![]() The most obvious recent example (speaking of quests) is The Lord of the Rings: Peter Jackson omitted key scenes, changed others, and generally jacked up Tolkien's fanatically-loved bestseller for no good reason. This is partly because the written word allows more nuance than the camera, but also because great books don't always have enough plotting or action to make great movies, and film adaptations often overcompensate by rewriting the book in a quest to make it more cinematic. Most film adaptations of classic books are inferior to the books they are based on. ![]() On the other hand, the big-screen format allows Saunders and Lumley to give Edina and Patsy a bit of surprising emotional depth amid the usual slapstick nuttiness.Ĭontinue reading: Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie Review ![]() All of these people have their moments, but never quite emerge as much more than comedy sketch figures. Basically, it's little more than a flimsy framework that includes brief scenes for series regulars (including Jane Horrock's airhead assistant, June Whitfield's dotty mum, Celia Imrie's rival PR and Kathy Burke's bulldog editor), plus a few new characters like Chris Colfer's stylist. Written by Saunders, the script is very loose, bouncing around without much focus before a series of impatient, nonsensical conclusions. They're chased by a detective (Robert Webb), who's the boyfriend of Edina's daughter Saffron (Julia Sawalha), whose teen daughter (Indeharna Donaldson-Holness) has run off with them. Now under investigation, Eddie and Pats flee to the South of France to find Patsy's wealthy ex (Barry Humphreys). But this goes spectacularly wrong when Kate ends up falling off a balcony into the Thames. After failing to sell her memoirs, Edina sets out to woo Kate Moss as a client. So she and her pal Patsy (Lumley) set out to make some cash. Last month it was reported that Mel Gibson voiced Rocky would be recast, though there was speculation that announcement was linked to accusations of anti-semitism.With her PR agency fading and her money spent on expanding her home, Edina (Saunders) discovers that her credit cards are "broken" and her champagne fridge is empty. It was revealed last month that the sequel was heading to Netflix and production is set to start next year. The original Chicken Run was released back in 2000, which grossed more than $224M globally. I trust my instincts and they are waving red lags.” I feel totally powerless in all of this doesn't quite ring true. ![]() “let's be frank, I feel been unfairly dismissed, to say I am devastated and furious would be an understatement. I feel I have been fobbed off with the same excuse.” The reason given was that his voice is now too old. She said “I received my letter of dismissal the day before it was announced that the 'Lone Free Ranger' had been axed from the sequel and that the character of Rocky was to be re-voiced. Sawalha took the step of recording her own voice test at home and then she sent it to producers Aardman Animations, and they had responded with, “Some of the voices (not yours, I agree) definitely sound older,” however they stated, “We will be going ahead to re-cast the voice of Ginger”. If you are interested, do read what I have to say about it. I have officially been plucked, stuffed & roasted. She also said that in these kind of circumstances, an actress would be given a chance to do a voice test but she hadn’t been given the opportunity to determine her suitability of her pitch and tone.īelow is Sawalha's tweet that she has posted with the hashtag #ageism: In the letter Sawalha published online, She said, she has been told by producers via email through her agent that she would not be cast as the character of Ginger and they will recast it with a younger actress in the sequel. British actress Julia Sawalha has posted a letter on twitter claiming that she is not being cast in the upcoming Chicken Run sequel on Netflix because her voice now sounds “too old”. ![]()
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