"Kung Fu Panda" deserved a black belt in film production, but it just wasn't enough to fill my constant craving for animated movies. Luckily, Hollywood is making progress in a few upcoming films that might hit the spot. Here's what you have to look forward to:
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
The NYC zoo animals are back and ready to go home. (The first one ended with the four animals aboard a ship expecting to return to the U.S., but the penguins are sunning on the beach admitting their knowledge that the boat is out of gas.) Supposedly, the group ends up in the African wild, where Alex the lion encounters his long-lost family and attempts to overcome the wilderness/domesticated zoo language barrier. And of course, the penguins are back as well.
Expected release date: 7 November 2008
The Fantastic Mr. Fox
I can't decide which I'm more ecstatic about: Tim Burton directing "Alice in Wonderland" or Wes Anderson directing Roald Dahl's "The Fantastic Mr. Fox." The plot unfolds around the Fox family (Mr. Fox, Mrs. Fox and their fox babies) who share a spot under a tree with Rabbit, Weasel and Badger. The local farmers decide they have had enough of Mr. Fox's food-stealing and decide to get revenge by first ambushing the family, digging them out, then starving them out when their first attempts fail. George Clooney, Cate Blanchett and Bill Murray star in this recreation of one of my generation's best children's books.
Expected release date: 6 November 2009
Alice in Wonderland
Alice returns from her 57-year intermission to appear in a new, CGI version of Disney's "Alice in Wonderland," this time working with Tim Burton, mastermind of the weird and bizarre. My girl Mia Wasikowska (from the HBO series "In Treatment") will playing Alice, and rumors have been surfacing of Johnny Depp's involvement as well.
Expected release date: 5 March 2010
Shrek Goes Fourth
Cameron Diaz (Princess Fiona), Eddie Murphy (Donkey), Mike Myers (Shrek) and Antonio Banderas (Puss in Boots) make their fourth big-screen debut in this film that follows more of the adventures of a giant green ogre and his ogre princess wife. Not much is known about this one yet, but judging from the last three, we have much to look forward to.
Expected release date: 21 May 2010
Toy Story 3
Disney may be finished with the "Toy Story" series, but Pixar isn't. The release of the third film about the cowboy and spaceman toys and their friends marks the eleventh year since the first movie's sequel. This second sequel supposedly follows the toys as their owner, Andy, grows too old to own them and sends them to a day care center. Hamm, Rex and Mr. Potato Head search for their relatives.
Expected release date: 18 June 2010
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