Shakespeare... With Gnomes

Seil · 09-24-2010, 04:39 PM

Gnomeo And Juliet

At first I was thought it was a terrible idea. Then I thought it was riding of the success of Toy Story 3.

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The film is the original idea of Rob Sprackling and John Smith who sold the spec script to Disney through Rocket Pictures. Initially, the film was going to be produced by Disney Feature Animation, but was shut down by its new chief, John Lasseter, after the Pixar acquisition. Miramax Films picked up the project and guided its production until the division closed down. The film will now be released under the Touchstone Pictures banner on February 11, 2011.
The film will be distributed internationally by E1 Entertainment, and the film will be released in 3D. The film's soundtrack will be provided by Elton John[1] and James Newton Howard. John also presented 10 minutes of the film at the Cannes Film Festival.[2] The film's script was written by Rob Sprackling and John R. Smith, with revisions by Kevin Cecil, Andy Riley and Mark Burton.[3] The film will be directed by Kelly Asbury.

Magus · 09-24-2010, 10:40 PM

Romeo and Juliet with feuding Dwarves families woulda been great, but Gnomes? Fuck Gnomes.

Also the fact it's been dumped and shut down by two major studios seems to imply its general suckiness.

Can't wait to see MacBeth with Elves though.

bluestarultor · 09-24-2010, 11:30 PM

It looks cute and all, but that's about it. Also, it strikes me that if the trailer was that unimpressive, the movie isn't going to be any better.

Which sucks, because visually it's great, the voice work is good, and they could have made it work.

Magus · 09-24-2010, 11:58 PM

There is the upside of seeing one gnome poisoned to death and another stabbing herself in the chest, along with several gnome swordfights and stabbings.

OHNOES SPOILERS.

I wanna see Julius Gnomer and Brutus' gnome wife swallows hot coals to kill herself, that'll go over well with the kiddies.

mauve · 09-25-2010, 12:23 AM

I'd rather watch Gnome Hamlet. The death toll is much higher and there are more gnome ghosts runnin' around.

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Macbeth

Akira Kurosawa made a Macbeth with samurai (Throne of Blood) and it turned out pretty good. How about a gnome version of that one? Gnome of Blood might be cool.

Magus · 09-25-2010, 12:44 AM

I say what our modern media needs is a gnome-version of all kinds of Elizabethan England plays, not just Shakespeare, we need some morality plays, I'm talking Everygnome (Everyman), or Marlowe's Dr. Gnoemus (Dr. Faustus) where Dr. Gnomeus sells his soul to Mephignomacles for 21 years of awesome black gnome magic that he can lord over other gnomes.

09-24-2010, 10:40 PM	#2
Magus Archer and Armstrong vs. the World Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 7,164	Romeo and Juliet with feuding Dwarves families woulda been great, but Gnomes? Fuck Gnomes. Also the fact it's been dumped and shut down by two major studios seems to imply its general suckiness. Can't wait to see MacBeth with Elves though.

09-24-2010, 11:58 PM	#4
Magus Archer and Armstrong vs. the World Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 7,164	There is the upside of seeing one gnome poisoned to death and another stabbing herself in the chest, along with several gnome swordfights and stabbings. OHNOES SPOILERS. I wanna see Julius Gnomer and Brutus' gnome wife swallows hot coals to kill herself, that'll go over well with the kiddies.

09-25-2010, 12:44 AM	#6
Magus Archer and Armstrong vs. the World Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 7,164	I say what our modern media needs is a gnome-version of all kinds of Elizabethan England plays, not just Shakespeare, we need some morality plays, I'm talking Everygnome (Everyman), or Marlowe's Dr. Gnoemus (Dr. Faustus) where Dr. Gnomeus sells his soul to Mephignomacles for 21 years of awesome black gnome magic that he can lord over other gnomes.