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Alice Movie Off The Ground

Posted by Zonk on from the wearing-her-i'm-a-slayer-ask-me-how-button dept.

After a long period of preproduction, the movie adaptation of American McGee's Alice is moving forward. Eurogamer has the news that 'Buffy' star Sarah Michelle Gellar will play the title role. From the article: "The movie will follow the plot of the game, which adds a twisted spin to Lewis Carroll's classic tales. Some years after her adventures in Wonderland, Alice's parents are killed in a house fire and, devastated by the loss, she winds up in a mental asylum."

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  1. Re:Dementation of already odd tales by justforaday · · Score: 3, Funny

    Next thing you know Disney will come along and start bastardizing classic stories...

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  2. Re:Excellent by Golias · · Score: 5, Funny

    Americans can't relate to things that happen to people who aren't American in countries that aren't the US.

    Very true. This is why "Casablanca" did so poorly, and why nobody goes to James Bond movies in the US. Or Harry Potter movies.

    Also, "Titanic" might not have lost so much money if Rose was American. Too bad, that film looked like it had a chance to make a few bucks.

    I could go on all day rattling off failures like "Lawrence of Arabia", "Doctor Zhivago", and "The Passion of the Christ." If only they had American main characters, they might have made money in US theaters.

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  3. Re:Excellent by coaxial · · Score: 3, Funny

    "The Passion of the Christ." If only they had American main characters, they might have made money in US theaters.

    Wait! Wasn't Jesus American? I mean, I know he wasn't Jew... :)