I think the promblem for them is Fraggle was owned by an independant and has a stigma attached to it. A lot of the rubbish that comes out is owned by the major companies so its easier for them to just bring out again at low cost. Fraggle hasn't really done anything at all for 20 years, there is no hard evidence it would catch on again ... i can imagine the meetings are full of people thinking its a cute idea and a great brand but it would be a bit of a financial risk, especially as a theatrical and with how much all the puppetry would cost.
I don't even think that's the point at all. I mean, what kid knows what or who Marmaduke is? At least Fraggle Rock has made a decent DVD comeback.
Really... a Marmaduke movie would basically just take the script from Beethoven, and just replace any instance of his name with Marmaduke. There are a lot of comic strip based movies out there... Dennis the Menace, Popeye, even those wretched Garfield movies. But here's the difference... people have actually HEARD of them. And yet, a 20 something year old show doesn't have a chance in the age on 80's nostalgia? That's total bull.
I'm still weirded by "View Master: The Movie" that's in development.
Yeah... yeah. Take a child's toy and slap it's name on a movie. Worked wonders for G.I. Joe and Transformers 2 this year. They weren't exactly flops, but they didn't do all that well themeselves either. And yet Fraggle Rock would alienate an audience? How the freakin heck do you make a Viewmaster movie? You might as well release 3-D Imax films about national parks and landmarks.
this is why everyone hates Hollywood now. We have a great movie that's so close to shooting, but it will never get there... and then someone pulls a random toy, cartoon, or book name out of a hat, make merchandise, a series of DTV sequels, make the posters and release it to theaters and then write it 3 years after it comes out. I can't wait to hear, "I'm sorry! We refuse to go into a partnership with a partnership for this movie when we got so many offers to make Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2: Rise of Some Talking Ferrit to be named Later or the Adventures of Easy Bake Oven 3." And then they wind up in the Wal Mart 5 dollar bin a year later, and the stockholders whine and moan about it...
and they STILL wouldn't make this movie.
I still don't understand why Lion'sgate can't partnership here...