Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt <a href="http://www.ocregister.com/news/based-349866-ride-movie.html" target="_blank">http://www.ocregister.com/news...vie.html</a> Unless this film is animated, the idea of a movie based on this ride sounds mostly dumb to me.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 I loved the Mr. Toad half of IaMT, and always felt they had to cram too much into a half hour (especially if you know the full W&W story). They could absolutely do a full-length animated movie based just on W&W. But on the ride? Of course, the Pirates movies and HM movie weren't REALLY based on the rides. They took the rides as a jumping-off point (and convenient marketing tool), but invented their own stories for them.
Originally Posted By doombuggy He thought his new car was like any other. Little does he know he's about to take a wild ride, Eddie Murphy is J.T.T. In Mister Toads wild ride. coming never to a theater no where near you.
Originally Posted By tashajilek "Unless this film is animated, the idea of a movie based on this ride sounds mostly dumb to me" This does sound really dumb.
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance God I hope it's not a real movie with real people. I'm so tired or real action movies that have CGI in them. If it's animated, or totally CGI it could be good. I've always loved Mr Toad. He's so handsome!
Originally Posted By mawnck >>Needs a better title: Fast & Froggyest.<< The last movie with "Frog" in the title underperformed, and having "Fast" in the title will scare away the female audience. They should call it "Swerve".
Originally Posted By 9oldmen Back in the nineties, there was a "Wind in the Willows" movie which eventually was released on DVD as "Mr. Toad's Wild Ride", and released by Disney of all people. <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118172/fullcredits#cast" target="_blank">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt01...its#cast</a> More people are probably familiar with the ride and it's title than know of the source material by Kenneth Graham, which might explain the name change, although that probably didn't make the movie any more popular or memorable. It features some of the "Mony Python" people in make-up jobs that don't seem to make them look like anything other than human beings with "animal" features. Also, I think this movie might have been made because the copyright to "Wind in the Willows" briefly ran out in the mid-nineties, giving it a narrow window when it temporarily was in the public domain.
Originally Posted By 9oldmen There was also this imfamous Broadway adaptation which ran for about 5 minutes. I didn't realize it until I looked it up, but Nathan Lane was Toad. (Sounds like a role he might still be able to play). <a href="http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=4390" target="_blank">http://www.ibdb.com/production...?id=4390</a> I also just found out that some of the people responsible for the recent "Mary Poppins" Broadway show were, as of last December, trying to do "WitW", so all of a sudden, amidst all the "Harry Potters", "Hunger Games", "Loraxes", etc. "Wind in the Willows" seems to be another hot "kid lit" property ripe again for adaptations.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "Back in the nineties, there was a "Wind in the Willows" movie which eventually was released on DVD as "Mr. Toad's Wild Ride"" WHAT?! The poster advert for the film looks horrible.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA I found 'The Wind in the Willows' live action movie from the 90s to be un-watchable. Really terrible.
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 There was also a very nice stop-motion animated version done in the early 80's.
Originally Posted By u k fan Why do I suspect that it'll feature a human called Mr Toad who is divorced and has to get his estranged kids to school on time whilst running errands? I think it should be re-named "Croak"!!!
Originally Posted By ralphjr "All he wanted was a normal day at work.... but when trouble literally fell into his lap..." <shot of CGI toad falling on businessman's lap. Both of them scream.> "...He got more than he bargained for!" <James Brown's "I Feel Good" plays on soundtrack while the businessman and the CGI toad put on sunglasses.> "His world would never be the same again!" <Smashmouth's "All Star" plays on the soundtrack while they race off in a convertible.> "From now on, his life would be one 'Wild Ride'!" <Shot of the car apparently driving off of a cliff.> "Ashton Kutcher and the voice of Gilbert Gottfried star in an adventure you'll never forget..." Boss: What's going on over there? Ashton: Nothing. I just have a frog in my throat! Mr. Toad: Ahem. I'm a toad! <Random Explosion> "Mr. Toad's Wild Ride - Hopping into theaters Thanksgiving Day 2013!"
Originally Posted By DBitz2 >>Why do I suspect that it'll feature a human called Mr Toad who is divorced and has to get his estranged kids to school on time whilst running errands?<< He then realizes that he was Peter Pan when he was a boy and returns to Neverland, where he re-learns how to be a polliwog again.
