Director Shawn Levy will be directing a film about a love/ hate relationship that spans 13 years between a man and his best friend Marley, a dog. The people over at cinematical.com give us more on the tail:
Shawn Levy, director of the unstoppable Night at the Museum, has grabbed the reigns to bring Marley & Me to the big screen. A bestseller from Philadelphia Inquirer writer John Grogan, Marley is the tale of his 13 years with his challenging retriever. The adapted script comes at the hand of Don Roos, who most recently wrote and directed Happy Endings
This dog had it’s troubles according to the book, the puppy was disobedient at school and liked to chew on expensive jewelry but, of course was very lovable.
This is a perfect film for Levy, a funny story with a dog, I remember what a hit Beethoven was back in the day (I’m not saying it was good, but it was a hit). This could be another such film, hopefully a lot better than that one cinematically and maybe with as much success.
There is nothing wrong with a story about a man and his dog, especially if it is made for adults and not children (there is enough children movies about animals!). These are dog days my friend, nobody has time to make new friends but more people than ever have dogs now. So more people than ever can relate to this type of movie. As long as it’s good.
Here’s hoping this movie doesn’t end up looking like something you have to scoop.
Yeah, the film is so funny…i was really enjoy watching it. I like how larry “stiller” try to convince his children, and how surprise larry when dinosaur geek wont to move, didn’t like the previous nights…and the children…”dad…dad r u okey….”
larry didn’t want to make his son dispointed for the second time (before this moment, the children saw his dad was being mad by the museum chief for his slovenly…)..
beside console, this film also gives us a worth lesson…how to be a father..and make people remember to visit the museum again
The book was fantastic so let’s hope that they do justice to it in the film. I laughed, I cried…you know the story. Anyway, as long as it’s aimed for adults and not ANOTHER kids film, I’ll gladly pay to see it in theatres. Oh, and by the way, the dog does die at the end. I swear, if they somehow change that ending, I’ll be pissed. Dogs are born, they are our best friends, then they die, deal with it.
There is no way this movie will not suck.
As long as the dog dies a slow painful death at the end, I’m in. I’m tired of watching movies where tons of people die, but the cute pooch survives so it’s all okeydokey!