Disney to make Mr. Toad's Wild Ride Movie

[Drtooth]

Yeah... it's happening

A movie based on a ride based off a movie?! Isn't that inception of some sort?

And wasn't there a completely unsuccessful, Monty Python cast filled live action Mr. Toad movie that everyone forgot about? I mean, on top of the Wind and the Willows animated feature they did.

It's supposedly CGI/Live Action hybrid when... let's face it... you could just make a completely animated version of the original Kenneth Grahame book and it would work just as well, if not better.

And apparently the article also says they're trying with Haunted Mansion as a movie again...

Double

 

[Muppet fan 123]

A ride based on a ride that closed down.
WHAT?

 

[Hayley B]

Now, if only they could bring that ride back to Disneyworld. I use to have hype about Mr.Toad & Wind in the Willows a couple of times. Thinking of the ride. That's the only thing that gets me thinking about Winnie the Pooh.

Sure the ride would had been fine, if it didn't replaced loved Disney stuff. I would most likely see this movie. For the love of Mr.Toad.

 

[newsmanfan]

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The ride was even better if you were, ahem, under the influence of something...

WHY make a movie? Agreed, the animated short was fun...

And I love the actual Haunted Mansion too much to even countenance another horrendous mangling of its mythos.
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[kyunkyua]

Wait, didn't they already do this?

 

[Hayley B]

Wait, didn't they already do this?

Yes they did. But they have made remakes before.

 

[Drtooth]

WHY make a movie? Agreed, the animated short was fun...

And I love the actual Haunted Mansion too much to even countenance another horrendous mangling of its mythos.

If done correctly, a feature length Wind in the Willows/Toad of Toad Hall would be wonderful. And face it, as Americans, we're pretty detached from the tale. We only know of that Disney animated short. Sure, some Anglophiles know about the Cosgrove Hall series... but it's sure to cause a fire storm in the UK more than it would here... though I was probably completely wrong about Belgium wanting to destroy Hollywood for mangling the Smurfs up (but then again, they got stuff conceptually more correct than the Hanna Barbera cartoon... just ruined it by putting them in the wrong setting).

Still...

Additionally, and I know Wiki isn't quite a reliable source... I found this quote...

In 2003, Guillermo del Toro was working on an adaptation for Disney. It was to mix live action with CG animation, and the director explained why he had to leave the helm. "It was a beautiful book, and then I went to meet with the executives and they said, 'Could you give Toad a skateboard and make him say, 'radical dude' things,' and that's when I said, 'It's been a pleasure...'"

 

[Hayley B]

Here's about that movie they made in 1996. It had a couple of people from Monty Python in it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Toad's_Wild_Ride_(movie)

 

[Drtooth]

This is proof no one reads my posts

Here's about that movie they made in 1996. It had a couple of people from Monty Python in it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Toad's_Wild_Ride_(movie)

I'm going to say this as calmly as humanly possible...

I JUST POSTED THE TRAILER, FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!!!!

 

[kyunkyua]

Sorry about that first one. But your posts do tend to be very long, and I find myself applying tl;dr without thinking first.
I hope this one isn't live action again. That just doesn't work.