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Brian Damage · 12-20-2009, 09:51 PM

Cartoon Network is developing a live-action project from writers Greg Coolidge and Kirk Ward.

The action comedy, which is being developed as a two-hour movie/backdoor pilot, centers on a teenager who gets more than he bargained for when his family sponsors a Japanese exchange student on a secret mission far greater than just surviving high school.

Coolidge and Ward would serve as executive producers, and Chris Cowles and Chris Fenton are producing. Coolidge also might direct.

A feature comedy spec by Coolidge and Josh Cagan was recently picked up by Warner Bros. with Morgan Freeman attached to star.

Coolidge also co-created the Nickelodeon series "The Troop" and co-wrote and directed the feature "Employee of the Month."

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/...4af5eace437723

MrCleveland · 12-21-2009, 05:25 PM

Great way to sell-out even more CN!

Just call it The Children's Network since this is what it wound-up being!

steevo · 12-21-2009, 07:33 PM

Are they kidding us?

I remember when they showed mostly classics. It was definitely much better then.

catlover79 · 12-22-2009, 01:38 AM

Yet another cable channel selling out. Boooooo...

Tubehead · 12-22-2009, 02:05 AM

i stop watching cartoon network four years ago. i usual catch up on christmas speacils or ben10 aline force. they don't have any good cartoons any more. last i heard they were going to change their name to the network instead of cartoon network.

Tubehead · 12-22-2009, 02:06 AM

sorry didn't mean to post twice.

Furienna · 02-09-2010, 11:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Tubehead

last i heard they were going to change their name to the network instead of cartoon network.

If they're going to keep bringing in live action shows, they might just as well change the name.

Marvo301 · 02-09-2010, 11:41 PM

Just another in a long line of networks that have lost touch with their raison d'etre!

lockdown06 · 02-13-2010, 12:57 AM

Thats just too bad... I havent been a fan of CN for awhile. But this makes it worse.

robyrob · 02-13-2010, 10:49 AM

BOOOOOOOOOO!

waichingliu81 · 02-16-2010, 07:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Furienna

If they're going to keep bringing in live action shows, they might just as well change the name.

exactly! cartoon network just gets worse and worse each year. just goes to show it isn't just sitcoms that are lacking today because of reality TV, but so called kids cartoons as well.

D-Dey · 04-03-2010, 11:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Furienna

If they're going to keep bringing in live action shows, they might just as well change the name.

I thought they were actually planning to do that at one point.

Ugh! Remember when Cartoon Network used to be about... oh, I don't know... CARTOONS?!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ac9ZxPHjBdU&NR=1

And the only reason they ever had a live-action version of Ben-10 was because Ben-10 was originally a cartoon.

rodwayne · 04-07-2010, 11:11 AM

Just another bland,vanilla favor show to please the kiddies and dumb them down even more than they are!Aw,for the old days of THE FLINTSTONES,YOGI BEAR,SPACE GHOST,and other classics which this network used to be about,but like others,it sold out just to aplease the "tweens".

12-20-2009, 09:51 PM	#1
Brian Damage I'm Rich Bitch Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 03, 2002 Location: What Ain't No Country I Ever Heard Of...They Speak English in What? Posts: 63,107	"Cartoon Network" developing live-action comedy Cartoon Network is developing a live-action project from writers Greg Coolidge and Kirk Ward. The action comedy, which is being developed as a two-hour movie/backdoor pilot, centers on a teenager who gets more than he bargained for when his family sponsors a Japanese exchange student on a secret mission far greater than just surviving high school. Coolidge and Ward would serve as executive producers, and Chris Cowles and Chris Fenton are producing. Coolidge also might direct. A feature comedy spec by Coolidge and Josh Cagan was recently picked up by Warner Bros. with Morgan Freeman attached to star. Coolidge also co-created the Nickelodeon series "The Troop" and co-wrote and directed the feature "Employee of the Month." http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/...4af5eace437723
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