After a bidding war, 20th Century Fox Animation and Blue Sky Studios have landed the rights to adapt Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who as a CG-animated movie. Horton the elephant, one of children's book author Dr. Seuss' most lovable characters, will be computer animated by Fox's digital boutique Blue Sky Studios, which launches its second feature, Chris Wedge's Robots, on Friday. Christopher Meledandri, president of 20th Century Fox Animation, who supervises New York-based Blue Sky, approached Dr. Seuss Enterprises and author Ted Geisel's wife and estate executor Audrey Geisel almost two years ago to discuss the possibility of creating a 3D animated movie based on one of Dr. Seuss' books. "I have always wanted to find a way to do a digitally animated Dr. Seuss movie," Meledandri said. "I have loved Dr. Seuss since I was a little kid." Meledandri was most interested in Horton Hears a Who because of the book's narrative structure. "It's one of the few Dr. Seuss' books that has a story with three acts," he said.
After a bidding war, 20th Century Fox Animation and Blue Sky Studios have landed the rights to adapt Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who as a CG-animated movie. Horton the elephant, one of children's book author Dr. Seuss' most lovable characters, will be computer animated by Fox's digital boutique Blue Sky Studios, which launches its second feature, Chris Wedge's Robots, on Friday. Christopher Meledandri, president of 20th Century Fox Animation, who supervises New York-based Blue Sky, approached Dr. Seuss Enterprises and author Ted Geisel's wife and estate executor Audrey Geisel almost two years ago to discuss the possibility of creating a 3D animated movie based on one of Dr. Seuss' books. "I have always wanted to find a way to do a digitally animated Dr. Seuss movie," Meledandri said. "I have loved Dr. Seuss since I was a little kid." Meledandri was most interested in Horton Hears a Who because of the book's narrative structure. "It's one of the few Dr. Seuss' books that has a story with three acts," he said.
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