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EXCLUSIVE: After Toy Story 3 cracked the billion dollar worldwide gross mark and got a Best Picture nomination for Disney, I’m told the studio is making moves to pair stars Tom Hanks and Tim Allen in Jungle Cruise, the live action film inspired by the venerable Magic Kingdom theme park ride. The studio has hired Roger S.H. Schulman to write a script that’s being produced by Mandeville’s David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman, who themselves are coming off a Best Picture nomination for The Fighter. No director yet, I’m told.
Schulman has written on such films as Shrek and Jungle Book 2. Disney has been trying to get Jungle Cruise out of dry dock for several years, but the combination of Hanks and Allen in a family film makes this the equivalent of an E-ticket for a family-themed film. Hanks just direct Larry Crowne, starring with Julia Roberts and producing with Playtone partner Gary Goetzman. Hanks also is attached to another family film project based on the Mattel toy Major Matt Mason, which Playtone is also producing at Universal. CAA reps Hanks.
Allen is returning to TV for the first time since Home Improvement. The new pilot will shoot in April for ABC, through Fox Studios. WME and Messina/Baker. Paradigm and Rain Management rep Schulman.
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This one’s a no brainer. I know my kids will be begging to see it.
Shocked this pairing hasn’t happened before outside of Toy Story. These guys always have such great chemistry together.
Agreed. They’re going to print money off this movie.
Yeah. It’s almost anti-American to not love Tom Hanks and Tim Allen. This movie is going to be huge.
Ha ha! So true!
Zemeckis would be great for this.
I agree… when Zemeckis actually made movies with humans in them.
So when’s the Space Mountain movie?
Space Mountain Movie? Galaxy Quest 2!!! Roooaaaarrrr!!
Love Tim Allen!
Hmm..I can hardly wait for “Traffic Cone” the movie.
Next, Johnny Depp stars in “Monorail”
FML.
There better be some giant robots in this jungle also King Kong would be nice he could fight the giant robots while Tom and Tim take pictures from the river boat.
Will this be huge? Hanks/Allen doing voices for what kids essentially see as cartoons isn’t the same as two 55-year old guys whose best live action days are behind them. Love Hanks though.
I don’t know man… Tim started doing stand up again and I gotta admit, he’s killing it. Really funny stuff. Reminded me how he became a star in the first place. I always enjoy seeing these guys together at award shows. Wild Hogs wasn’t the greatest movie ever, but it did something like 250M worldwide. This is Tim Allen and Tom Hanks in a branded franchise. If I’m running a studio I’m looking for sure things and this is as close as sure things come.
I was about to post a snarky comment about this pairing/movie, but your comment actually changed my mind. I think you’re right. This probably will be huge.
Pretty sure any kid in America could tell you who Tom Hanks and Tim Allen are. So could any adult including your parents.
Anxiously awaiting “The Snowcone Cart Next To The Enchanged Tiki Room” movie.
Used to be that Disney made rides out of its movies, now they make movies out of the rides. Have to do the Matterhorn before Space Mountain, then Thunder Mountain and finally Splash Mountain.
Matterhorn is based on a movie too. “Third Man on the Mountain” I think it’s called.
To be honest, the only thing in common with the Matterhorn and “Third Man on the Mountain” was that they both have the Matterhorn. There aren’t any bobsleds or Abominable Snowmen in the movie. It only inspired Walt to want an attraction with this enormous Mountain.
That being said, the Jungle Cruise movie has to succeed! No more Haunted Mansion or Sorcerer’s Apprentice failures!
Too bad “Splash Mountain” IS derived from a film already – the vaulted “Uncle Remus”.
Thy dare denigrate the fine geniuses of the Disney Kingdom? Shame on thee I say!!
~CCR
How does Favreau feel about this? He’s signed on to Direct Magic Kingdom for them and now he has lost a serious piece to that puzzle. The Jungle Cruise was a ride I first thought of when the Magic Kingdom was announced -thought it would be a good 20 min of the film…
Guess Favreau will have to spend a lot of time in tomorrowland.
Hmmm… I hope it’s more “Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl” than the “The Haunted Mansion”.
If they get stranded on the Swiss Family Robinson island maybe Wilson can have a cameo.
Didn’t Tim Allen already do this movie???
this could go down as badly as ishtar
Tim Allen should take the money and run, but Tom Hanks was a once great actor and he’s got all the money in the world. Is this really what he wants to do with the third act of his career?
Jungle Cruise is my favorite ride ever!!! I’m so excited about them making a movie about this!!!
Mike, did you just use “venerable” to describe a theme park ride? Sigh.
Tim Allen in “Jungle 2 Jungle Cruise.”
Please be a cruise for gay senior citizens.
And you have to throw in Steve Martin who was in real life a Jungle Cruise boat jockey back in the day. ‘Wave good-bye to all those ugly people you will never see again.’ and ‘And the dwarf giant pigmies will help you off the boat.’
This makes me hope that he’ll get some kind of a cameo in the movie. Steve Martin could make this even better.
Anyways, Jungle Cruise has good potential. It’s already based somewhat off of “The African Queen,” so maybe this’ll be a throwback to the old jungle adventure movies you don’t see much anymore.
Tim Allen and Tom Hanks make it a must-see. I’m excited for this now.
Two of my favourite actors.
Bringing that old skool humour to the big screen.
Lets hope for the best.
Roger S.H. Schulman is such a brillant writer, he is so funny, if he can come out with a killer script I know this will be huge! Did you guys know he write Balto and Parker Louis Can’t loose(i loved that show).I heard he also was the creator for a jonas bro show. cool stuff.
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