Unstable Fables is a series of computer animated films produced by The Jim Henson Company in association with Flame Ventures, Prana Studios, and The Weinstein Company. The direct-to-DVD feature-length films are distributed by Genius Products.[1][2]
The films' casts include Brad Garrett, Jay Leno and Jamie Lynn Spears. "Unstable Fables" irreverently and unfaithfully retell classic fairy tales, folktale, and fables with a modern twist.[2] The first film, 3 Pigs and a Baby (based on "The Three Little Pigs"), was released on DVD on March 4, 2008.[3] The second title, Tortoise vs. Hare (based on "The Tortoise and the Hare"), was released on the September 9, 2008.[4] The third release, The Goldilocks and the 3 Bears Show (based on Goldilocks and the Three Bears), was released on December 16, 2008.[5]
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3 Pigs and a Baby | |
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Directed by | Howard E. Baker Arish Fyzee |
Written by | Craig Bartlett Joseph Purdy |
Starring | Jon Cryer Brad Garrett Steve Zahn Jesse McCartney |
Music by | Jim Lang |
Studio | The Jim Henson Company Prana Animation Studios Flame Ventures |
Release date(s) | March 4, 2008 |
Running time | 76 minutes |
3 Pigs and a Baby is the first animated film in the series. The direct-to-DVD film was released on March 4, 2008 and stars Jon Cryer, Brad Garrett, Steve Zahn and Jesse McCartney.[3] In this new version of "The Three Little Pigs", the three pigs become the target of a special-ops team of wolves. The wolves' plan to finally infiltrate the impenetrable house of bricks by leaving a tiny wolf cub on the unassuming pigs' doorstep. The pigs take the baby in and raise him as their own. The newest addition to their family, Lucky, grows up into his teens not knowing his history, his role in the wolves' plan or the difficult choice he will have to make about the family that raised him.[6]
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Directed by | Howard E. Baker Arish Fyzee |
Written by | Tom Martin |
Starring | Danny Glover Jay Leno Vivica A. Fox Keke Palmer Drake Bell |
Music by | Jim Lang |
Studio | The Jim Henson Company Prana Animation Studios Flame Ventures |
Distributed by | The Weinstein Company |
Release date(s) | September 9, 2008 |
Running time | 76 minutes |
Tortoise vs. Hare is the second animated film in the "Unstable Fables" series. The direct-to-DVD film, based on Aesop's fable "The Tortoise and the Hare," was released on DVD on September 9, 2008[4][7]
The film features the voices of Danny Glover, Jay Leno, Vivica A. Fox, Keke Palmer, and Drake Bell.[4][7]
The film won a Film Advisory Board award.
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Directed by | Howard E. Baker Arish Fyzee |
Written by | Chris Parrish |
Starring | Jamie Lynn Spears Brooke Shields Tom Arnold |
Music by | Jim Lang |
Studio | The Jim Henson Company Prana Animation Studios Flame Ventures |
Release date(s) | December 16, 2008 |
Running time | 78 minutes |
The Goldilocks and the 3 Bears Show (promotionally titled as simply Goldilocks and the 3 Bears) is the third animated film in the series. The film is a twisted retelling of the story of "Goldilocks and the Three Bears". Goldilocks, a spoiled television star, moves in with a family of three bears to be filmed in a "Big Brother"-style reality TV show. The direct-to-DVD film was released on December 16, 2008.[4] The film features the voices of Tom Arnold, Brooke Shields, and Jamie Lynn Spears.[9]
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