Owen Wilson To Play Marmaduke For Some Reason
It's being reported all over the place today that Owen Wilson is going to be doing some voice acting in the upcoming Marmaduke movie (oh, btw, there's going to be an upcoming Marmaduke movie) as the voice of Marmaduke, and while that's obviously a great career choice for Owen Wilson and is definitely going to be a super fun and good movie, I have just one question: what is Marmaduke going to say? Marmaduke doesn't talk! From Empire Movies:
The movie, which will mix live-action and computer-animation, will follow a family named the Winslows who move from Kansas to Orange County with their Great Dane Marmaduke, who creates chaos wherever he goes. Judy Greer, Lee Pace and William H. Macy will play the humans while voices will be provided by the likes of Fergie, Emma Stone, George Lopez, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Steve Coogan, Damon Wayans and Marlon Wayans.
Wait a second. Steve Coogan? As in the Steve Coogan who got Owen Wilson addicted to the heroin that ultimately led to his unfortunate suicide attempt? PERFECT. This is going to be hilarious and charming! "Marmaduke, stop nodding in my chair." "Marmaduke, is digging a black hole of hopeless despair in my flowerbed again." "Oh boy, here comes the dog catcher. It looks like they picked up Marmaduke in a pool of his own blood and vomit again."
"Hello, Fandango, I'm going to need tickets for my whole family. What do you mean you're sold out?"
Posted by Gabe at 1:30 PM in Casting Calls
Tags: Drugs | Marmaduke | Owen Wilson | Steve Coogan
ok - let's give THIS one the "too soon tag."
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I like to think that all of those voice actors are all going to be doing Marmaduke all at the same time in a sort of demonic chorus. They could do anything else in the movie, but if they made marmaduke finally able to talk because he was possessed by Legion I might consider watching the trailer someday.
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hopefully the dog dies in this movie too. #yayfordogshit
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Are all the voice actors doing different dogs in the marmaduke 'hood? Cuz that sounds like a fun way to end the movie. With a song and dance by dogs about how poo is awesome. #yayfordogshit
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sort of like a slumdog millionaire ending with all the dogs at a train station flinging their shit everywhere! that would be great.
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This makes me really scared and confused. It's not even like Marmaduke is a beloved childhood franchise. The jokes in the Jumble were usually funnier than Marmaduke. Rex Morgan, MD was usually funnier than Marmaduke. But on the bright side, I guess, it's not like there are any fond memories for them to ruin.
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BREAKING: Jason Schwartzman has signed on to do the adaptation of SuDoku.
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Can't be any worse than Luke Wilson in Andy Capp 3D.
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Pff Owen Wilson as Marmaduke. Next you'll be telling me that Bill Murray is going to voice Garfield.
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"I really really enjoy lasagna." - Bill Murray
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"People like Garfield because he is a cat." --Jim Davis
REAL QUOTE, YOU GUYS.
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Any regrets?
BM: Garfield, maybe?
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"Mondays? Hah! No thank you!" -BM
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Bill Groundhog Day Ghostbustin'-ass Murray
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Garfield was voiced on television by well known voice actor Lorenzo Music, who is also known from the animated series "The Real Ghostbuster" as the voice of Peter Venkman, a role originated by Bill Murray, who later went on to become the voice of Garfield.
The Circle of Life.
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They move to the OC? So there are going to be some slutty tweeners involved....in which case Own Wilson saying "woof" in his butterscotch stallion voice is indeed appropriate.
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Well as long as the movie has gems like this...
I don't know what all the hub-bub is about
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This needs to be massively upvoted. Promptly. Monsters, do your duty.
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Haha. I LOL'd hard when I read 'Do your duty'.
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You'd know a thing or two about doody wouldnt ya captain... #yayfordogshit
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I hope they give Brad Anderson a chance to draw all the CGI characters. Because look at his brilliant mastery of the pen!
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I know. He was like, "Ah forget it, today Mr.Winslow is going to have his mustache on top of his nose!"
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Sometimes I feel sad for news like this, because it's as if they just made the big announcement that they're going to be filming a bomb. When they list off the celebrities providing voices in the movie, it's as if they're giving a list of people who have agreed to pretend this movie won't be garbage for the few months between when the movie is filmed and when it inevitably ends up in a Wal-Mart bargain bin being handled by yokels who declare "I forgot they even made this movie" before tossing it aside.
Case in point, do you remember that Jason Lee voice Underdog movie they did a year or two ago? Did you remember it BEFORE I mentioned it?
Marmaduke will be 2010's Underdog.
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And still my screenplay for The Family Circus languishes, no studio willing to take a chance.
Oh, Los Angeles, you sad flower in the sand, you pretty town, why do you torment me so?
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How did you write the stage direction for all those dotted lines?
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That'll take care of itself. I'm more concerned about who'll provide the voices for Barfy and Kittycat.
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Bob Hoskins should play "Not Me"... he'd be brilliant.
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I gave my script for an adapation of The Lockhorns to Michael Bay. I can pass along yours if you want. I'd love to see Little Billy BLOW SOME SHIT THE FUCK UP!
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Who else thinks that George Lopez will defy typecasting and NOT play a streetwise chihuahua in this?
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And Marlon Wayans WON'T be a wise cracking stoner from the 'hood?
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"Because Owen Wilson didn't successfully kill himself." -GhostRobot
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If the movie is a series of Marmaduke vignettes, and Joe Mathlete gets an expository voiceover, then I'm totally in!
I bet that's what they have in mind.....
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OMG, if that's the case, they better feature Marmaduke's rape cabin.
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That movie would be the best. I LOVE Joe Mathlete Explains Marmaduke. It's one of my favorite things on the Internet.
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I can see the poster now. "This Christmas: Owen Wilson is an asshole."
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I always thought the reason Marmaduke did all those bad things was because he didn't understand what his family was trying to say to him/didn't speak English. If he can speak, that kinda makes Marmaduke a huge dick.
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I must agree with you, Mr Matthews.
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That's pretty much the main premise behind "Joe Mathlete Explains Today's Marmaduke". http://marmadukeexplained.blogspot.com/
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Gabe, while the Steve Coogan connection story was one of the biggest "what the huh" things I can remember, it's also probably bullshit.....the Daily Mail isn't the most reliable paper in the world!
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They're also using Courtney Love as their primary source, so....yeah.
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What? Courtney Love is quite the reputable source. I'm sure she was there to see the first time Owen shoot up.
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Seriously. I'm sorta upset this is being repeated as fact.
Though I heard Mr. Coogan is the CTO of Jukt Micronics.
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Besides, since when is this TMZgum?
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I love that gif.
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That article makes it sound like it was a scene from The French Connection II.
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Are you saying I shouldn't live my life according to the dictates of the FeMail section?!
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oh, it's been proven. US magazine published it, too.
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Finding out that they're making a Berenstain Bears movie on the same day that I find out that they're making a Marmaduke movie is going to forever burn November 3rd into my memory as the best day of all time. Bleach party at my place next year!
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My understanding of Marmaduke is that the dog is a demonic serial killer who lives with Hitler (who escaped the bunker and is now living incognito in like, Ohio) in the 1950s. ( http://joshreads.com/?p=1501 )
If that is incorporated into the movie, I will pay good money to see it.
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Now the people of the world can sleep easy knowing that their prayers for a Marmaduke movie are being answered. The children will dance in the streets!
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The only thing this movie needs in order to be perfect is Wanda Sykes as a sassy cat, a feisty feline if you will.
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i call my mom "madukes" this movie is gonna confuse the hell outa her!
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"Judy Greer, Lee Pace and William H. Macy will play the humans" Wait, WHAT? That is terrible. Those three are all good actors! Granted, William H. Macy has chosen to be in a lot of crap (Judy Greer too for that matter...) but Lee Pace! I blame ABC for this. The cancellation of Pushing Daisies has driven him insane.
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that list of voice actors is one of the most unsettling collections of names i can imagine. every individual one gives me the shudders but all together it's more like a seizure, really.
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I'm eagerly awaiting such hilarious hijinks in the movie like marmaduke wanting to go for a walk while its raining, barking while his owner is trying to watch tv, and wanting to do things people do...even though he's just a dog!
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