Alvin and the Chipmunks closes in on its ringleader
EXCLUSIVE: The third Alvin & the Chipmunks film may wind up looking a little like the fourth Shrek movie.
That's because Mike Mitchell, the filmmaker behind "Shrek Forever After," is now in negotiations to direct the new installment in the live-action / animated franchise, according to several sources familiar with the project.
With a production start date just 10 weeks away, the third movie in the cartoon-creature franchise has been hurriedly searching for a director ever since "Private Parts" filmmaker Betty Thomas passed on the job. Mitchell, in addition to "Shrek," also worked on "Monsters vs. Aliens" and "Kung Fu Panda." Fox could not immediately be reached for comment.
The new Chipmunks movie, set for release next December, may or may not be shot in 3-D. It is, however, expected to involve the chipmunks getting shipwrecked, and its let's-fast-forward-the-tape-recorder songs are sure to once again enchant your kids while driving you crazy.
-- Steven Zeitchik
Photo: 'Alvin & the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel.' Credit: 20th Century Fox
"The new Chipmunks movie, set for release next December, will be shot in 3-D."
There, fixed that for you. Because really, who are we kidding at this point?
Posted by: Markus | 10/27/2010 at 05:37 AM
They better have some more BEP songs.
Posted by: Kat Uchiha | 11/02/2010 at 02:16 PM