Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax coming to a theater near you soon!
July 31, 2009 by Jennifer
In huge green kid news the Lorax is all set to hit the big screen in March 2012 – so technically not THAT soon. Still though; awesome news. The Lorax, written back in the early 70s (even before I arrived on the planet) is, as we all know a story of a tree hungry entrepreneur. Despite warnings from a little creature, the Lorax, Mr. Entrepreneur (or the Once-ler, who by the way is also the narrator of this tale) cuts down all the trees to fuel his own needs.
And what happens – the trees are dead, the animals leave, and life as the entrepreneur knew it ends up a mess with just one kid who may be his salvation.
Ah Dr. Seuss – so ahead of his time.
Variety notes that the flick, a 3-D CG event is being created in a joint effort by Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment and it’s co-directed by Chris Renaud and Cinco Paul & Ken Daurio, with Paul & Daurio writing the script.
If your kids are Lorax hungry now check out the Lorax Save the Trees Game – some plug-ins required but fun.
I can’t wait! We don’t get to see many eco-kid movies. How excited are you?!
[image via Amazon]
“Ah Dr. Seuss – so ahead of his time.”
That’s not true- this book was written during the envi movement of the 70’s. Everyone seems to forget that our “green” ideas today were thought about over 30 years ago- they’re not new.
I think everyone working on eco-issues back then was ahead of their time. We had some ideas about the impacts of eco-baddies back then, but no where near the resources and knowledge we have today. It’s astounding to me that some groups back then knew this stuff and were working on the issues before green became the whole new black.