Posted on 04/23/2005 4:30:42 PM PDT by Drew68
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - After playing an elf and an anchorman on the big screen, Will Ferrell is venturing into "Land of the Lost" for Universal.
The "Saturday Night Live" alumnus is attached to star in a "Land of the Lost" comedy feature based on the 1974-77 television series of the same name.
Universal acquired the feature rights from Sid and Marty Krofft, executive producers of the original NBC series, who will produce the feature for the studio. Jimmy Miller and Julie Wixson-Darmody also will produce via the Mosaic Media Group banner.
Adam McKay, a former "SNL" writer who directed Ferrell in "Anchorman," is attached to direct, with Chris Henchy and Dennis McNicholas signing on to adapt the screenplay.
The series revolved around forest ranger Rick Marshall and his children, Will and Holly, who are caught in a time vortex while rafting on the Colorado River and transported to a mysterious world populated by dinosaurs. The feature film will be an update of the series, which is due out on DVD this month.
Ferrell, currently onscreen in Woody Allen's "Melinda and Melinda," will next be seen in Universal's comedy "Kicking & Screaming" and will star opposite Nicole Kidman in this summer's "Bewitched." He is playing Franz Liebkind in the film version of Mel Brooks' Broadway hit "The Producers," to be released domestically by Universal on Dec. 21.
The Kroffts are behind such TV projects as "Lidsville, "The Bay City Rollers Show," "The Brady Bunch Hour," "Donny and Marie," "Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters" and "H.R. Pufnstuf," which Universal also made into a feature film.
Henchy has written for numerous television series, including "Spin City" and "Entourage," and was the creator of the series "Battery Park" and "I'm With Her." McNicholas formerly was a head writer on "SNL" and is writing the feature film "The Party," with Jay Roach attached to direct.
McKay, who co-wrote "Anchorman" with Ferrell and did a rewrite on "Bewitched," is directing the action-comedy feature "Talladega Nights," which he will co-write with Ferrell.
You got it - Universal pi$$e$ all over another decent show just to make a buck.
Great site: http://www.jumptheshark.com/l/landofthelost.htm
See post 18. That's Joy of the Bugaloos. She was British, and had one of those terrific British accents. Unfortunately, there were four guys that made the Wiggles look tough also on the show, so she didn't get a ton of screen time. ElectraWoman and DynaGirl, on the other hand...
I was born in 1966, so Land of the Lost was a staple of mine too. I know the special effects were not always up to snuff, but I think the writing and plots made up for it. The third season with "Uncle Jack" wasn't the greatest but I liked the shows where they played with the pylons, encountered a Confederate soldier and of course, who can forget the Sleestak. The Sleestak still put some fear into me to this very day although I do admit they can't hit the broadside of a barn with the crossbows. The Library of Skulls in The Lost City were kind of eerie too.
That's what I'm talking about!
I hear that while Judy Strangis has fond memories of doing the show, Deidre Hall just wants to forget about it and won't even sign photos of her from the show.
The real freakiest thing about the Sleestaks was when the gray intelligent one (who just happen to speak perfect English) appeared and he had thought he went back in time and was studying the early ancestors of his race, but instead he finds out he actually went forward in time and was seeing the future fate of his race.
Pretty intense for a children's show.
Those ElectraComps were cool. Of course, nobody ever asked why women working for a magazine would wear such huge things on their wrists.
Chromakey wasn't new, but marrying chroma-key video with film wasn't common. I'll admit I'm curious why they did the film at 24fps instead of 15fps or 30fps.
They can use Hillary to play a Sleestak.
The alien who's ship was just dots fo light was really cool and very freaky.
The Lost City was a spooky place. And the monster in the pit bellowing at the kids tied up in the net? Wow.
I use to have the most horribley terrifying nightmares aboutthe sleestaks!But i always dressed up as a sleestak for halloween from 75 until 78 when they stopped making the costumes.Interesting bit of trivia notre dame and detriot pistons basketball star Bill Laimbeer played a sleestak on the show
Marshall, Will and Holly ping
Shakah say, Will Farrell Land of The Loser
when I was 7 I had a real crush on Holly.
Chaka!!!!
According to the imdb.com the actress who played her (Kathy Coleman) apparently now works in retail (as of 1997).
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