Turkeys

[Remi]

I can't believe this is true.
hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2010/03/17/owen-wilson-woody-harrelson-turkeys/

Mar 17 2010 02:19 PM ET

Long-time friends Owen Wilson and Woody Harrelson are finally pairing up for a movie. Too bad we’ll only be hearing their voices. The duo will play animated turkeys, Reggie and Brock, who discover a time machine and travel back to the first Thanksgiving to take themselves off the menu. Luke Wilson will also voice one of the turkeys. The movie, already in pre-production for new family film company Bedrock Studios, is being directed by Ash Brannon (Toy Story 2 and Surf’s Up). Peter Farrelly is executive producing the movie. “I flipped out about the concept for Turkeys and started yapping about the possibilities,” said Farrelly. “I guess I kind of glommed on.”

Turkeys is the first project for Bedrock Studios, a newly formed company Walden Media executive Cary Granat and former ILM executive Ed Jones started to create family films in the under-$35 million range. The aspirations for the company stem beyond movies to TV, publishing, and digital media. The studio has also acquired the rights and is actively developing children’s novels Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O’Brien, A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle, and Dinosaur Bob by William Joyce.

[iluvtexas]

Well if it is true the Wilson boys will be the best looking turkeys I have or will ever see.....

[texasgal]

Sounds cute so I hope it's for real.

[hutchshottie]

Um turkeys.............hate them, they are so creepy. But if Owen is voicing one, I can watch it............I think

[Vera]

This is true as Variety reported on it yesterday. Normally I don't like animated films all that much, but this actually sounds interesting and something a grown-up could appreciate. Gosh, Owen is busier than ever these days!

[floot]

Definitely sounds like an original idea, so it could be fun.

[startip]

Mar 18, 2010 3:49:03 GMT -5 hutchshottie said:

Um turkeys.............hate them, they are so creepy. But if Owen is voicing one, I can watch it............I think

That's too funny, we have wild turkeys that meander around the neighborhoods around here. One of my bosses has them on her ranch too, they hang out in the trees and look quite menacing. Every time I see them, I will think of you now Hottie!

[iluvtexas]

I think the turkey concept is funny and an original idea....am looking forward to see how it turns out....

PS never gave it much thought but I did not realize turkeys could fly...ie "hang out in the trees".....

[startip]

Mar 19, 2010 7:52:48 GMT -5 iluvtexas said:

I think the turkey concept is funny and an original idea....am looking forward to see how it turns out....

PS never gave it much thought but I did not realize turkeys could fly...ie "hang out in the trees".....

Growing up in the concrete jungle in California, I never thought much about turkeys flying either. Trust me it's a strange sight to see. If I ever head out to Julie's ranch again, I'll be sure to name her turkeys Owen and Woody!

Hey, do you guys remember the movie Chicken Run? Mel Gibson was the voice of the main chicken.

[texasgal]

I wonder how high are the trees that these turkeys are able to reach. If the branches are low enough, turkeys could fly up to them I suppose. But yeah, I was a city kid too and though I've spent a lot of time in the Great Outdoors, I'd never run into wild turkeys much. So, yeah, I'm surprised to learn that turkeys fly.

Anyone here old enough to remember the old 80's show, "WKRP in Cincinnati"? Remember the episode that was supposed to take place at Thanksgiving time. In the episode, some organization was releasing turkeys from an airplane in the air for people to catch for free. WKRP was covering the event but the turkeys were falling to the ground instead of flying to the ground. (The horror was not visible to the TV viewers and certainly never happened in real life!) The TV camera was on the WKRP newsman who was reporting the event. He naturally became hysterical, saying "Oh the humanity...." It was just like the reporter who witnessed the real-life 1937 Hindenburg tragedy.

Come to think of it, this isn't coming across as being funny at all. I guess it's one of those situations where you had to be there....

[iluvtexas]

Texasgal I get it....

More about Turkeys....Article is from the Dallas Morning News...

More family films to come from North Texas

Dallas-based Reel FX is in preproduction on the animated film Turkeys, and it looks to be just the start of a slate of family films that will be produced in North Texas.

The film features the voices of Owen Wilson and Woody Harrelson as turkeys that find a time machine and go back to the first Thanksgiving to remove themselves from the holiday menu tradition. Luke Wilson also will do a voice part in the film, which is scheduled for a 2011 release.

The film slate is part of the launch of Bedrock Studios, a pairing of Ed Jones' Reel FX, which has been based out of Dallas since 1993, and industry veteran Cary Granat. Bedrock's aim is to produce films with budgets of less than $35 million both in Dallas and Santa Monica, Calif., Variety reported Thursday.

"It's going to lead to a lot more work here," said Janis Burklund, of the Dallas Film Commission. "They will be doing both live action and animation. ... It shows the depth in types of productions we're getting."

[SugarMagnolia]

Mar 19, 2010 18:16:41 GMT -5 @texasgal said:

I wonder how high are the trees that these turkeys are able to reach. If the branches are low enough, turkeys could fly up to them I suppose. But yeah, I was a city kid too and though I've spent a lot of time in the Great Outdoors, I'd never run into wild turkeys much. So, yeah, I'm surprised to learn that turkeys fly.

Anyone here old enough to remember the old 80's show, "WKRP in Cincinnati"? Remember the episode that was supposed to take place at Thanksgiving time. In the episode, some organization was releasing turkeys from an airplane in the air for people to catch for free. WKRP was covering the event but the turkeys were falling to the ground instead of flying to the ground. (The horror was not visible to the TV viewers and certainly never happened in real life!) The TV camera was on the WKRP newsman who was reporting the event. He naturally became hysterical, saying "Oh the humanity...." It was just like the reporter who witnessed the real-life 1937 Hindenburg tragedy.

Come to think of it, this isn't coming across as being funny at all. I guess it's one of those situations where you had to be there....

I definitely remember that show, Texasgal! There was a great line at the end, when Gordon Jump who played the man who owned the station said "As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly!"

[texasgal]

Ha, I'd forgotten that, SugarMagnolia. Yep, good ole Gordon Jump, may he RIP.

Btw, welcome back, SM!

OK Iluvtexas, I'm glad my explanation sufficed.

Good news about the movie, Owen's participation in it, and the start of a new film company in TX.
;D

[iluvtexas]

Turkeys Upcoming Animation Movie of Owen Wilson, Release Date, Cast.....Animation films are rapidly taking over the traditional movies in Hollywood and Turkeys in another upcoming animation Hollywood film.

Ash Brannon is director of Turkeys and he is planning to release this movie in first quarter of 2012. Owen Wilson and Woody Harrelson are playing leading role in this upcoming animation movie (only voices). Craig Mazin and David Stern are the writers of Turkeys.

Story of Turkeys is tale of two turkeys (Owen Wilson and Woody Harrelson) that travel back in time to save their future generation. They went to thanksgiving dinner because their feathered friends are in danger of extinction due to holiday meals. Their journey is full of fun and comedy.

Overall this Reel FX Creative Studios film is interesting and one of the most anticipated animation films of year 2012.

[nana]

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