Jan 2 2008 So, What's Cute Enough to Animate in 2008?

People magazine is reporting that Knut, the fame-whore of a polar bear born in the Berlin Zoo, may be headed for an animated treatment if the producers of Garfield get their way. The Animation Picture Company has offered the zoo $5 million for right to the bear's story, which it would set in an alternate universe in which Knut speaks English, and has the voice of Suri Cruise.

With another arctic beast, the penguin, dominating cuteness markets in the last couple years, it seems now as if their natural enemy, the polar bear, may be their successor. But it also has to make you wonder...

What Else is Cute Enough to Animate in 2008?

Squirrels - Building off the recent popularity of animated chipmunks, Squirrelin' Around will promise twice the strange innuendo, horrible songs, and shit eating as its predecessor. Voices by George Clooney, Brad Pitt, and Matt Damon, but with their pitch raised beyond recognition.

LOLcats - They were surely one of the largest internet phenomena of 2007, and they're already completely played-out and totally annoying, now relegated to the inboxes of your over-50 relatives. This makes them the perfect candidate for an unwanted, out-of-touch Hollywood adaptation. Voices by on-screen text, Frank Oz. Songs by Tay Zonday, Randy Newman.

Shoes - As Pixar proved with Cars, even boring, inanimate objects can be adorable animated characters if they're given giant eyes; for years, women have praised each other's wardrobes, saying their shoes look "cute." Let's put the two together and see if it can hold up for 90 minutes. Voices by Sarah Jessica Parker, Vh1's Ant.

Dennis Kucinich - Too liberal and oddball for the presidency? Maybe. Perfectly cute and impish for an animated tale about a single gnome trying to stop his destructive society from wiping out all of their magic berry bushes? Definitely. Voice by Barack Obama, whose voice tests more accessible to conservative audiences.

That's all I can think of, so now I ask you: What Else is Cute Enough to Animate in 2008?