Bill Murray Gets Catty for 'Garfield' - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Brett Ferino · 05-28-2003, 02:17 PM

HOLLYWOOD (Zap2it.com) – Actor/comedian Bill Murray will be providing the voice of Garfield the Cat in Peter Hewitt’s live-action/CGI picture “Garfield” for Twentieth Century Fox.

Based on Jim Davis’ immensely popular comic strip, and written by Joel Cohen and Alec Sokolow (“Toy Story”) the film centers on a sardonic cat who must tolerate the indignity of being saddled with a nebbish owner (Breckin Meyer) and a nitwit dog as housemates.

The comic strip, which celebrates its 25th anniversary next month, is syndicated in 2,570 newspapers in 111 countries, according to Variety.

Murray last appeared in Wes Anderson's 2001 film "The Royal Tenenbaums." He is set to re-team with Anderson and co-star/writer Owen Wilson this fall for an untitled adventure film about a French oceanographer. Murray's can next be this September in Sofia Coppola’s “Lost in Translation,” opposite Scarlett Johansson and Anna Faris.

Evita Peron · 06-02-2003, 07:40 PM

That's awseome, a life action Garfield movie. I can picture Bill Murray as Garfield.

AKA · 06-03-2003, 12:23 PM

Wow, it kind of comes full circle, then, as Lorenzo Music did the voice of Murray's Peter Venkman in "The Real Ghostbusters" cartoon.

Brett Ferino · 06-03-2003, 02:13 PM

God bless him. I wonder if Bill has G's voice in that new cat-littler ad..

05-28-2003, 02:17 PM	#1
Brett Ferino Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Jul 18, 2000 Location: PA Posts: 3,782	Bill Murray Gets Catty for 'Garfield' HOLLYWOOD (Zap2it.com) – Actor/comedian Bill Murray will be providing the voice of Garfield the Cat in Peter Hewitt’s live-action/CGI picture “Garfield” for Twentieth Century Fox. Based on Jim Davis’ immensely popular comic strip, and written by Joel Cohen and Alec Sokolow (“Toy Story”) the film centers on a sardonic cat who must tolerate the indignity of being saddled with a nebbish owner (Breckin Meyer) and a nitwit dog as housemates. The comic strip, which celebrates its 25th anniversary next month, is syndicated in 2,570 newspapers in 111 countries, according to Variety. Murray last appeared in Wes Anderson's 2001 film "The Royal Tenenbaums." He is set to re-team with Anderson and co-star/writer Owen Wilson this fall for an untitled adventure film about a French oceanographer. Murray's can next be this September in Sofia Coppola’s “Lost in Translation,” opposite Scarlett Johansson and Anna Faris.

06-02-2003, 07:40 PM	#2
Evita Peron Evita Perón Frequent Poster Join Date: May 19, 2003 Location: USA Posts: 311	That's awseome, a life action Garfield movie. I can picture Bill Murray as Garfield.
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06-03-2003, 12:23 PM	#3
AKA Member Forum Star Join Date: Dec 17, 2001 Posts: 15,746	Wow, it kind of comes full circle, then, as Lorenzo Music did the voice of Murray's Peter Venkman in "The Real Ghostbusters" cartoon.

06-03-2003, 02:13 PM	#4
Brett Ferino Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Jul 18, 2000 Location: PA Posts: 3,782	God bless him. I wonder if Bill has G's voice in that new cat-littler ad..