Watch test footage for eddie murphys live action hong kong phooey movie. The show was brought back in reruns in 1978 and 1981. Hong kong phooey is a cartoon dog who first appeared in september 1974. Walt disney classic cartoon, hong kong phooey and co. The marvin the martian piece is more of a standalone short than mere test footage. The majority of the footage shown features stupid potty humor where hong kong phooey is seen drinking out of a toilet bowl and then a urinal, which as any fan of the cartoon knows, he would never do. We reported over a year ago about an indevelopment hong kong phooey live action movie with a voice by eddie murphy to be directed by alex.
His previous credits include beverly hills chihuahua 2, dr. Documentary of the show from its development through its legacy. His pet duck however samples some of the formula and becomes an animated cartoon. Everything you need to know about hong kong phooey movie.
Like it or not, the hong kong phooey movie is moving forward. Such is the quandry with the liveaction adaptations of marvin the martian and hong kong phooey, which have had a few short minutes of test footage supposedly posted by writerdirector alex zamm. The original episodes aired from september 7, 1974, to december 21, 1974, and then in repeats until 1976. Hong kong phooey is harmlessly entertaining, about as harmless as hong kong phooey was to bad guys everywhere.
Hong kong phooey is an american animated television series produced by hannabarbera productions and originally broadcast on abc. Starring eddie murphy, ben stiller, matthew broderick, casey. Test footage from the liveaction films marvin the martian and hong. A liveaction feature based on hannabarberas animated series about kungfufighting pup and his feline sidekick. Hong kong phooey from fort box to the claw duration. See more ideas about 70s cartoons, cartoon, classic cartoons.
Whats the story based on the 70s cult classic hanna barbera animated tv series, a mildmannered dog named penry stumbles into a mystic ceremony and is accidentally granted mystic powers, including the ability to walk, talk, and do kung fu. Hong kong phooey, the number one super guy is a martial artist and the titular protagonist of the hanna barbera animated tv series of the same name, who travels about the city in his phooeymobile looking for any badguys he lessons to what crime is going on as penry, and then he changes to hong kong phooey using the file cabinet which usually gets stuck, so spot has to bang it to open. In the 70s, the animated fighting kungfu dog hong kong phooey was a minor television favorite, in part thanks to the work scatman crothers did voicing the character. Watch test reels for hong kong phooey and marvin the martian. Germanborn animator uli meyer worked on several profile movies before operating his own studio in the 1990s. Watch test footage from hong kong phooey and marvin the. Writerdirector alex zamm shares two short films he made for these liveaction cgi warner bros. This is lost footage from the hong kong phooey movie that got cancellednever got fully developed. It was cancelled, and the leaked test footage is what helped kill it. Includes production designs and never before seen original artwork as well as new interviews hong kong phooey the. What ever happened to the hong kong phooey movie that was. Based on the hannabarbera cartoon tv series, the new movie will combine liveaction with animation.
Test footage of the film was leaked 28 december 2012 but the. Marvin the martian and hong kong phooey movies leaked. In 2009, a hong kong phooey movie was announced and in 2012, test footage for the potential film was released, though no word of any progress in making the film was revealed since then. Hong kong phooey, when the villains are defeated, never understands how he succeeded, while spot enjoys the idea that he was the real hero and nobody else figured it out. Oy, i dont like the looks of the hong kong phooey test footage. Hong kong phooey retro japanese fashion design leather backpack for women men college school bookbag weekend travel daypack. Marvin the martian and hong kong fooey liveaction test. Disguised as a mildmannered police station janitor, penrod penry pooch transforms into americas secret weapon against crime by leaping into his filing cabinet and emerging as hong kong phooey whenever he hears a call for help. Hong kong phooey and marvin the martian test footage b. May 11, 2019 hong kong phooey was a 70s cartoon series about a super crime fighting dog who knows martial arts, so cool.
China has been moving the goal posts on hong kongs freedoms ever since laying its hands on the territory in 1997. In 1990, the show was adapted into a video game, hong kong phooey. Writerdirector alex zamm has decided to share two test demos from the liveactioncgi hybrid movies marvin the martian and hong kong phooey, which are currently in development limbo. Hong kong fooey is a mysterious super hero, the number one super guy.
Director alex zamm, whose film credits include such gems as the carrot top movie. Each of his stories begins with him working in a police station until rosemary gets a phone call explaining a crime. For the snooker player with this nickname, see marco fu. Penry murphy after stumbling into a mystic ceremony accidentally granted mystic powers, including the ability to walk, talk, and do kung fu. Between underdog, and those godawful buddies movies, i was hoping they would keep him in cartoon form. The conniving cowboy tin nose frames hong kong phooey for the theft of a rare map to the lost dutchman mine from a museum. Eddie murphy has been announced as the voice of the title character. His previous credits include beverly hills chihuahua 2. Marvin didnt work out, and we dont know exactly what the status of hong kong phooey is, but zamm has posted test footage for both movies, which you can see below.
Uli basically tweaked daffys design for the duck in this test footage you see. Watch test footage from hong kong phooey and marvin the martian. Writerdirector alex zamm shares two short films he made for these liveactioncgi warner bros. Hong kong phooeys alter ego, penry, works as a mildmannered janitor at the police station. Check out test footage from hong kong phooey and marvin the martian both projects were planned to merge cgi and liveaction by silas lesnick on december 9, 2011. He travels about the city in his phooeymobile, fighting crime with the aid of his manual, the hong kong book of kung fu. Aceshowbiz test footage for alex zamms hong kong phooey and marvin the martian projects was leaked online amidst presumption that.
Former deputy sheriff eddy craig right to travel traffic stop script washington state law duration. Goodman as writer, alex zamm as director, broderick johnson, andrew kosove, brett ratner and jay stern as. By eliot glazer director alex zamm was once set to make a liveactioncg hybrid marvin the martian movie, and in the past year. My daughter laughing her block off to the new to come eddie murphy featured movie ft.
We have added the test footage from the liveactioncgi hybrid movie hong kong phooey with eddie murphy set to voice the kungfu practicing dog of the title. Watch test footage for eddie murphys live action hong. Marvin the martian hong kong phooey livecg footage. The funniest part of the show was that hong kong phooey, in all his martialarts attacks, ends up simply screwing up, while in the shadows spot saves the day. On december 28, 2012, test footage of the film was leaked.
Check out test footage from hong kong phooey and marvin. Marvin the martian as well video back in august of 2011, eddie murphy was signed to voice the lead character in a film adaptation of hong kong phooey, the popular 70s cartoon about a kung fufighting dog. Check out some newly revealed test footage from the proposed liveactionanimation feature film versions of the classic cartoon characters hong. Marvin the martian hong kong phooey livecg footage leaked. Despite his ineptitude, and thanks to his cat, he always manages to save the day. A live actioncgi hybrid film based on hong kong phooey was planned with eddie murphy voicing the main character.
Although the status of hong kong phooey is technically unknown, we sincerely hope this movie never sees the light of day in its current incarnation. Eddie murphys hong kong phooey test footage proves this. This test footage is all that remains of that fateful journey. The complete series on region 1 dvd in august 2006 video game. The plot of ulis movie would have involved a scientist creating a formula to solve world hunger and deforestation. From wikipedia, the free encyclopedia hong kong fuey redirects here. Marvin didnt work out, and we dont know exactly what the status of hong kong phooey is, but zamm has posted test footage for both movies.
Packaged as a looney tunesstyle cartoon, yule be sorry follows the adventures of boy who receives the tiny alien as a christmas present according to collider, director alex zamm was charged with bringing hong kong phooey to the big screen. Hong kong phooey and marvin the martian test footage movieweb. Also, i was hoping they would stay away from another cgi dog movie. Its up to honcho, the mystery maverick, and posse impossible to help corral tin nose and clear hong kongs name. Test footage from liveaction films marvin the martian and hong kong phooey. The main character, hong kong phooey, is the clownishly clumsy secret identity of penrod penry. Hong kong phooey is the number one super guy whos quicker than the human eye. Hong kong phooey and marvin the martian test footage. See hong kong phooey and marvin the martian test footage film. From director alex zamm, the liveaction and animation hybrid would tell the story of. Watch test footage for eddie murphys live action hong kong. With the hong kong phooey footage, thats definitely someone impersonating eddie murphy, but you get a good idea of how his voice would work. Apparently zamm has posted test footage from the proposed film his voice sounds like a murphy imitator online and weve found the link.
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