Babar the Elephant heads to the big screen
Twilight studio negotiates deal to take French cartoon character on a CGI adventure
The grand pantheon of cartoon characters to have made the jump to live action and CGI is not, it must be said, particularly grand: Garfield, Alvin and the Chipmunks, and soon, Yogi Bear have all made the dreaded leap. According to the Deadline blog, Babar the Elephant may be about to join that list, after Twilight studio Summit negotiated a deal to bring the popular French character to the big screen.
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Wednesday, 4 August, 2010
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