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« on: May 30, 2013, 08:56:41 PM »



If you thought Internet cats were going to stay on the Internet, you were sadly mistaken. It’s just as well that the following news isn’t being written up an April 1st, because if it was then we’d probably get criticized for making the prank articles too obvious.

For those who aren’t up to speed with the Internet memes currently in vogue, Grumpy Cat™ is a picture of a white and brown cat with a grumpy expression that was posted on Reddit in September 2012 and subsequently went viral as a meme. The cat’s actual name is Tardar Sauce (“Tard” for short), and her owners were swift to monetize her surprising popularity, posting videos of her on Youtube, signing an advertising deal with Purina to have Grumpy Cat™ appear in Friskies adverts, and setting up an online shop where visitors can buy T-shirts, mugs, magnets, calendars and even the Official Grumpy Cat™ Book. If you think this sounds like an episode of South Park, that’s because it more or less is the plot of a South Park episode (Season 12, Episode 4: “Canada on Strike”).


If you can’t get enough of Grumpy Cat™ and you’ve been thinking to yourself that you’d love to see the surly feline on the big screen, then it looks like you may get your wish. Deadline reports that Broken Road’s Todd Garner (Jack and Jill, Paul Blart: Mall Cop) has teamed up with Grumpy Cat™ PR reps Ben Lashes and Al Hassas to produce a feature film about a talking version of Tardar Sauce. Garner explained his enthusiasm for the project, saying:

“This started off as a picture of a cat, but rare is an image that evokes that much comedy. You read all of the memes and the comments, and one is funnier than the next. We think we can build a big family comedy around this character.”

Since it takes a lot of training to get animals ready to act for a feature film, and the talking-animal aspect of the movie means that the character will probably be computer-animated anyway, it’s very doubtful that the original Grumpy Cat™ will actually be starring in her own movie. At best, the only awareness she’ll have of it will be when her owners start buying a more expensive brand of cat food, or if she gets dragged onto the red carpet.



All joking aside, this sounds like a rather desperate attempt to cash in on the temporary popularity of a meme that may not even be popular by the time the movie actually hits theaters (if it ever does). Much-loved as the Grumpy Cat™ meme might be, it’s difficult to see how they’re going to build up a compelling narrative around the central conceit of a cat with a slightly downturned mouth. Besides, we’ve already had two grumpy cat movies in the last decade - Garfield and Garfield: A Tale of Two Kitties – and they were both terrible.

Next week: Dreamworks’ Charlie Bit My Finger, Twentieth Century Fox’s Numa Numa Guy, New Line Cinema’s Forever Alone and Terry Gilliam’s surrealist drug-fuelled adventure David After Dentist.


We’ll let you know if Grumpy Cat: The Movie makes any progress towards production.

Source: http://screenrant.com/grumpy-cat-meme-movie/

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« Reply #1 on: May 30, 2013, 09:05:56 PM »

“This started off as a picture of a cat, but rare is an image that evokes that much comedy. You read all of the memes and the comments, and one is funnier than the next. We think we can build a big family comedy around this character.”

That's one of the most painful things I've ever read... especially "one is funnier than the next".

Internet cancer should stay on 9gag. I will avoid this movie like the plague.

As always, thanks for keeping us updated Kham Cool
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« Reply #2 on: May 30, 2013, 09:50:20 PM »

TL;DR - Grumpy Cat Movie


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« Reply #3 on: May 30, 2013, 10:13:58 PM »

I......have no words to describe my shear disappointment


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« Reply #4 on: May 31, 2013, 02:22:48 AM »

Am I the only one who actually wants to see this?....... *crickets*...............Kay then.

Grumpy Cat is awesome.
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« Reply #5 on: May 31, 2013, 02:54:20 AM »

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« Reply #6 on: May 31, 2013, 04:38:05 AM »

Great idea, just like the Angry Birds Movie!

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« Reply #7 on: May 31, 2013, 04:44:58 AM »

Am I the only one who actually wants to see this?....... *crickets*...............Kay then.

Grumpy Cat is awesome.

You just happen to be more open-minded and laid back about these things than most people, which I appreciate.

I, on the other hand, am very narrow-minded when it comes to the spread of Internet culture beyond its natural habitat. On a more subjective note, I feel that Tard is an overused meme that has not been funny for a long time and should have died out by now.

Memes have a very short lifespan and when they live longer than they should, terrible things happen. Just look at all the rage face shirts being sold at the same places that sell "YOLO" merchandise.

So... to each their own, and I'm sure some people will enjoy this if it is made, but I will not be one of those people.
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« Reply #8 on: June 02, 2013, 03:58:13 AM »

in the list of upcoming movies you forgot the long awaited sequel to Prince's 1980's film Purple Rain... Chocolate Rain, staring Tay Zonday
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« Reply #9 on: June 10, 2013, 08:50:16 PM »

Don't forget Cartoon Network has the Annoying Orange as a show....excuse me I just shuttered in disgust.
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« Reply #10 on: June 10, 2013, 08:51:36 PM »

Don't forget Cartoon Network has the Annoying Orange as a show....excuse me I just shuttered in disgust.

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« Reply #11 on: June 11, 2013, 02:32:13 AM »

in the list of upcoming movies you forgot the long awaited sequel to Prince's 1980's film Purple Rain... Chocolate Rain, staring Tay Zonday

That sounds like a porno.
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« Reply #12 on: June 11, 2013, 04:18:54 PM »

Much as I like Grumpy Cat, this film has bad idea written all over it. 

That being said, it'll be interesting to see if they can pull it off.
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