Is this a thing now? In a week where we’ve already seen Owen Wilson taking on “Marmaduke” and Shawn Levy developing “The Berenstein Bears,” yet another CGI talking animal picture is on the way, in the form of Hanna-Barbera’s beloved “Yogi Bear”
Eric Brevig, who was behind last year’s surprisingly successful Brendan Fraser vehicle “Journey to the Center of the Earth 3-D,” is directing, from a script by Joshua Sternin and Jeffrey Ventimilia, whose previous credits are “Surviving Christmas” and next year’s “The Tooth Fairy.” Which basically tells you everything you need to know.
Dan Aykroyd will voice Yogi Bear, and Justin Timberlake will voice Boo Boo, although it’s unclear if the movie version will crystallize exactly what the faintly suspicious relationship between the two pants-less bears is.
Anna Faris will continue to squander her obvious comic talents in the live action segment as a documentary maker who follows the bears. Ranger Dave, the bears’ long time adversary in stealing picnic baskets, hasn’t yet been cast.
Honest to god, the only way we could possibly be interested in this is if it ends with a no-holds barred brawl between Yogi and Winnie the Pooh. Yeah, we’re into cartoon bear-baiting. Deal with it.
Oh, for goodness sake, where's the child in you?