In more Dr. Seuss movie news, The Lorax film adaptation seems to be coming along swimmingly--perhaps even better than one might expect from yet another full-length adaptation of a picture book. Entertainment Weekly has some new images of the film's iconic characters, and I gotta say, they look pretty alright.
There have been plenty of really quite terrible adaptations of Dr. Seuss books. It takes a rare talent to convert a children's picture book to a full-length film with any degree of success and most people in Hollywood don't have it. But now it seems as though the good doctor will be gracing the big screen in a different manner: in a new biopic set to star Johnny Depp.
You don't have to be dead for long around these parts for Hollywood to come clambering after your story. Just two days after Steve Jobs passed away, Sony made an offer to purchase the movie rights to the upcoming biography by Walter Isaacson. I guess you don't even have to be dead for authors to start writing up your life--just pretty close to it.