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Tom Sawyer, Huck Finn Get Supernatural Re-Imagining
22 March 2012 10:32 AM, PDT | Fandango | See recent Fandango news »
While re-imagining well-known fairy tales such as Snow White are all the rage in Hollywood, you can now add Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn to the list of classic characters getting a makeover. While the storyline is being kept under wraps, Paramount has picked up a script from Bedtime Stories scribe Andy Burg titled Huck. The film revolves around the characters created by Mark Twain in his 1876 novel, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and three additional books. The project is being described as a re-imagining in the vein of Snow White and the Huntsman, focusing on Tom and Huck as adults. There's also supernatural elements in the script, though what exactly is unknown. No director has been attached yet, but the project does have the support of Rise of the Planet of the Apes...
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Mark Twain Gets Hucked Over by Paramount
22 March 2012 8:21 AM, PDT | Beyond Hollywood | See recent Beyond Hollywood news »
I remember reading Mark Twain in high school. I believe one of those books was a Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn adventure. I don’t remember what book that was, since I rarely remember too much from books that are assigned reading. When you force me to do something, my response is to do it, but I ain’t rememberin’ it. It’s a good thing Paramount is around to help me remember these things. The studio plans on “re-imagining” Twain’s two teenage creations as adult men. But that’s not all! The studio has picked up a spec script by Andy Burg called “Huck” that will re-imagine the two heroes as adventurin’ adults, including supernatural shenanigans in the plot. Curious they’re calling it “Huck”, though. Why not “Tom and Huck”? Or, my personal favorite, “Huck This!”. (Exclamation point included, of course.) This wouldn’t exactly be the »
- Nix
Paramount Reinventing Mark Twain's Classic Characters With 'Snow White And The Huntsman'-Style 'Huck'
22 March 2012 6:19 AM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
One thing’s for sure; if you want to bring a classic story back to the screen, you’ve got to change the name. “Mirror Mirror,” “Tangled,” “Frozen,” “Elementary” -- the trend certainly points toward giving established properties cooler titles, ones that hint at the source material being adapted from. Hell, even Batman and Superman are now going by their nicknames rather than their more recognizable monikers. So it goes then, that “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” will be known simply as “Huck” when the story next finds its way to theaters.
Paramount has picked up a spec script from newcomer Andy Burg, which is based on Mark Twain’s classic stories featuring the characters of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. They‘re familiar tales and have been adapted more times than we could even attempt to document here. In fact, there’s already an adaptation that’s currently in »
- Joe Cunningham
Mark Twain's Huck Film to Have Supernatural Elements
22 March 2012 12:40 AM, PDT | WorstPreviews.com | See recent Worst Previews news »
Paramount Pictures has picked up a script by Andy Burg (Bedtime Stories, The Sorcerer's Apprentice) titled "Huck," which revolves around the characters created by author Mark Twain, appearing in his 1876 novel "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and three additional books. The storyline is being kept under wraps, but the project is described as a re-imagining in the vein of "Snow White and the Huntsman," focusing on Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn as adults. There also are supernatural elements in the script. Twain's book have had several film and TV adaptation, from 1918's "Huck and Tom" to Disney's 1995 version "Tom and Huck," starring Jonathan Taylor Thomas and Brad Renfro. The new movie is produced by Peter Chernin and Dylan Clark (Rise of the Planet of the Apes). »
Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer To Get Modern Day Movie Makeover
21 March 2012 4:30 PM, PDT | GeekTyrant | See recent GeekTyrant news »
Paramount Pictures has acquired a spec script from Andrew Burg (Bedtime Stories, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice) called Huck and Finn. The studio is planning to take Mark Twain's two classic literary characters, and give them a 21st century modern day makeover, which seems ridiculous, but could end up being cool. You never know with these kinds of films.
The only information we have to go off of is that it's a reimagining of these classic characters in the vein of Snow White and the Huntsman, and it will focus on the pair as adults. THR also says that there are supernatural elements in the story as well.
I love these 19th century characters that were created by Twain. Growing up I would read those books over and over again. It was amazing fun reading about the adventures that they lived in these novels. I related more to Huck Finn than I did Tom Sawyer, »
- Venkman
‘Huck and Tom’: Paramount Rewrites Mark Twain to Be More Supernatural
21 March 2012 3:23 PM, PDT | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »
Over time, Mark Twain’s characters Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn have proven to be two of the most enduring in the entire history of American literature. And by enduring, I mean that they keep getting dug back up for new adaptations and interpretations. Though it was largely agreed by all that Jonathan Taylor Thomas and Brad Renfro had finally given us the quintessential versions of the rapscallions with Disney’s 1995 film, Tom and Huck, Paramount has decided that it isn’t too late for them to get into the game themselves. To that end they’ve picked up a spec script written by Andrew Burg that goes by the name of…Huck and Tom. There isn’t much creativity going on out there with these Mark Twain adaptations is there? Snarkiness aside, Paramount’s new vision of the trouble-making duo does sound like it’s going to be taking the traditional Huck and Tom story in »
- Nathan Adams
Paramount Moving Forward With 'Huck and Tom'
21 March 2012 3:08 PM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
Mark Twain may have published "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" eight years before "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," but don't tell that to Paramount.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, the studio plans on adapting the famous Mark Twain novels into a film called "Huck and Tom."
But! There's a catch: The story will feature Sawyer and Finn as grown-ups, and include "supernatural elements." (Initiate mass groan from literature aficionados.)
"Huck and Tom" is the latest in a long line of Sawyer-Finn film adaptations, and is not to be confused with "Tom and Huck," the 1995 film with Jonathan Taylor Thomas, nor "Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn," the upcoming flick starring Joel Courtney ("Super 8") that Variety reported on last year.
"Huck and Tom" currently has no release date.
[via THR] »
- Alex Suskind
'Huck And Tom': Mark Twain's 'Tom Sawyer' And 'Huckleberry Finn' Gets Another Movie Adaptation
21 March 2012 3:00 PM, PDT | Moviefone | See recent Moviefone news »
Mark Twain may have published "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" eight years before "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," but don't tell that to Paramount. According to the Hollywood Reporter, the studio plans on adapting the famous Mark Twain novels into a film called "Huck and Tom." But! There's a catch: The story will feature Sawyer and Finn as grown-ups, and include "supernatural elements." (Initiate mass groan from literature aficionados.) "Huck and Tom" is the latest in a long line of Sawyer-Finn film adaptations, and is not to be confused with "Tom and Huck," the 1995 film with Jonathan Taylor Thomas, nor "Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn," the upcoming flick starring Joel Courtney ("Super 8") that Variety reported on last year. "Huck and Tom" currently has no release date. [via THR] »
- Alex Suskind
Paramount to Reinvent Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn with “Supernatural Elements”
21 March 2012 2:48 PM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
Mark Twain's Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn are memorable, entertaining characters, but they also provided sharp-witted and sly social critiques on the American character, particularly with regards to the Gilded Age. But who wants that when you can make the characters adults and throw in "supernatural elements"? According to Heat Vision, that's how Paramount and producers Peter Chernin, Dylan Clark (Rise of the Planet of the Apes), and Matt Lopez want to treat Twain's literary creations. Andy Burg's script, Huck and Tom, is being kept under wraps (maybe the fence has to be whitewashed with Demon Blood?!?!), "but the project is described as a re-imagining in the vein of Snow White and the Huntsman." That's a strange comparison. I like the look of Huntsman, but it still has a fairy-tale vibe to it. Snow White is still a young woman, and the evil queen is still a queen. »
- Matt Goldberg
Molly Fosco: Where Are They Now?
20 March 2012 8:57 AM, PDT | Aol TV. | See recent Aol TV. news »
What could be more exciting than a new show that involves an actress from one of the most legendary musical films of all time? How about a new show involving the actress who plays the most awesome character from that film? Yes I am talking about the one and only Grease, and the one and only-est Stockard Channing! The famed Rizzo has been cast on an ABC pilot where she will play mother to none other than the teen pop icon turned actress, Mandy Moore. I am almost equally thrilled at Mandy's participation in this pilot because I have been a fan of hers since her big acting debut in A Walk to Remember. Her portrayal of Jamie Sullivan is one of the reasons I believe in true love to this day. Clearly both actresses are musically gifted so the producers on this pilot might as well stop kidding »
- Molly Fosco
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