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Depp to Produce, Possibly Star in Dr. Seuss Biopic
Johnny Depp is pairing up with Universal Studios and Illumination Entertainment to produce a biopic based on the life of famed children's author and illustrator Theodor "Dr. Seuss" Geisel. Universal, which produced the Seuss-based 'The Grinch Who Stole Christmas', 'The Cat in the Hat', and an upcoming animated adaptation of 'The Lorax', will collaborate with Depp on developing the project with the possibility to have him portray Geisel in the film as well.
Geisel, the son of German immigrants who ran a brewery, first took up the pseudonym "Seuss" after he was caught drinking gin in his college dormroom and was subsequently kicked off the school's humor magazine (forcing him to create the alter-ego to continue publishing his work). After meeting his wife and leaving college, "Dr. Seuss" worked in the ad industry, creating successful print ad campaigns for Flit, an insecticide company. As World War II began, Seuss worked as a political cartoonist in New York, denouncing Hitler and Mussolini, criticizing racism on the homefront, and supporting US war efforts. When that wasn't enough, he created posters for the Treasury Department and was made commander of the animation department for the First Motion Picture Unit of the United States Air Force, where he created his Academy Award winning documentary 'Design for Death', as well as the 'Private Snafu' series of adult army training films. After the war, Geisel moved to California to pen his classic children's books and promote literacy until his death in 1991.
Depp - who has now played eccentric filmmaker Ed Wood, 'Peter Pan' author J.M. Barrie, The Mad Hatter, Willy Wonka, Barnabas Collins and two different variations of Hunter S. Thompson - seems to almost be crossing off some kind of checklist of colorful characters he hasn't yet played, so the role of Dr. Seuss seems like a no-brainer. However, the actor is currently hard at work on Tim Burton's adaptation of 'Dark Shadows', a possible role as Tonto in Disney's 'The Lone Ranger' (which jumps between "cancelled" and "still in production" by the week), and is attached to star as drunkard detective Nick Charles in the forthcoming reboot of 'The Thin Man', so his dance card may be full.
Source: THR
Views: 1640
Tags: Dr. Seuss, Illumination, Johnny Depp, Theodor Geisel, Universal, WWII, biopic, books, children's
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Comment by Hero on October 8, 2011 at 3:26pm
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sign me the fuck up!
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Comment by Boatloads1017 on October 8, 2011 at 2:51pm -
I'm surprised this hasn't happened already. Please don't suck, movie....oh who am I kidding?
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Comment by whitewizard on October 8, 2011 at 2:06pm -
if you are looking for a match in the face go with David Strathairn i swear to god i thought that was who was in the picture when i first saw the story. i just do not know if this is actually up depp's alley. i am used to seeing him play the dissociated character so much that i just do not see him fitting into the role.
honestly i am not sure who would work but i am over depp have been for a while. still i would like to see the movei i think it can be good.
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Comment by Lightspeed Jack (aka solidsnake) on October 8, 2011 at 12:59pm -
Sounds better than all those shitty Suess movies that keep making "Horton hears a who" etc. I usually enjoy Depp movies so I'll check it out.
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Comment by SkellingJACK154 on October 7, 2011 at 11:49pm -
Sounds very interesting. Hopefully this performance will be more like Ed Wood in terms of Great Johnny Depp performances. Some may say it's a bad thing that Depp might be Seuss since he's soo over-used, but in the end, As long as he doesn't end up playing Sam I Am if they made another live action Seuss movie or anything like that, then I'm fine.
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Comment by Richard Dempsey on October 7, 2011 at 6:00pm -
I thought that if I were an actor, I would be great at playing Dr. Seuss. Damnit.
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Comment by Samuel on October 7, 2011 at 3:11pm -
Will they go over this?
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Comment by The GodDamn Fatman on October 7, 2011 at 3:04pm -
Dr. Seuss is one of my childhood idols and the primary reason I started writing. Sooo I'm really hoping this comes out good.
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Comment by Mr.K on October 7, 2011 at 3:01pm -
I would actually like to see this, despite the Depp over saturation that I have been feeling.
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Comment by Happy Birthday Roboto on October 7, 2011 at 2:36pm -
Fair enough, keep Tim Burton away from this, but he and Depp seem like soulmates, one is just as weird as the other!
(I hope Burton doesn't discover Lucas's technology, he'll implant Johnny Depp into Batman Returns!)
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