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Variety is reporting today that Hollywood would like to reboot the old Benji franchise about a scrappy pup who gets into all kinds of adventures.
Walden Media wants to put scruffy but lovable canine Benji back on the bigscreen. The Fox-based shingle, behind such family fare as the “Chronicles of Narnia” franchise, has paired with Brandon Camp, son of “Benji” creator Joe Camp Jr., to write, direct and produce a pic that will reboot the character for a new crop of young moviegoers.
Camp will begin a nationwide search to find a dog and hopes to partner with a rescue organization to “screen test dogs in pounds,” he said, because the original Benji, a dog named Higgins, was a pound puppy.
Oh sure, Mr. Camp, you could try and recreate the original look. OR you could create a whole new Benji for the kids of TOMORROW. What about an up-and-coming young dog that’s getting some real heat these days? I’m talking, of course, about Videogum’s mascot, Birdie. She would be perfect! The only foreseeable problem is that she is completely disobedient and ruins everything, two characteristics that could prove mildly frustrating on a multi-million dollar film set. But look at that face! Perhaps the world is not ready for a black Spider-Man, but surely the world is ready for a BEAUTIFUL BENJI. Your mission, Videogum Everywhere agents, is to begin a Twitter campaign using the hashtag #Birdie4Benji. Let’s gooooo!
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I would also like to nominate this gif to play “young benji”
Silly lawblog, gifs aren’t people (except wertrew)
I nominate Rossi (I did not choose that name) as Birdie’s stunt double. She’ll jump from a 12-story building for a a pepperoni.
As an aside, my tinypic code was just ‘Conamoan can’
actually though, is the world ready for a black benji?
Is Birdie willing to fart? I’ve read the script and that’s like 80% of it
yeah. is birdie willing to show her butt crack?
What about full frontal nudity?
Only if it’s absolutely essential to the script.
Can you train Benji to shoot a ball into someone’s nuts? It’s existential to the trailer.
I guess I’ll swing for Birdie4Benji since I don’t know this guy’s name
This is absolutely terrifying.
That’s Tilda Swinton in Narnia
SWINTON
#gofugyourself
Japanese television gives me night terrors.
Normally, Dog Lloyd Wrong would try to muster a counter campaign, but as all you chat monsters know, he’s too busy taking in his requisite 23.75 hours of sleep.
Someday…he will be mine!
Yes Bee Can!
…oh wait, son of a–
I dont mean to dog on you but this joke is kinda ruff around the edges.
This could be the start of something good. Next up, I’m thinking:
With Birdie as Otis, and the farting cat as Milo?
If the farting cat is unavailable, I vote for Missy as Milo!
(I should not have posted this, because now I’m just sitting here giggling at it like a moron. #confessions)
God I love this! I think I must have read the whole thing (again) like 5 times yesterday.
Also, I second Missy as Milo!
I just showed it to my mom and brother for the first time on Thanksgiving. So it’s fresh in my mind, which means I’ll be standing in front of the class teaching and Missy will pop into my head and I’ll have to choke back the giggles. Hard times.
I went through a phase as a child where I would watch Old Yeller every day eventhough I would always cry at the end. I cried during Milo and Otis too, but I forgot why. I think it had something to do with being separated from loved ones. But anyway, for some reason I felt like crying looking at this pic…there’s definitely something wrong with me.
ps – I also cry at the end of zelda games
I would always cry and run out the room when Milo floated down the river in the box.
I will come after Hollywood with pitchforks if they even THINK of touching Milo and Otis.
touching them where?
me: 13. benji the hunted while babysitting my 5 year old sister. theatre in vegas. couldn’t leave until after the credits rolled because the tears just WOULDN’T STOP.
I found Birdie’s stunt double!
didn’t even catch the stick, stupid dog!
Do you really want Birdie to become a child star? Before you know it you will be dealing with a 40 year milkbone addiction and fending off attacks from various Star Whackers.
We all know Benji is going to be played by David Spade and a 30-man animation studio, right?
and old footage of chris farley spliced in awkwardly
seems about the best time to post my nominee, psycho dog: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TC9ij_6ESYo
I don’t know, this little guy could give Birdie a run for her money…
Just kidding! No one is better then Birdie!
eeeeeeeeeeEEEEEEE!!
Hey Birdie! Please don’t die.
In the remake, Birdie’s the one who shoots rabies with a rifle.
(what movie are we talking about here?)
Just to be clear: In the remake, Benji’s head stays on, right?
I really want Christopher Nolan to direct this. And it has to star Birdie, of course.
Skeledog wants to be the villain.
Skeledog wants to be in my nightmares.
If only you could see the real Skeledog…the Teacherfriday household is haunted by the grim specter of his boniness.
is skeledog a phone? like an old-fashioned gag ‘juno-hamburger’ landline phone?
and if so, who the FUCK wants that phone?
Actually, I don’t know what that is…it’s just a stand-in representation for my actual dog, who pretty much looks exactly like that. My dog does have a nose though. And more bumps on his skin. Thanks, google image search “dog skeleton”!
wait, baby friday – you’re answer is the kind of answer that brings up sooooo many more questions than we started with.
you want YOUR dog to play the villian in the movie. sort of makes sense.
so you’re at work, with no picture of your own dog to post. that’s still normal.
you wanted a picture of a dog that looks like your dog. ok.
you somehow found and went with THAT???
That is honestly what he looks like. Sad but true.
Gaze upon the Teacherfriday dogs!
Top to bottom:
Skeledog
Handsomedog
Girl One
pretty cute.
I just want to pick skeledog up and put her up to my face and say: ‘hello? hello? is anyone there? hello? HELLO? HELLO? hmmm, someone must be playing with the phones…”
Poor lil’ guy, can’t help but chew his own bones.
Maybe tomorrow, she’ll finally settle down,
Until tomorrow, she’s off to Tinseltown.
This guy knows what I’m talking about:
Down the road, that’s where she’ll always be
Well, I guess my BIRDIE 4 HOWARD HUGE campaign materials are useless now.
Along with all my BIRDIE4ODIE paraphernalia.
no I will not let Birdie get kicked off tables, she will be the ones kicking others off tables
If Birdie actually did appear in a movie, I think it’s safe to say the reaction of monsters everywhere would look something like this…
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Come on Steve, you know you love Birdie.
Hahahaha, awesome dog shelter screen test concept, Brandon! “If we like what we see, you’re in the movie. If we don’t, you get gassed. Aaaaaaaaand action.”
Two doggie doors are on one wall: One is marked “Yes” and the other is marked “No.”
#DavidArquette4Benji
Wait, sorry, wrong Birdie movie.
I’m concerned that Gabe would become one of those “pageant moms” with Birdie.
#realhousewivesofvideogum
Puppy Pageants, the new hit show from TLC
Birdieplasty.
Nailed it.
The only way to tell for sure if Birdie can fill this role is for Gabe to kidnap some children, hold them hostage in a haunted house, and see if Birdie can help find them.
I guess it would help her a lot if the children were actually imprisoned in her own house.
you guys ever see the movie “White Dog” about a dog who is racist and hates black people? It’s hilarious
I mean, hey, yeah… go Birdie.
But, um. Stella???
Sorry, couldn’t resist.
It’s cool. We get that a lot.
Gabe, I’ve got a meeting next week with the President of Walden. For reals! I’ll do what I can!
But guys! My dog actually looks just like Benji! AND she was a shelter dog!
My uterus just moved.
murdoch really wants to try out:
but he’ll defer to birdie if he must.
“That Birdie is some kind of something. Boy, this Birdie is all anybody’s ever talking about. So sick and tired of hearing about how brilliant that Birdie is.”