Jul 13 2009'Hong Kong Phooey' Movie Comes True
Confirming a worry I developed back in March, when looking at Scatman Crothers' IMDb page, Variety is reporting that Alcon Entertainment has recruited Alex Zamm to direct a live-action/CGI hybrid adaptation of Hong Kong Phooey.
The original Hanna-Barbera cartoon focused on an anthropomorphic dog/police station janitor moonlighting as a kung fu crimefighter. So this version will be... Justin Long as a lonely police station janitor with a crush on a tough-but-beautiful female cop (Sarah Chalke of Scrubs) who gets taken hostage by a ridiculously over-the-top crime lord and his bumbling sidekicks; Long is thankfully able to save her once the stray dog he took in at the beginning of the film reveals that it possesses martial arts skills and a Scatman-like voice? Margin of error: +/-1 Jason Lee.
For those unfamiliar with the series, this should explain everything:
Justin Long hears CLANKING inside the police station's file cabinet. He cautiously approaches, raising his mop as a weapon.
JUSTIN: Who's in there?
No answer. He moves in close, SLAMS the drawer open, SCREAMS...
JUSTIN: A dog?
DOG: Could be!
Reader Comments
1. Pat - July 13, 2009 1:57 PM
::sigh:: This just has bad news written all over it...
2. Sean Butler - July 13, 2009 2:13 PM
I hope they dont crash this train the same way The Underdog crashed...
3. B - July 13, 2009 3:38 PM
my heart breaks...
4. Ted - July 13, 2009 4:18 PM
SLAMS the drawer open? This movie is going to be so terrible, that it defies the logic of the simple fact of how file cabinet drawers work?
5. BringChung - July 13, 2009 5:33 PM
Had this idea over a year ago, but they got the casting all wrong. Tracey Morgan should be Hong Kong Fooey, with Jason Statham as his little cat buddy that doesn't talk. Justin Long? Give me a break. HK Fooey isn't a geeky twerp, he's a bumbling old black guy.