Owen Wilson to Voice Marmaduke
Owen Wilson has joined the live-action/CG movie Marmaduke, and will voice the beloved character in Fox’s adaptation of the long-running comic strip.
The story follows a family named the Winslows who move from Kansas to Orange County with their dog Marmaduke, a slobbery pooch who creates chaos wherever he goes.
In adapting the strip created in 1954 by Brad Anderson and Phil Leeming, the script by Tim Rasmussen and Vince Di Meglio sees Marmaduke navigate a volatile Mutts vs. Pedigrees turf war, woo the purebred of his dreams and overcome a fall from grace. Judy Greer, Lee Pace and William H. Macy play the humans, while Fergie, Emma Stone, George Lopez, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Steve Coogan, Marlon and Damon Wayans supply the voices.
This movie sounds a lot like Homeward Bound meets Dr. Dolittle by way of Beethoven. I have never read the comic strip but I am sure this will be a nice little family comedy to please.
Tom Dey is directing, and John Davis is producing the family comedy, which has a June 2010 release date.
