Tollin are teaming to produce. While details are being kept under wraps, it is known that Rodkey's untitled project revolves around a disenfranchised father and his disillusioned son.
- 4/13/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Walt Disney Pictures has paid seven figures for a family comedy pitch from Geoff Rodkey, a screenwriter who quickly has cultivated a reputation as a go-to guy for the genre. Mandeville Films' David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman and Tollin/Robbins' Brian Robbins and Mike Tollin are teaming to produce. While details are being kept under wraps, it is known that Rodkey's untitled project revolves around a disenfranchised father and his disillusioned son.
- 4/12/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
If Queen Latifah can step into Alec Guinness' Last Holiday and Steve Martin can go from Father of the Bride to Cheaper by the Dozen to The Pink Panther remakes, why shouldn't producer-actor Tim Allen take a romp as The Shaggy Dog? Director Brian Robbins, a young veteran of teen and family fare, and five writers have turned out a fast-moving Walt Disney Co. comedy that manages to sail past many of the cliches usually found in this genre while throwing together a wild story line more apt for a new millennium. Business could be brisk for the tweener crowd. DVD sales and rental figures look to be strong.
The original 1959 release was the first of scores of live-action family comedies from the Walt Disney studio, producing a lineage of teenage stars that would lead to Hayley Mills and Lindsay Lohan. Although Fred MacMurray was top-billed, that film focused on his teenage son, played by Tommy Kirk, who stumbled onto Cold War missile secrets. Back then it was Kirk's Wilby Daniels who turned (off and on) into a canine, courtesy of an ancient Borgia curse. Years later, a sequel, The Shaggy D.A., had studio regular Dean Jones stepping into the role of an adult Wilby.
The remake credits both earlier screenplays with an acknowledgment of Felix Salten's original story, The Hound of Florence, as well. About the only similarity to the first film plot-wise is Dad's dislike of dogs (though in the original, there was a valid rationale: MacMurray was a veteran postal employee). As before, the fun is in the shape-shifting between man and beast, usually at the most inopportune moments.
Like Batman Begins, The Shaggy Dog opens in Tibet. A brief prologue introduces us to a 300-year-old bearded collie living -- and praying! -- among the monks. Henchmen from an evil pharmaceuticals conglomerate, headed by an ailing Philip Baker Hall, are on a reconnaissance mission to snatch the dog. Once back at the U.S. headquarters/secret genetics lab, two young scientists try to use the collie to perfect the Fountain of Youth for greedy corporate nincompoop Robert Downey Jr. (who seems to be playing a campy Prince Hal).
The balance of the film has assistant DA Dave Douglas (Allen) prosecuting his animal-activist daughter's (Zena Grey) tree-hugging social studies teacher, when his bloodstream gets infected with the ancient serum that gradually transforms the star into a furry dog. Allen is at his comic best in these scenes, from growling at opposing counsel in the courtroom (reminiscent of his Home Improvement hyper-masculine barking shtick) to chasing his bathrobe's tail at home. Kristin Davis, almost too attractive, plays Mrs. Douglas, and Spencer Breslin (Disney's The Kid, The Santa Clause 2) is the atypical younger brother. As a four-legged animal whose "voice" is heard only by the viewer, Allen starts to see how much he had neglected his family.
The supporting cast includes Jane Curtin as the judge, Danny Glover (miscast) as the DA and Shawn Pyfrom (Desperate Housewives) as Grey's teen boyfriend. The best supporting players are the mutant creatures (a snake with a dog's tail, a bulldog-headed frog) -- real animals mixed with concoctions bred by the Stan Winston and Tippett labs -- that aid Allen in an elaborate laboratory escape.
THE SHAGGY DOG
Buena Vista Pictures
Walt Disney Pictures/Mandeville Films/Boxing Cat Films
Credits: Director: Brian Robbins; Screenwriters: The Wibberleys and Geoff Rodkey and Jack Amiel & Michael Begler; Producers: David Hoberman, Tim Allen; Executive producers: Robert Simonds, Todd Lieberman, William Fay, Matthew Carroll; Director of photography: Gabriel Beristain; Production designer: Leslie McDonald; Costume designer: Molly Maginnis; Music: Alan Menken; Editor: Ned Bastille.
Cast: Dave Douglas: Tim Allen; Rebecca Douglas: Kristin Davis; Carly Douglas: Zena Grey; Josh Douglas: Spencer Breslin; Ken Hollister: Danny Glover; Dr. Kozak: Robert Downey Jr.; Judge Claire Whittaker: Jane Curtin; Lance Strictland: Philip Baker Hall; Baxter: Craig Kilborn.
MPAA rating PG, running time 92 minutes.
The original 1959 release was the first of scores of live-action family comedies from the Walt Disney studio, producing a lineage of teenage stars that would lead to Hayley Mills and Lindsay Lohan. Although Fred MacMurray was top-billed, that film focused on his teenage son, played by Tommy Kirk, who stumbled onto Cold War missile secrets. Back then it was Kirk's Wilby Daniels who turned (off and on) into a canine, courtesy of an ancient Borgia curse. Years later, a sequel, The Shaggy D.A., had studio regular Dean Jones stepping into the role of an adult Wilby.
The remake credits both earlier screenplays with an acknowledgment of Felix Salten's original story, The Hound of Florence, as well. About the only similarity to the first film plot-wise is Dad's dislike of dogs (though in the original, there was a valid rationale: MacMurray was a veteran postal employee). As before, the fun is in the shape-shifting between man and beast, usually at the most inopportune moments.
Like Batman Begins, The Shaggy Dog opens in Tibet. A brief prologue introduces us to a 300-year-old bearded collie living -- and praying! -- among the monks. Henchmen from an evil pharmaceuticals conglomerate, headed by an ailing Philip Baker Hall, are on a reconnaissance mission to snatch the dog. Once back at the U.S. headquarters/secret genetics lab, two young scientists try to use the collie to perfect the Fountain of Youth for greedy corporate nincompoop Robert Downey Jr. (who seems to be playing a campy Prince Hal).
The balance of the film has assistant DA Dave Douglas (Allen) prosecuting his animal-activist daughter's (Zena Grey) tree-hugging social studies teacher, when his bloodstream gets infected with the ancient serum that gradually transforms the star into a furry dog. Allen is at his comic best in these scenes, from growling at opposing counsel in the courtroom (reminiscent of his Home Improvement hyper-masculine barking shtick) to chasing his bathrobe's tail at home. Kristin Davis, almost too attractive, plays Mrs. Douglas, and Spencer Breslin (Disney's The Kid, The Santa Clause 2) is the atypical younger brother. As a four-legged animal whose "voice" is heard only by the viewer, Allen starts to see how much he had neglected his family.
The supporting cast includes Jane Curtin as the judge, Danny Glover (miscast) as the DA and Shawn Pyfrom (Desperate Housewives) as Grey's teen boyfriend. The best supporting players are the mutant creatures (a snake with a dog's tail, a bulldog-headed frog) -- real animals mixed with concoctions bred by the Stan Winston and Tippett labs -- that aid Allen in an elaborate laboratory escape.
THE SHAGGY DOG
Buena Vista Pictures
Walt Disney Pictures/Mandeville Films/Boxing Cat Films
Credits: Director: Brian Robbins; Screenwriters: The Wibberleys and Geoff Rodkey and Jack Amiel & Michael Begler; Producers: David Hoberman, Tim Allen; Executive producers: Robert Simonds, Todd Lieberman, William Fay, Matthew Carroll; Director of photography: Gabriel Beristain; Production designer: Leslie McDonald; Costume designer: Molly Maginnis; Music: Alan Menken; Editor: Ned Bastille.
Cast: Dave Douglas: Tim Allen; Rebecca Douglas: Kristin Davis; Carly Douglas: Zena Grey; Josh Douglas: Spencer Breslin; Ken Hollister: Danny Glover; Dr. Kozak: Robert Downey Jr.; Judge Claire Whittaker: Jane Curtin; Lance Strictland: Philip Baker Hall; Baxter: Craig Kilborn.
MPAA rating PG, running time 92 minutes.
- 3/17/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
If Queen Latifah can step into Alec Guinness' Last Holiday and Steve Martin can go from Father of the Bride to Cheaper by the Dozen to The Pink Panther remakes, why shouldn't producer-actor Tim Allen take a romp as The Shaggy Dog? Director Brian Robbins, a young veteran of teen and family fare, and five writers have turned out a fast-moving Walt Disney Co. comedy that manages to sail past many of the cliches usually found in this genre while throwing together a wild story line more apt for a new millennium. Business could be brisk for the tweener crowd. DVD sales and rental figures look to be strong.
The original 1959 release was the first of scores of live-action family comedies from the Walt Disney studio, producing a lineage of teenage stars that would lead to Hayley Mills and Lindsay Lohan. Although Fred MacMurray was top-billed, that film focused on his teenage son, played by Tommy Kirk, who stumbled onto Cold War missile secrets. Back then it was Kirk's Wilby Daniels who turned (off and on) into a canine, courtesy of an ancient Borgia curse. Years later, a sequel, The Shaggy D.A., had studio regular Dean Jones stepping into the role of an adult Wilby.
The remake credits both earlier screenplays with an acknowledgment of Felix Salten's original story, The Hound of Florence, as well. About the only similarity to the first film plot-wise is Dad's dislike of dogs (though in the original, there was a valid rationale: MacMurray was a veteran postal employee). As before, the fun is in the shape-shifting between man and beast, usually at the most inopportune moments.
Like Batman Begins, The Shaggy Dog opens in Tibet. A brief prologue introduces us to a 300-year-old bearded collie living -- and praying! -- among the monks. Henchmen from an evil pharmaceuticals conglomerate, headed by an ailing Philip Baker Hall, are on a reconnaissance mission to snatch the dog. Once back at the U.S. headquarters/secret genetics lab, two young scientists try to use the collie to perfect the Fountain of Youth for greedy corporate nincompoop Robert Downey Jr. (who seems to be playing a campy Prince Hal).
The balance of the film has assistant DA Dave Douglas (Allen) prosecuting his animal-activist daughter's (Zena Grey) tree-hugging social studies teacher, when his bloodstream gets infected with the ancient serum that gradually transforms the star into a furry dog. Allen is at his comic best in these scenes, from growling at opposing counsel in the courtroom (reminiscent of his Home Improvement hyper-masculine barking shtick) to chasing his bathrobe's tail at home. Kristin Davis, almost too attractive, plays Mrs. Douglas, and Spencer Breslin (Disney's The Kid, The Santa Clause 2) is the atypical younger brother. As a four-legged animal whose "voice" is heard only by the viewer, Allen starts to see how much he had neglected his family.
The supporting cast includes Jane Curtin as the judge, Danny Glover (miscast) as the DA and Shawn Pyfrom (Desperate Housewives) as Grey's teen boyfriend. The best supporting players are the mutant creatures (a snake with a dog's tail, a bulldog-headed frog) -- real animals mixed with concoctions bred by the Stan Winston and Tippett labs -- that aid Allen in an elaborate laboratory escape.
THE SHAGGY DOG
Buena Vista Pictures
Walt Disney Pictures/Mandeville Films/Boxing Cat Films
Credits: Director: Brian Robbins; Screenwriters: The Wibberleys and Geoff Rodkey and Jack Amiel & Michael Begler; Producers: David Hoberman, Tim Allen; Executive producers: Robert Simonds, Todd Lieberman, William Fay, Matthew Carroll; Director of photography: Gabriel Beristain; Production designer: Leslie McDonald; Costume designer: Molly Maginnis; Music: Alan Menken; Editor: Ned Bastille.
Cast: Dave Douglas: Tim Allen; Rebecca Douglas: Kristin Davis; Carly Douglas: Zena Grey; Josh Douglas: Spencer Breslin; Ken Hollister: Danny Glover; Dr. Kozak: Robert Downey Jr.; Judge Claire Whittaker: Jane Curtin; Lance Strictland: Philip Baker Hall; Baxter: Craig Kilborn.
MPAA rating PG, running time 92 minutes.
The original 1959 release was the first of scores of live-action family comedies from the Walt Disney studio, producing a lineage of teenage stars that would lead to Hayley Mills and Lindsay Lohan. Although Fred MacMurray was top-billed, that film focused on his teenage son, played by Tommy Kirk, who stumbled onto Cold War missile secrets. Back then it was Kirk's Wilby Daniels who turned (off and on) into a canine, courtesy of an ancient Borgia curse. Years later, a sequel, The Shaggy D.A., had studio regular Dean Jones stepping into the role of an adult Wilby.
The remake credits both earlier screenplays with an acknowledgment of Felix Salten's original story, The Hound of Florence, as well. About the only similarity to the first film plot-wise is Dad's dislike of dogs (though in the original, there was a valid rationale: MacMurray was a veteran postal employee). As before, the fun is in the shape-shifting between man and beast, usually at the most inopportune moments.
Like Batman Begins, The Shaggy Dog opens in Tibet. A brief prologue introduces us to a 300-year-old bearded collie living -- and praying! -- among the monks. Henchmen from an evil pharmaceuticals conglomerate, headed by an ailing Philip Baker Hall, are on a reconnaissance mission to snatch the dog. Once back at the U.S. headquarters/secret genetics lab, two young scientists try to use the collie to perfect the Fountain of Youth for greedy corporate nincompoop Robert Downey Jr. (who seems to be playing a campy Prince Hal).
The balance of the film has assistant DA Dave Douglas (Allen) prosecuting his animal-activist daughter's (Zena Grey) tree-hugging social studies teacher, when his bloodstream gets infected with the ancient serum that gradually transforms the star into a furry dog. Allen is at his comic best in these scenes, from growling at opposing counsel in the courtroom (reminiscent of his Home Improvement hyper-masculine barking shtick) to chasing his bathrobe's tail at home. Kristin Davis, almost too attractive, plays Mrs. Douglas, and Spencer Breslin (Disney's The Kid, The Santa Clause 2) is the atypical younger brother. As a four-legged animal whose "voice" is heard only by the viewer, Allen starts to see how much he had neglected his family.
The supporting cast includes Jane Curtin as the judge, Danny Glover (miscast) as the DA and Shawn Pyfrom (Desperate Housewives) as Grey's teen boyfriend. The best supporting players are the mutant creatures (a snake with a dog's tail, a bulldog-headed frog) -- real animals mixed with concoctions bred by the Stan Winston and Tippett labs -- that aid Allen in an elaborate laboratory escape.
THE SHAGGY DOG
Buena Vista Pictures
Walt Disney Pictures/Mandeville Films/Boxing Cat Films
Credits: Director: Brian Robbins; Screenwriters: The Wibberleys and Geoff Rodkey and Jack Amiel & Michael Begler; Producers: David Hoberman, Tim Allen; Executive producers: Robert Simonds, Todd Lieberman, William Fay, Matthew Carroll; Director of photography: Gabriel Beristain; Production designer: Leslie McDonald; Costume designer: Molly Maginnis; Music: Alan Menken; Editor: Ned Bastille.
Cast: Dave Douglas: Tim Allen; Rebecca Douglas: Kristin Davis; Carly Douglas: Zena Grey; Josh Douglas: Spencer Breslin; Ken Hollister: Danny Glover; Dr. Kozak: Robert Downey Jr.; Judge Claire Whittaker: Jane Curtin; Lance Strictland: Philip Baker Hall; Baxter: Craig Kilborn.
MPAA rating PG, running time 92 minutes.
Kristin Chenoweth has boarded Columbia Pictures' RV. Barry Sonnenfeld is directing the Robin Williams-starrer, which is being produced by Red Wagon's Douglas Wick and Lucy Fisher. The comedy follows a man (Williams) and his dysfunctional family who rent an RV and head for the Rockies, ending up in a campground community. Chenoweth plays Mary Jo, a stay-at-home business woman who sells products out of her trailer and a member of that community. Cheryl Hines is also cast. Original script was written by Geoff Rodkey. Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel wrote the most recent draft. Chenoweth is known for her performance as Glinda the Good Witch in Broadway's Wicked but is not lacking in feature credits. Her upcoming films include Bewitched and Pink Panther, and will appear in Running with Scissors with Annette Bening and Gwyneth Paltrow, and Stranger than Fiction opposite Will Ferrell and Dustin Hoffman. Her CD As I Am was released on Tuesday. Chenoweth is repped by repped by CAA and manager Danielle Thomas.
- 4/14/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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