Movie Mr Peabody and Sherman Box Office 2014

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" height="450" /> The Rocky And Bullwinkle Show, which ran from 1959 to 1965, is an important cultural touchstone of the 1960s, but while the Bullwinkle J. Moose and Rocky J. Squirrel characters have widespread recognition, Mr. Peabody and Sherman have long been somewhat more obscure. Aside from reruns of the 1960s cartoon, the two characters have appeared largely as pop culture as in-jokes, particularly in episodes of The Simpsons and Family Guy. There’s also the fact that the last attempt to bring characters from The Rocky And Bullwinkle Show, The Adventures Of Rocky And Bullwinkle, was a flop, grossing $35 million on budget of $76 million. That film remained somewhat true to the cartoon’s ironic comedic tone, a possible contributing factor to its failure, which may explain why Mr. Peabody & Sherman has a slight but significant change to the original premise. This film has Mr. Peabody as Sherman’s adopted father, rather than his owner, suggesting a far more family oriented plot than the irony-laden humor of the original cartoon or the reference-heavy 2000 film. At the same time, Minkoff made it clear he is devoted to preserving the spirit of the characters’ creator, Jay Ward. He cited his professional relationship with Ward’s daughter Tiffany, “getting to meet someone who touched you as a child,” as a profound aspect of his film, and praised her for being a “strong defender” of her father’s legacy.

 Whether the final film successfully balances the tensions between that legacy and the tastes of modern audiences remains to be seen. IGN.com’s Scott Collura details the upcoming films plot: Peabody & Sherman director Minkoff, who kind of looks like Sherman actually, showed off a clip from his film too. The pair, who are of course based on the old cartoon series, find themselves in the era of the French Revolution, or thereabouts, via their “Way-Back Machine.” With the super-smart dog Mr. Peabody facing the guillotine, he devises an elaborate escape that is explained to us onscreen with everything from drawings and diagrams to charts and nutrition fact sheets, only in a much more fun way than that sounds. From there we also got a duel between Peabody and the bad guy and a rocket-like escape, all achieved through the magic of science of course.