Marmaduke was always a staple of the funny pages, and while I was never in love with the character, the one panel style syndicated comic quite often struck a chord and gave me a smirk or a little nod of recognition.
The dog was just a dog. And most of the gags revolved around the nameless couple who owned him and the obsticles of owning a 200lb Grate Dane.
Well now Owen Wilson will be giving that dog a voice for the feature adaptation of the comic strip to the big screen. Check out the teaser.
I expect this to lie in the same demographic of appeal that was the Garfield movies, but I am just not all that keen on seeing a Marmaduke movie. Not because its a talkind animal comedy, but it just doesn’t seem to have anything at all in common with the strip other than the breed and name of the dog.
Owen Wilson with 2 dog movies in 2 years…
What’s that old saying in Hollywood?
That looked positively awful.