Single-Panel Comic Strip ‘The Family Circus’ To Become Movie Franchise
By Adam Quigley/Oct. 8, 2010 6:00 pm EST
There isn’t much to the comic, either in terms of character or story, which means this is almost certainly an appeal to brand name recognition. Without The Family Circus in the title—and a reduced emphasis on religion and dotted lines—this movie could just as easily be another Cheaper by the Dozen or Yours, Mine and Ours, much like Marmaduke was just another talking dog movie.
Baldecchi deserves points for persistence though; he spent two years calling and leaving messages in an attempt to persuade Bil Keane and his son (who inks and colors the comic) to make a movie, but they were resistant to the idea, so he never had any of his calls returned. One of those calls finally got through though, and he was able to convince them to move forward with the project. Apparently this is one brand Baldecchi didn’t intend to let slip by him.
