Gnomeo and Juliet is baaaack (release in 2011)

jediliz · Post by **jediliz** » Wed Jan 19, 2011 11:10 pm

I saw a commercial for this today on television. I think I'll take my brother's two older girls to it. Glad its rated G.

Though, if its based on the Shakespeare play.....how can it be "G"? Most people KNOW how the play ends....

Elladorine · Post by **Elladorine** » Wed Jan 19, 2011 11:20 pm

Most people knew how The Little Mermaid ended before the Disney version came out.

I doubt this will have a tragic endng.

Victurtle · Post by **Victurtle** » Thu Jan 20, 2011 12:38 am

Wow Emily Blunt seems sooo detached from her character!

She was great in The Simpsons... I wonder what went wrong. Other wise it looks like a great movie

blackcauldron85 · Post by **blackcauldron85** » Fri Jan 21, 2011 5:42 am

That was awesome! Really funny. I'd be mortified if I were Juliet, haha. I love it!

Sotiris · Post by **Sotiris** » Sat Jan 22, 2011 8:59 am

James McAvoy Exclusive Interview Talks X-MEN: FIRST CLASS and GNOMEO AND JULIET
http://collider.com/james-mcavoy-interv ... lie/71964/

Victurtle · Post by **Victurtle** » Sat Jan 22, 2011 9:07 am

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Gnomeo-Juliet-V ... B004GDYY0Y

SWillie! · Post by **SWillie!** » Sat Jan 22, 2011 12:05 pm

Victurtle wrote:http://www.amazon.co.uk/Gnomeo-Juliet-V ... B004GDYY0Y

Where the hell is the Elton and Gaga song?

LucilleBallFilms · Post by **LucilleBallFilms** » Sat Jan 22, 2011 12:13 pm

SWillie! wrote:Where the hell is the Elton and Gaga song?

I'm guessing Track 1 -Hello Hello since it was going to be that song, and that the sample is at a part without her and she's just not listed for some reason

Wonderlicious · Post by **Wonderlicious** » Sat Jan 22, 2011 1:48 pm

Victurtle wrote:http://www.amazon.co.uk/Gnomeo-Juliet-V ... B004GDYY0Y

AND IT INCLUDES "DON'T GO BREAKING MY HEART"!

That simply means that this will have a sad ending.

Elladorine · Post by **Elladorine** » Sat Jan 22, 2011 2:19 pm

I saw some sticker books and the like at Target today.

DisneyJedi · Post by **DisneyJedi** » Sat Jan 22, 2011 3:01 pm

Wonderlicious wrote:
Victurtle wrote:http://www.amazon.co.uk/Gnomeo-Juliet-V ... B004GDYY0Y

AND IT INCLUDES "DON'T GO BREAKING MY HEART"!

That simply means that this will have a sad ending.

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An upbeat song.... meaning a sad ending?

Wonderlicious · Post by **Wonderlicious** » Sat Jan 22, 2011 3:18 pm

DisneyJedi wrote:An upbeat song.... meaning a sad ending?

It's a joke, what with the idea of breaking stuff.

Rapunzel · Post by **Rapunzel** » Mon Jan 24, 2011 9:33 am

I just saw a commercial for this too! My husband is even interested because it seems so odd. I think we will be going to see it.

estefan · Post by **estefan** » Tue Feb 01, 2011 10:51 am

There's a new featurette and a couple of clips here.

From those few clips, I can tell that Juliet is going to be a great character.

Jackoleen · Post by **Jackoleen** » Tue Feb 01, 2011 6:51 pm

Dear estefan,

Thanks for the new info.!

Thank you in advance for your reply.

Semaj · Post by **Semaj** » Tue Feb 01, 2011 7:28 pm

Just curious: Why is this being released thru Touchstone?

LucilleBallFilms · Post by **LucilleBallFilms** » Tue Feb 01, 2011 9:41 pm

Semaj wrote:Just curious: Why is this being released thru Touchstone?

It could be because Disney doesnt want people to think it's a Disney animation film ala The Wild due to mediocrity/pop culture jokes

but that's just a guess

estefan · Post by **estefan** » Wed Feb 02, 2011 3:41 am

From what I gather, it mainly has to do with John Lasseter cancelling the film at Disney Animation, hence them the production moving to Starz Animation and getting a distribution deal under Touchstone instead.

Notice that since Meet the Robinsons, all of the theatrically released animated films that begin with the castle logo have been executive produced by Lasseter? He didn't executive produce Gnomeo & Juliet, by his own choice, so he feels it doesn't deserve the castle, it seems.

Sotiris · Post by **Sotiris** » Sat Feb 05, 2011 11:05 am

Elton Roars About Gnomeo & Juliet
http://www.awn.com/articles/3d/elton-ro ... meo-juliet

Q: How did you decide what to use and what not to use?

EJ: Well, originally, it wasn't going to be all my music. But when Dick Cook at Disney Studios really got a hold of this project and suggested that we wrote new songs for it and it should be a whole Elton John back-catalogue thing, I thought it was maybe a good idea. I'd never done that before. I enlisted the help of James Newton Howard, who is the arranger, and a very famous arranger in this town, who actually used to be in my band. So I had a great relationship with him

There was one obvious song that would fit in the movie, which was "Saturday Night's Alright Right for Fighting" for the lawn mower race. That wasn't my idea; that was already someone -- I think maybe [director Kelly Asbury's] idea. From that point on, I really just handed it over to James and the rest of the team to put it in. I didn't really take an active part saying, "This should go there." I didn't, for example, choose "Bennie and the Jets" to go in the scene when Benny is on the computer ordering the Terriferminator. But obviously it worked, so you didn't have to be a magician to think that might work there.

But on the whole -- it's nice to see the music -- I think James has done such a great job because even though it's all out of back-catalogue and a couple of new songs, it doesn't feel as if it's overbearing and it's an Elton John movie. It feels like Gnomeo & Juliet with some good music in it, and I'm glad it's turned out like that because I didn't want it to be just bang, bang, bang, old catalog stuff. So that's the way it happened, really.

Q: What's it like being an executive producer?

EJ: Oh, you do nothing. Absolutely nothing. You just get this title called executive producer, and I go away on tour and I just say, "Get on with it." All jokes aside, there have been a couple of times when the movie has been kind of in danger of being dropped by the studio of Walt Disney, where I've had to make the phone call to the head of the studio and say, "Listen, it's me. We have to have a meeting. We've come so far. We cannot lose the film now." That's my job as the executive producer.

Disney's Divinity · Post by **Disney's Divinity** » Sun Feb 06, 2011 12:36 pm

You know, I've been having the strangest desire to see this movie. I don't know, it has that kind of "cute" vibe--not something that'll be around forever, but okay enjoyable. Plus, Elton John! I heard one of his songs on the Disney Channel with Nelly Furtado (?)--I'm pretty sure it was "Crocodile Rock." I really loved it. They gave it a bit of a techno, and I'm surprised it worked out well (though I'm sure there are those out there who'll think they butchered a classic).

Anyway, does anyone know what happened to Lady Gaga? Did the duet idea get scrapped for some reason?

Either way, I'd like to catch this on pay-per-view. Not really excited enough to see it in theaters.

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