Nov 6 2008Jack Black Going on a Gulliver Travel
Jack Black has signed on to act hammy in a new Fox adaptation of Gulliver's Travels. From Variety:
Twentieth Century Fox is moving forward with a bigscreen adaptation of "Gulliver's Travels," with Jack Black taking on the title role as his next project.Rob Letterman ("Shark Tale") has signed on to direct the contemporary reimagining of the classic Jonathan Swift tale.
Story centers on Lemuel Gulliver, a free-spirited travel writer who, on an assignment to the Bermuda Triangle, suddenly finds himself a giant among men when he washes ashore on the hidden island of Lilliput, home to a population of industrious, yet tiny, people.
"Forgetting Sarah Marshall" helmer Nicholas Stoller and Joe Stillman ("Shrek") penned the screenplay.
When are we going to stop remaking stories we've already told to perfection? Because if Ted Danson in a 1996 NBC miniseries isn't right, I don't know what is. No improvements can be made. I defy you to not shout "Emmy!" when T-Dan asks this horse if it's a horse:
Reader Comments
1. MorpheusDream - November 6, 2008 11:36 AM
Danson 4 prez
2. B - November 6, 2008 2:23 PM
No no no no no no no no.
NO.
I loved Gulliver's Travels growing up (not the Danson version, the ones before that) and Jack Black will completely ruin it as he ruins virtually everything (go ahead and ridicule me all you Jack Black fans, I can't help it I really don't like him).
3. Elmo - November 6, 2008 6:12 PM
poor Ted Danson.. poor Jack Black, cause you keep using that terrible picture of him
4. sully - November 9, 2008 5:29 PM
I like Jack Black when he's in supporting, "Cable Guy"-esque roles. Or "Neverending Story 2" roles are good too. I didn't see "Tropic Thunder", but imagine he was good in it, seeing as though he wasn't the lead role.