Well this just doesn't make a lot of sense, but we're willing to role with it anyway. Variety is reporting that beloved animated icon Betty Boop is returning to movie theaters, courtesy of a deal forged between Simon Cowell's Syco Entertainment and Animal Logic Entertainment, the animation studio behind "The Lego Movie," working in conjunction with Fleischer Studios, who owns the rights to the character. Boo-boo-be-doo?
The character has been off of movie screens since the late thirties (and the last movie didn't even feature Betty Boop), although she did make a memorable appearance in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit," as a waitress at the Ink & Paint Club (the code phrase to get in? "Walt sent me") Boop first appeared in cartoons in the late twenties, hence her flapper ensemble, and in several memorable appearances danced with live action personalities. Apparently the new film will be completely animated.
Cowell, who...
The character has been off of movie screens since the late thirties (and the last movie didn't even feature Betty Boop), although she did make a memorable appearance in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit," as a waitress at the Ink & Paint Club (the code phrase to get in? "Walt sent me") Boop first appeared in cartoons in the late twenties, hence her flapper ensemble, and in several memorable appearances danced with live action personalities. Apparently the new film will be completely animated.
Cowell, who...
- 8/14/2014
- by Drew Taylor
- Moviefone
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