The Brave Little Toaster (Live-Action)

[Sotiris]

Waterman Gives 'Brave Little Toaster' a New Lease of Life (Exclusive)
http://www.thewrap.com/movies/column-po ... sive-56236

[TheValentineBros]

[PatrickvD]

.... WHY????

[disneyboy20022]

Okay, I haven't used a clip of this guy lately and I'm for something so stupid I will , but it's just three words, and I agree

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[Christopher_TCUIH]

How odd. What could they possibly do to jazz up this story? Make blanket the tough guy?

[rexcrk]

This is... interesting. I'll probably end up seeing it just to see what it's like (Brave Little Toaster is one of my favorite childhood cartoons).

[PixarFan2006]

How are they going to make that work?, have a voiceover for each of the appliances ala Homeward Bound?

[Sky Syndrome]

My say about the remake?

[disneyboy20022]

Live-Action ‘Brave Little Toaster’ Remake In the Works From ‘Chipmunks’ Producers
http://screenrant.com/brave-little-toas ... on-remake/

The Brave Little Toaster is a treasured childhood relic for the 20-30 something crowd; its popularity has endured over the 25 years that’ve passed since its initial theatrical release (see: its ranking on Amazon‘s Kids & Family bestselling list). That animated feature even spawned a couple of direct-to-video sequels in the late 1990s, including one with the eyebrow-raising title The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars.

However, as seems to be happening with increasing (alarming?) frequency of late, Hollywood has come a knockin’ with plans to revisit the property – trading in the old-fashioned hand-drawn animation for a modern mix of live-action and CGI.

The Wrap reports that Waterman Entertainment has acquired the rights to Brave Little Toaster; as company co-head Tucker Waterman explains it, the brand is a well-recognized property that adheres to “specific elements we deem suitable to create CGI/live-action hybrid films with potential for licensing and merchandising.” Waterman also cites the multiple platform potential as motivation for acquiring the Brave Little Toaster franchise.

Ironically, the original animated feature (based on Thomas M. Disch’s novella “The Brave Little Toaster: A Bedtime Story for Small Appliances”) was not a commercial success in theaters; its subsequent home video success can be attributed to word-of-mouth. It was, however, an important stepping stone for the late Joe Ranft, who co-wrote the film before he worked on Disney Renaissance animated classics like Beauty and the Beast as well as The Lion King. Ranft thereafter moved on to Pixar Studios, where he co-wrote the screen stories for Toy Story, A Bug’s Life, and Cars with John Lasseter (who contributed to Brave Little Toaster during pre-production).

Waterman Entertainment, by comparison, co-executive produced Casper, Stuart Little, and the Alvin and the Chipmunks live-action/CGI movies. Most of these films have proven to be profitable in terms of ticket sales and merchandising tie-ins; the Stuart Little movies are even well-regarded critically. On the other hand, though, the Chipmunks adaptations are seen as harmless kid’s entertainment at best – the epitome of crass exploitation of popular brand names at worst.

Waterman Entertainment’s mixed track record, in other words, does not inspire loads of confidence for Brave Little Toaster. Nonetheless, the project has entered pre-production, with plans to modernize the story using product placement new technology (ex. iPhones) – not to mention, taking advantage of the improvements in CGI to go beyond “what was technologically possible when Lasseter pitched the project” back in the 1980s.

Those out there who prefer to remember Brave Little Toaster as an oddly-heartwarming tale recounting the adventures of a toaster, vacuum cleaner, lamp, radio and blanket who go searching for their onetime owner, as brought to life with simple 2D animation… well, no one says you have to go see the remake.

More on The Brave Little Toaster as the story develops.

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[Jules]

Haven't seen any of the original films, but I wonder what the new photorealistic toaster is going to look like, especially with its two big googly human eyes.

I bet the toaster's irises will be blue.

[Tristy]

Live-Action ‘Brave Little Toaster’ Remake In the Works From ‘Chipmunks’ Producers
http://screenrant.com/brave-little-toas ... on-remake/

The Brave Little Toaster is a treasured childhood relic for the 20-30 something crowd; its popularity has endured over the 25 years that’ve passed since its initial theatrical release (see: its ranking on Amazon‘s Kids & Family bestselling list). That animated feature even spawned a couple of direct-to-video sequels in the late 1990s, including one with the eyebrow-raising title The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars.

However, as seems to be happening with increasing (alarming?) frequency of late, Hollywood has come a knockin’ with plans to revisit the property – trading in the old-fashioned hand-drawn animation for a modern mix of live-action and CGI.

The Wrap reports that Waterman Entertainment has acquired the rights to Brave Little Toaster; as company co-head Tucker Waterman explains it, the brand is a well-recognized property that adheres to “specific elements we deem suitable to create CGI/live-action hybrid films with potential for licensing and merchandising.” Waterman also cites the multiple platform potential as motivation for acquiring the Brave Little Toaster franchise.

Ironically, the original animated feature (based on Thomas M. Disch’s novella “The Brave Little Toaster: A Bedtime Story for Small Appliances”) was not a commercial success in theaters; its subsequent home video success can be attributed to word-of-mouth. It was, however, an important stepping stone for the late Joe Ranft, who co-wrote the film before he worked on Disney Renaissance animated classics like Beauty and the Beast as well as The Lion King. Ranft thereafter moved on to Pixar Studios, where he co-wrote the screen stories for Toy Story, A Bug’s Life, and Cars with John Lasseter (who contributed to Brave Little Toaster during pre-production).

Waterman Entertainment, by comparison, co-executive produced Casper, Stuart Little, and the Alvin and the Chipmunks live-action/CGI movies. Most of these films have proven to be profitable in terms of ticket sales and merchandising tie-ins; the Stuart Little movies are even well-regarded critically. On the other hand, though, the Chipmunks adaptations are seen as harmless kid’s entertainment at best – the epitome of crass exploitation of popular brand names at worst.

Waterman Entertainment’s mixed track record, in other words, does not inspire loads of confidence for Brave Little Toaster. Nonetheless, the project has entered pre-production, with plans to modernize the story using product placement new technology (ex. iPhones) – not to mention, taking advantage of the improvements in CGI to go beyond “what was technologically possible when Lasseter pitched the project” back in the 1980s.

Those out there who prefer to remember Brave Little Toaster as an oddly-heartwarming tale recounting the adventures of a toaster, vacuum cleaner, lamp, radio and blanket who go searching for their onetime owner, as brought to life with simple 2D animation… well, no one says you have to go see the remake.

More on The Brave Little Toaster as the story develops.

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[disneyprincess11]

Alvin and the Chipmunks producers? Brave Little Toaster?

[PatrickvD]

This is going to suck.




Hard.

[Mickeyfan1990]

At least this will probably mean a new Blu-ray/DVD edition of the original. Now Disney has no choice!

[Kyle]

I remember when someone asked John Lasseter if there were any plans to to remake the brave little toaster around 2008, he said no. heh

[disneyboy20022]

Live-Action ‘Brave Little Toaster’ Remake In the Works From ‘Chipmunks’ Producers
http://screenrant.com/brave-little-toas ... on-remake/
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I'm not a mod, but reaction videos aren't allowed to be embedded anymore. You can list a link to it, but embedding reaction videos like that is out. I would suggest perhaps edit your post and just put the link to that Vader No scene.

One of the best if now the only best thing is at least we'll probably see the original on Blu Ray, though I fear it may get a lackluster restoration ala Sword in The Stone quality or lesser.

[estefan]

Technically, this wouldn't be a remake, since The Brave Little Toaster was based on a book.

[Musical Master]

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What? WHAT?!

WHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAATTTTT?!??!?!??!?!

HOW DARE THEY!!! WHY?!

(Going somewhere to calm down)

[Semaj]

[estefan]

Did none of you think of the possibility that this might be...I don't know...good? Who is to say that the director hired isn't somebody who wants to do his own take on the material? After all, The Brave Little Toaster was a book before it was adapted into a film.

Basically, I've adopted a new philosophy that I won't criticise a movie until I see the finished product. It's not really giving the filmmakers a fair shake to immediately call it a disaster now.