Don’t Expect To See The ‘Dark’ Pee-Wee Herman Movie Any Time Soon
By Russ Fischer/Jan. 10, 2011 3:00 am EST
Over the past few years Paul Reubens, aka Pee-Wee Herman, has been talking up multiple new film projects. One now has Judd Apatow on board as producer, and a script is actively being crafted. It leaps off from the bright, child-like ideas of Pee-Wee’s Playhouse, and is meant to be very much in the spirit of Tim Burton’s film Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure. The other movie was talked up as a darker, more adult Pee-Wee Herman film, but we haven’t heard anything about that in some time. Now, according to the actor, it isn’t going to happen any time soon. He also provides a brief update on the film being produced by Judd Apatow.
IGN reports that, while part of the Television Critics Association press tour, Paul Reubens appeared (via satellite) as Pee-Wee Herman, and said “The dark Pee-Wee movie won’t be happening until things get a little darker.” Take that as you will, but it’s not a promising statement for anyone who was hoping to see that project. Meanwhile, he talked about the film that is in development now, reiterating that it will be a road movie, and that it seeks to recapture the feel of Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure. The question is: how will this movie be different from that one, if they’re both light-hearted road movies? “That’s what Judd keeps asking us!” the actor exaclaimed. “How’s it going to be different?!”
(Recall, too, that this isn’t the Pee-Wee’s Playhouse script that Paul Reubens repeatedly said was written and ready to shoot. Mr. Apatow asked for a new script, which Paul Reubens and Paul Rust are writing.) I’m glad to hear that — good to have a strong, established producer on hand to make sure the film is going in a direction that will make it worthwhile for audiences, and that won’t just retread what was established in Tim Burton’s first film.
Don’t Expect To See The ‘Dark’ Pee-Wee Herman Movie Any Time Soon
By Russ Fischer/Jan. 10, 2011 3:00 am EST
Over the past few years Paul Reubens, aka Pee-Wee Herman, has been talking up multiple new film projects. One now has Judd Apatow on board as producer, and a script is actively being crafted. It leaps off from the bright, child-like ideas of Pee-Wee’s Playhouse, and is meant to be very much in the spirit of Tim Burton’s film Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure. The other movie was talked up as a darker, more adult Pee-Wee Herman film, but we haven’t heard anything about that in some time. Now, according to the actor, it isn’t going to happen any time soon. He also provides a brief update on the film being produced by Judd Apatow.
IGN reports that, while part of the Television Critics Association press tour, Paul Reubens appeared (via satellite) as Pee-Wee Herman, and said “The dark Pee-Wee movie won’t be happening until things get a little darker.” Take that as you will, but it’s not a promising statement for anyone who was hoping to see that project. Meanwhile, he talked about the film that is in development now, reiterating that it will be a road movie, and that it seeks to recapture the feel of Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure. The question is: how will this movie be different from that one, if they’re both light-hearted road movies? “That’s what Judd keeps asking us!” the actor exaclaimed. “How’s it going to be different?!”
(Recall, too, that this isn’t the Pee-Wee’s Playhouse script that Paul Reubens repeatedly said was written and ready to shoot. Mr. Apatow asked for a new script, which Paul Reubens and Paul Rust are writing.) I’m glad to hear that — good to have a strong, established producer on hand to make sure the film is going in a direction that will make it worthwhile for audiences, and that won’t just retread what was established in Tim Burton’s first film.
IGN reports that, while part of the Television Critics Association press tour, Paul Reubens appeared (via satellite) as Pee-Wee Herman, and said “The dark Pee-Wee movie won’t be happening until things get a little darker.” Take that as you will, but it’s not a promising statement for anyone who was hoping to see that project.
Meanwhile, he talked about the film that is in development now, reiterating that it will be a road movie, and that it seeks to recapture the feel of Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure. The question is: how will this movie be different from that one, if they’re both light-hearted road movies? “That’s what Judd keeps asking us!” the actor exaclaimed. “How’s it going to be different?!”
(Recall, too, that this isn’t the Pee-Wee’s Playhouse script that Paul Reubens repeatedly said was written and ready to shoot. Mr. Apatow asked for a new script, which Paul Reubens and Paul Rust are writing.)
I’m glad to hear that — good to have a strong, established producer on hand to make sure the film is going in a direction that will make it worthwhile for audiences, and that won’t just retread what was established in Tim Burton’s first film.
