Horton Hears a Who! (film)

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Horton Hears a Who! is an animated film due to be released on March 14, 2008. The film is based on the Dr. Seuss children's book of the same title. It will be adapted into a computer-animated film by Blue Sky Studios, the animation arm of 20th Century Fox (who've also come up with films such as Ice Age, Robots, and Ice Age: The Meltdown), with projected release in 2008. Jim Carrey will provide the voice of Horton and Steve Carell will voice the mayor of Who-ville. This will be the first CGI Dr. Seuss film.

Contents 1 Plot 2 Trivia 3 Cast 4 Crew 5 External link

[edit] Plot

An adaptation of Dr. Seuss's 1954 children's book, "Horton Hears a Who" is about an imaginative elephant (Jim Carrey) who hears a cry for help coming from a tiny speck of dust floating through the air. Suspecting there may be life on that speck and despite a surrounding community that thinks he has lost his mind, Horton is determined to help. Carell voices the mayor of Who-ville, a distinguished figure of a very small size, too small to be seen by the elephant's eyes.

[edit] Trivia

• This will be the second time Jim Carrey has played a Seuss Character. He played The Grinch in the 2000 film How the Grinch Stole Christmas!.
• This is the second film in which Carrey and Carell co-star, after 2003's Bruce Almighty.
• Although Jim Carrey is very well known to do many voices, this will be the first time he has ever voiced a character in a fully animated movie.
• It has been rumored that this may be an animated adaptation of Seussical. It has been neither been confirmed or denied, but it’s most likely to happen, due to the shows popularity.

[edit] Cast

• Jim Carrey as Horton
• Steve Carell as The Mayor of Who-ville
• Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje as Town Crier
• Josh Flitter as Rudy
• Dan Fogler as Yummo
• Joey King as Katie

[edit] Crew

• Directed by Jimmy Hartward and Steve Martino
• Screenplay by Ken Daurio and Cinco Paul
• Story by Dr. Seuss
• Based on a Book by Dr. Seuss
• Produced by Bob Gordon
• Executive producers Audrey Geisel, Christopher Meledandri and Chris Wedge
• Music by John Powell

[edit] External link

• Horton Hears a Who! at the Internet Movie Database

Blue Sky Studios
Feature-length animations
Ice Age (2002) • Robots (2005) • Ice Age 2 (2006) • Horton Hears a Who! (2008) • Ice Age 3 (2008) • Fox Dogs (2009) • Robots 2 (Unknown)
Short films
Bunny (1998) • Gone Nutty (2003) • No Time For Nuts (2006)
Contributions in other films
Joe's Apartment (1996) • A Simple Wish (1997) • Alien: Resurrection (1997) • Star Trek: Insurrection (1998) • The Sopranos (1999) • Jesus' Son (1999) • Fight Club (1999) • Titan A.E. (2000)