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Underdog Flying onto the Big Screen Source: Variety
June 20, 2005
Walt Disney Pictures and Spyglass Entertainment are putting the final touches on a deal to bring the classic TV cartoon Underdog to the big screen as a live-action feature, reports Variety.
The trade says Disney has high hopes for the property as a possible franchise for its Walt Disney Pictures label. Producers are aiming to start preparing in November for shoot starting in January in Canada, possibly in Vancouver.
The tongue-in-cheek Underdog series, created by Buck Biggers and Chet Stover, made its debut in 1964 on NBC and ran until 1973. The character was an unlikely superhero: a beagle who sheds his milquetoast identity of Shoeshine Boy to become a caped superdog who speaks in rhymed couplets. Wally Cox provided his voice.
In the feature script, by Joe Piscatella and Craig A. Williams, a diminutive hound named Shoeshine gets superpowers after a lab accident. When he's adopted by a 12-year-old boy, the two form a bond around the shared knowledge that Shoeshine is really Underdog.
The characters of mad scientist Simon Barsinister and Underdog's love interest, Sweet Polly Purebred, are expected to be included in the movie. A real dog will be used for the title character, and CGI enhancements will be added.
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Frederik Du Chau to Helm Underdog Source: Variety
August 10, 2005
Disney Pictures and Spyglass Entertainment are in talks with helmer Frederik Du Chau (Racing Stripes) to direct the live-action bigscreen version of Underdog, reports Variety.
The film will use a CGI-enhanced live dog to portray the eponymous hero, a talking canine with super powers.
The film is scheduled to start shooting early next year. Du Chau previously directed Warner Bros.' Quest for Camelot and worked before that as an animator.
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Jason Lee is the Voice of Underdog Source: The Hollywood Reporter
April 26, 2006
"My Name Is Earl" star Jason Lee is lending his voice for the title character of Underdog, Spyglass Entertainment and Walt Disney Pictures' live-action adaptation of the classic 1960s cartoon, says The Hollywood Reporter.
The cartoon followed the adventures of a humble dog named Shoeshine Boy who became the superheroic Underdog, who spoke in rhyme. In the movie, he is adopted by a 12-year-old boy and uses his superpower to protect his love, Polly Purebred, and the citizens of Capitol City from the evil Simon Barsinister. Peter Dinklage has been cast as Barsinister.
Frederik Du Chau ("Racing Stripes") is directing, with Roger Birnbaum, Gary Barber and Jonathan Glickman of Spyglass producing along with Jay Polstein.
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Looks like your normal, run of the mill, fun, kids movie. I may give it a rent. Underdog was great back in the day.
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