Yeah, I thought it was a typo at first — but no! Two separate film projects are in the news today, one of them based on the Jack London story Call of the Wild and the other one is a play on the title, Cal of the Wild. One has already been made and has just been picked up by a studio for distribution, while the other one was just announced. Here's a breakdown:
Call of the Wild: Starring Christopher Lloyd, Veronica Cartwright, and Wes Studi, this movie was just picked up by Vivendi Entertainment for US distribution. The adaptation of Jack London's story is set in modern-day Montana and "is notable as the first digital 3-D release made entirely with live-action photography, with no CGI."
Cal of the Wild: Hooray for Freaks and Geeks' John Francis Daley (little bro Sam Weir) getting more work! Daley's been writing up a storm in recent years, and he and fellow writer Jonathan Goldstein have been tapped to write the comedy Cal of the Wild for DreamWorks. Based on reality TV shows like Survivor, the story "revolves around Cal Tanner, the fraudulent star of a cable TV survival show, who is forced to keep himself and his female assistant alive when they're put in an actual survival situation." (Sounds a bit like something that some people might wish for Speidi, no?)
Laura Clement
7 For All Mankind
Blue Wax
Cal of the Wild sounds hilarious. That's so exciting that John Francis Daley is getting good projects. He's turned out pretty cute too.
1Loved the classic "Call of the Wild" book and will definitely go see it in the theatre. However, the puerile-sounding "Cal of the Wild" doesn't sound worth catching even in TV reruns when there's absolutely nothing else on to watch.
2Yay for Sam Weir!!! He's lookin like a babe now!! =)
3Ok, I have to agree about John Francis Daley turning out way cute. I remember when he first came onto Bones, I had to make sure it was really him!
4kind of like The Three Amigos and Tropic Thunder, no? sound okay, though...
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