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November 03, 2005
Call of the North
So as the door comes dangerously close to their asses on the way out of Paramount Classics, Ruth Vitale and David Dinerstein have left a parting gift for John Lesher, It's called Call of the North and it is the next film from National Geographic Films, which brought us the WIP smash, March of the Penguins.
An equally glib title was hard to find - Penguins was once called March of the Emperor - because this film, now in production, features a pack walruses a couple of polar bears as they grow from “babies” to adult while sharing on slice of Arctic Ice. (Bearly Walrus?)
The film, due out in mid or late ’06, has been seven years in the making, but it only went out to studios for bids in the last few months. Paramount clinched it, according to producer Adam Leipzig, by way of intense enthusiasm throughout the executive suite.
What is often considered a problem on studio films is natural here, as re-shoots continue. “They don’t hang out in their trailers… they don’t do retakes… they do what they want.” says Leipzig of his nature-ally animated stars. He also expects this to be a 4-quadrant movie, opining, “There’s nothing cuter than a polar bear and there’s nothing funnier than a walrus.”
Let’s hope so.
Posted by poland at November 3, 2005 06:49 PM
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Bob Saget doing it?
Posted by: Sanchez ![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.mcnblogs.com/thehotblog/nav-commenters.gif)
at November 3, 2005 09:48 PM
I don't think this one is gonna catch on as much as March did. Walrus' just ain't as cute as penguins, okay?
Posted by: KamikazeCamelV2.0 at November 3, 2005 10:15 PM
On the festival circuit it was called "The Emperor's Journey."
And I guess now we can expect a huge nature doco resurgence. Wake me when someone does "March of the Sharks."
Posted by: Weinberg at November 4, 2005 02:23 AM
"It's called Call of the North and it is the next film from National Geographic Films, which brought us the WIP smash, March of the Penguins."
Every time I see you write WIP I think of the "Women in Prison" genre. The image of cussin', salad-tossing Penguins brought a smile to my face.
Posted by: Krazy Eyes at November 4, 2005 08:00 AM
women in prison? this going to cinemax?
Posted by: bicycle bob at November 4, 2005 08:14 AM
If emperor penguins even attempted a salad toss, it would take them an hour just to get in position, at which point the tosser would slide away on the ice by accident. I'd pay another $8.50 to see that. In fact, there's your sequel right there. March of the Pornguins.
Posted by: pstargalac at November 4, 2005 10:16 AM
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