Nov 3 2009Owen Wilson Providing Marmaduke's Voice in 'Marmaduke'

Because Marmaduke being a terrible, giant asshole dog who ruins every life he touches isn't enough to differentiate him from Beethoven or other large dogs not born with the ability for speech. He has to talk, also:

Wilson's boarding is the last piece of the puzzle for the live-action/CG movie, which has shades of Fox's surprise smash "Marley & Me" and follows a family named the Winslows who move from Kansas to Orange County with their dog Marmaduke, a slobbery pooch who creates chaos wherever he goes.

In adapting the strip created in 1954 by Brad Anderson and Phil Leeming, the script by Tim Rasmussen and Vince Di Meglio sees Marmaduke navigate a volatile Mutts vs. Pedigrees turf war, woo the purebred of his dreams and overcome a fall from grace.

So the movie is sort of The Karate Kid meets talking dog race wars? Man oh man. If Marmaduke creator Brad Anderson knew what moving pictures were, and if his mind weren't an 85-year-old confused mess that can only understand things in terms of how many or few dogs are causing mischief, he would be so pissed that his abhorrent comic were being turned into something that's repulsive for entirely different reasons.

Owen Wilson signs on for 'Marmaduke' [THR]