Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Illumination Entertainment Next Bringing Uglydolls to the Big Screen

Given the success Chris Meledandri's Illumination Entertainment has had at Universal, it's obvious he can pretty much do whatever he wants, including, it seems, adapting a popular toy franchise. Deadline reports that Meledandri and Illumination have acquired rights to adapt the Uglydoll franchise into an animated feature film. Think of those little yellow minions from Despicable Me, but as Uglydolls instead, hundreds of them running around - yea, that's why this was such an easy sell for them. Larry Stuckey (Little Fockers) is writing the script, inspired by the plush world and stories from the numerous Uglydolls books.

Meladandri speaks highly of his love for the franchise and potential for growth with this movie. "The personality and level of wit reminded me of the illustrated work I saw from Matt Groening before he did The Simpsons. The characters have a cult following, and they've been very restrictive in where and how ...

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