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DreamWorks Animation is Adapting Sid & Marky Krofft's 'Lidsville'
by Ethan Anderton
February 1, 2011
Though the adventure comedy Land of the Lost didn't exactly translate to box office success, Sid and Marty Krofft have plenty of TV creations that are ripe for the big screen. We already know and adaptation of H.R. Pufnstuf is in the works, but now another trippy TV show from the Krofft crew is getting the film treatment. Today DreamWorks Animation announced they will adapt the 70's TV series Lidsville into a feature length film with director Conrad Vernon (Monsters vs. Aliens, Shrek 2) at the helm of the project. It will actually be the first attempt at adapting the Krofft brothers' work into an animated feature rather than live-action.
The series followed a teenage boy named Mark who fell into the hat of Merlo the Magician (Charles Nelson Reilly) and arrived in Lidsville, a land of living hats. The wacky hats on the show are depicted as having the same characteristics as the humans who would wear them. For example, a cowboy hat would act like a rootin' tootin' cowboy. Marty Krofft commented on the project, "Sid and I have had a longstanding relationship with Jeffrey Katzenberg and we’re excited to bring Lidsville to DreamWorks Animation. It’s incredible to envision a high-quality 3D animated movie being made out of one of our favorite shows." The real test will be whether today's kids will become enamored with a show that hasn't been around for decades. What do you think?
7 Comments
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never heard of it but looks lame
A5J4DX on Nov 13, 2018
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never heard of it but looks lame
A5J4DX on Nov 13, 2018
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Wait a seconded...they had one show called Pufnstuff (as in Puffin Stuff) and one called Lidsville (a lid was an old slang term for pot)? Wow, the '70s were f-ed up.
Goudos on Feb 1, 2011
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Those Greek guys were all about the weed. They invented Mcdonald Land and pretty much all the characters Grimace,MAyor Mc Cheese, Frie Guys, Hamburgurlar. They were all derived from H.R. Puf N Stuff (the mayor literally looks like Puf N Stuff). Macdonald's wanted to create an amusement park, but refused to give The kroffts royalties for the characters so McDonalds was sued by the Kroffts, but Micky Dee's still uses those characters to this day. If you ask me they need to just make a movie about the kroffts instead of their shows.
esophus on Feb 2, 2011
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I truly don't think that they should be making this move. They're gonna ruin this wonderful series of the 70's like they ruined other movies. :/
C.C. on Feb 1, 2011
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Lidsville, HR PuffNStuff, etc. were the absolute worst saturday morning fare ever, and I mean EVER. Good lord, every kid in the world who grew up in the 70's hated those shows. Truly terrible stuff by any standard and in any generation.
uberman on Feb 2, 2011
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i wonder how ill feel about my new lidsville tattoo after this movie comes out
Frenchfrye2000 on Aug 29, 2011
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