The only thing I have to say about The Chipmunks without bumping the old Chipmunks thread is this...
I'm really, really aggrivated with Ross Bagdasarian, Jr. and Janice Karman right now, because it seems like ever since they won the rights back from Universal a few years ago, they seem to just go out looking for other people to sue, and for often times rather ridiculous reasons.
TWICE in the last year, they sued 20th Century Fox: once was because apparently Janice didn't receive a percentage off the movie despite penning a draft of the screenplay, the other time was because Fox announced there's going to be a third movie. That's right, Fox made the announcement, and got sued for it, because apparently, they didn't have "permission" to make the announcement (though, we all knew a third one was in the works anyway). I've actually lost count of how many lawsuits they've filed against people in the last couple of years, but it kind of paints a rather scary picture of the two; I usually have a great deal of respect for them, because that was a gutsy move on their part to take on a big corporation like Universal to get the franchise back after they'd been lied to (*coughcough* take a hint Brian, Cheryl, Lisa, etc, fight Disney *coughcough*), and that's about the only lawsuit they've filed that made sense, but at this rate, it's like the name Bagdasarian is going to strike fear into the hearts of many, because just ONE wrong move, and they'll be seeing you in court.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/01/07/us-chipmunks-idUSTRE7060FS20110107
This article about their most recent lawsuit has a line saying "Ross Bagdasarian, Jr. has not been afraid of suing his Hollywood partners in the past," is like the gross understatement of the year. If I worked for, or was even associated with Bagdasarian Productions at this point, I would very much be scared, because who's to say they wouldn't find something to sue me for?