The gy Dog Remake

[cherrynegra]

Davis Sniffs Around Dog

$ex and the City star Kristin Davis is in talks to star opposite Tim Allen in the remake of The gy Dog for Disney, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Davis would play the wife of Allen's character, a man who occasionally changes into a sheepdog. Brian Robbins is directing the feature, scheduled to head into production Nov. 14, the trade paper reported.

gy Dog would mark Davis' first major film role since her six-year turn as Charlotte on the HBO comedy series. The project will be produced by Mandeville chief David Hoberman. Boxing Cat Productions partners Allen and Matt Carroll are executive producing, alongside Mandeville's Todd Lieberman and the Robert Simonds Co. chief Robert Simonds, the trade paper reported.

 

[imagineer boy]

Sounds cool! If I remember correctly though, there was a gy dog remake for a Disney Channel Original Movie ages ago. Does anyone have any info about this?

 

[prberk]

Sounds cool! If I remember correctly though, there was a gy dog remake for a Disney Channel Original Movie ages ago. Does anyone have any info about this?

The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) says (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111146 ) that it was kind of a ho-hum remake, that starred Ed Begley, Jr. You can see their info on all three versions at http://www.imdb.com/find?tt=on;mx=20;q=The gy Dog .

In the '70s the studio made a sequel to the original also (which was made in the '50s and is still nice to watch). The '70s sequel was called, "The gy D.A.," and starred Dean Jones (like many '70s Disney features).

I hope that they will include some cameos or supporting roles for children from the original '50s cast. I would like to see Tommy Kirk, Kevin Corcoran, and Tim Considine show up as fathers or uncles or something. (Same goes for Annette Funicello, but I believe that she is unable to appear in public now due to her MS.) These are all MMC alums also; so it would coincide with the 50th anniversary of the MMC...

I liked the '50s version. It was originally filmed in black and white because it was going to be a TV movie for the Disneyland TV series, but Walt liked it so much that he decided to release it theatrically. And the theatrical release was a phenomenon, which opened the door to more light-hearted black and white (lower-budget) comedies to be made, like The Absent-Minded Professor. Some of these lower-budget films were some of my favorite of Walt's: here the writing and characters carried the story, often simple and loving, in a way that would have been distracted from with bigger effects.