Marvin the Martian Coming to the Big Screen

By Jane Ivory
16:59, July 30th 2008
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Marvin the Martian Coming to the Big Screen

Warner Bros. is planning to bring zany Looney Tunes character Marvin the Martian to the big screen, in a Christmas story that is sure to charm audiences young and old.

One of our favorite extraterrestrials, the green bellicose Marvin the Martian created by Chuck Jones in 1948, is preparing for another wild adventure, this time in a feature film at Alcon Entertainment, announced by WB. The film will be a mix of live action and CGI, reports trade paper Variety.

Broderick Johnson and Andrew Kosove will be producing along with Steve Crystal.

The project was reportedly developed by Steve Crystal, a former Warner exec who envisioned the film as a Christmas story, with the green little alien determined to come to Earth to destroy Christmas.

The only thing stopping him: he is trapped in a gift box.

This was Marvin’s main theme from the very beginning: always wishing to destroy Earth through some powerful, devastating explosion, only to be prevented almost every time by the aloof, carrot-munching Bugs Bunny.

The studio is still looking for a director and writer. The film will be promoted as a family feature similar to “Racing Stripes” or “My Dog Skip,” per Variety.

Although a Martian, Marvin has a pet dog named K-9. He wears a bright red Roman soldier’s uniform complete with helmet adorned with a push broom on his round black head which is similar to a bowling ball and white old-fashioned basketball shoes.

He frequently exclaims, “Where is the kaboom? There was supposed to be an earth-shattering kaboom!” and often declares he is “so angry, very angry indeed.”

 

 

 



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