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Curious George (film)

May 20, 2023

Curious George is a 2006 animated adventure film[1] based on the book series written by H. A. Rey and Margret Rey. It was directed by Matthew O'Callaghan, written by Ken Kaufman and produced by Ron Howard, David Kirschner, and Jon Shapiro. Featuring the voices of Will Ferrell, Drew Barrymore, David Cross, Eugene Levy, Joan Plowright, and Dick Van Dyke, it tells the story of how the Man with the Yellow Hat, a tour guide at a museum, first befriended a curious monkey named George and started going on adventures with him around the city while attempting to save the museum from closure.

Curious George
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMatthew O'Callaghan
Screenplay byKen Kaufman
Story by
Based onCurious George
by H.A. Rey
Margret Rey
Alan J. Shalleck
Produced by
Starring
Edited byJulie Rogers
Music by
Production
companies
Distributed byUniversal Pictures[2]
Release dates
  • February 10, 2006 (2006-02-10) (United States)
  • May 25, 2006 (2006-05-25) (Germany)
Running time
87 minutes[3]
Countries
LanguageEnglish
Budget$50 million[3]
Box office$69.9 million[3]

It is the first theatrically-released animated film from Universal Pictures since 1995's Balto, the first theatrical animated film from Universal Animation Studios (making this Universal's first in-house theatrical animated film), and the first animated film from Imagine Entertainment.[citation needed] The film had languished in development hell at Imagine Entertainment since at least 1992, but it is possible that it was conceived years before. The film employs a notable blend of traditional animation and CGI scenery and objects that make up 20% of its environment. The soundtrack was composed by Heitor Pereira and features several songs by musician Jack Johnson.

Curious George was released in the United States by Universal Pictures on February 10, 2006. It was met with generally positive reviews and grossed $70 million worldwide against a budget of $50 million. Despite its mild success in the box office, Curious George made $48 million in DVD sales in the home market. It received 5 sequels, although all but one of them were released as direct-to-video films. A second theatrical Curious George film is in development, with Andrew Adamson set to direct.

Plot

Ted is a museum tour guide who gives weekly presentations to schoolteacher Maggie Dunlop and her students. His boss, Mr. Bloomsberry, informs Ted that the museum is losing money and will have to close. Mr. Bloomsberry's son Junior wants to tear down the museum and replace it with a commercial parking lot. Ted impulsively volunteers to travel to Africa to bring back an ancient 40-foot tall idol, the Lost Shrine of Zagawa, hoping that it will attract visitors. He is outfitted with a bright yellow suit and hat and boards a cargo ship to Africa.

In the African jungle, Ted finds the idol with the help of his guide, Edu, but it is only three inches tall. He sends a photograph of it to the museum, but the photograph's angle leads Mr. Bloomsberry to believe that the idol is even larger than he thought. Ted encounters a happy and mischievous orphaned monkey living in the jungle and gives him his yellow hat. Not wanting to be left alone, the monkey follows him and boards the cargo ship. Ted returns home and finds advertisements for the shrine all over the city.

In Ted's apartment building, the monkey makes his way to the penthouse and vandalizes the walls of Ted's neighbor, Miss Plushbottom, with paint. Due to the building's strict no-pet policy, Ted is evicted by Ivan, the doorman. At the museum, Ted reveals the idol's actual size to Mr. Bloomsberry and is kicked out by Junior after the monkey accidentally destroys an Apatosaurus skeleton. After a failed call to the animal control service to try to get rid of the monkey, Ted and the monkey are forced to sleep outside in a park. The next morning, Ted follows the monkey into the zoo, where Maggie and her students name the monkey George after a nearby statue of George Washington. George floats away on helium balloons that are popped by bird control spikes, but he is saved by Ted.

At the home of Clovis, an inventor, George discovers that an overhead projector makes the idol appear 40 feet tall. Ted borrows Clovis' truck to take the projector to the museum to show Mr. Bloomsberry, who sees it as the only way to save the museum and tells Ted that he is proud of him. Upon hearing this, Junior (who believes Ted is getting all the love over him) pours some of his coffee on the projector and gives the rest to George. The projector subsequently breaks, and Ted believes George broke it. With his plan derailed, Ted sadly addresses the crowd outside (who were waiting to see the idol) that the museum will permanently close and that there is no idol. When George goes outside to comfort him, Ted orders him to leave, saying he thinks everything is just fun and games and that he doesn't belong with him at the same time animal control arrives to capture him. George attempts to escape but Ted asks that they please take him away.

Ted speaks with Maggie, who helps him understand what is important in life. He sneaks onto the ship and reunites with George in the cargo hold. While Ted explains to him that nothing (including the museum's closure) matters besides their "buddyship", George notices that the idol reveals a pictogram when turned to the light, and Ted realizes that it is a map to the real idol, which they find in the jungle.

The real idol is displayed in the museum (Although less commercialised), which reopens with new interactive exhibits (thanks to Clovis and his inventions). Although disappointed that he did not get his parking lot, Junior gets a job as a valet and finds joy in his father finally being proud of him. Ivan, who has grown fond of George, invites Ted to move back into his apartment. Ted and Maggie share a romantic moment, but are interrupted by George, who has activated a rocket; Ted jumps in and they repeatedly circumnavigate the globe.

Voice cast

Main article: List of Curious George characters
  • Frank Welker as George, a curious tailless monkey. The film's press notes mentioned that while George would be more accurately described as a chimpanzee, he was referred to as a monkey for tradition and consistency with the book series.[4][5] Welker described the character as "the nicest little monkey you would ever want to meet".[6] Director Matthew O'Callaghan said that it was challenging to effectively convey the monkey's emotions because the character does not speak; because of this, George's original design from the books' illustrations was modified, including replacing his black-dot eyes with larger, more expressive eyes that have irises.[7]
  • Will Ferrell as Ted / The Man with the Yellow Hat, a tour guide at the Bloomsberry Museum. In a deleted scene, his last name was revealed to be Shackleford.[8] Ferrell described the character as "a blank canvas" and "a guy who's lived his life in a box".[9] O'Callaghan stated that Ferrell's casting led to an expanded role for the character, in contrast to The Man with the Yellow Hat's relatively limited presence in the book series.[10]
  • Drew Barrymore as Maggie Dunlop, an elementary school teacher and Ted's love interest. The character was named after Margret Rey, who created the Curious George series with her husband, H. A. Rey.[9] O'Callaghan favored Barrymore for the role, saying: "I've always been a big fan of Drew Barrymore so I suggested her to the studio and they all loved the idea of her."[11]
  • David Cross as Junior, the son of the museum's owner. An early version of the screenplay involved several antagonists; O'Callaghan and screenwriter Ken Kaufman eventually replaced the multiple characters with Junior in order to simplify the story.[7]
  • Eugene Levy as Clovis, an inventor who builds robotic animals. Levy has said that his experience with the character (his first voice role) informed his approach to subsequent voice work; although he prepared extensively with the script, he found that he had to do "just about everything 10 or 15 different ways until they get what it is they're actually looking for", and remarked that the recording process "is a really interesting way to work".[12]
  • Joan Plowright as Ms. Plushbottom, Ted's wealthy neighbor and opera singer, whose apartment gets vandalized by George.
  • Dick Van Dyke as Mr. Bloomsberry, the owner of the Bloomsberry Museum. O'Callaghan said he was surprised that Van Dyke had never done voice work before, explaining that "as an animation director you always want to use people who are fresh, who haven't done animated voices—at least I do. So it was really exciting to get [Van Dyke] in the room and work with him."[11]
  • Ed O'Ross as Ivan, the doorman of Ted's apartment. He strictly enforces his "No-Pet" policy and suspects Ted of having one with him. He speaks with a thick Russian accent.

Production

Development

Producers Jon Shapiro and David Kirschner contacted Margret Rey in 1990 about the possibility of producing a film based on the classic children's stories that she wrote with her husband, H. A. Rey. Shapiro recalled: "I promised I would be responsible to her and the character for finding others like myself who wanted to make the best version of Curious George possible."[10] Rey agreed and Imagine Entertainment secured the film rights for Curious George in June 1990, with plans to produce a live action film jointly with Hanna-Barbera Productions.[13]

Universal Pictures acquired the merchandising rights to Curious George from publisher Houghton Mifflin in September 1997, after Margret Rey's death the previous year.[14][15] Larry Guterman signed on to direct in 1998 and worked closely with Imagine Entertainment co-chairman Ron Howard to develop the film.[16] However, Guterman left the project reportedly after budget concerns about the film's special effects led Universal and Imagine to postpone production.[17][18] In January 1999, Universal stated that the project continued to be "in active development".[10]

Universal and Imagine were reported to be finalizing a deal with Brad Bird to write and direct a Curious George film that combined live action and computer-generated imagery (CGI) in October 1999.[18] However, Bird left the project in 2000 when he was hired at Pixar.[19] In July 2001, the newly merged Vivendi Universal announced that it had acquired Houghton Mifflin, with plans to make Curious George the company's new mascot, coincident with the film's development and release (Houghton Mifflin would be sold the following year due to Vivendi's mounting financial pressures).[20] Bird left the project after the studios decided to shift the film to all-CGI, and in December 2001, it was reported that Universal was in negotiations with David Silverman to direct the film.[21][22] In September 2003, it was announced that Jun Falkenstein signed on to direct the screenplay.[23] According to David Brewster (an animation supervisor for the film), Falkenstein was later fired by the studio and replaced by Matthew O'Callaghan in August 2004.[10]

Writing

According to Stacey Snider, then-chairman of Universal Pictures, it was challenging to turn the relatively simple Curious George books into a full-length film with substantial character development.[10] During the film's production process, many screenwriters wrote potential scripts for the project, including Joe Stillman, Dan Gerson, Babaloo Mandel, Lowell Ganz, Mike Werb, Brian Levant, David Reynolds, and Audrey Wells.[7][10][18][24] Kirschner said that screenwriter Pat Proft wrote a live action draft of the film "that had a lot of really funny, funny stuff, but in the end, what we really wanted was the special relationship between this man and this little monkey... it was really difficult to capture the innocence of that."[10] Brewster recalled that earlier versions of the script by Brad Bird and William Goldman were darker in tone and more adult.[10][25]

When O'Callaghan signed on to direct, replacing Falkenstein, he and screenwriter Ken Kaufman rewrote the story, saying: "We sat in a room for a couple of weeks, we sort of took some elements from the existing structure and created new characters, simplified things, put our heads together and came up with what ultimately was the story of the film." They expanded the role of The Man in the Yellow Hat and gave him a name, making the script more like a buddy film rather than one that was focused primarily on George.[7] The final script contained scenes inspired by many of the earlier books, including Curious George, Curious George Takes a Job, and Curious George Flies a Kite.[7][10]

Animation

When Imagine Entertainment obtained the rights to Curious George in 1990, a live action feature was planned; by 1999, Brad Bird was in talks to direct the film as a combination of live action and CG.[10] The success of Shrek in 2001 led Imagine co-chairman Brian Grazer to shift the film towards all-CG, saying at the time: "George the monkey has to have power and be able to express power, and it's difficult to do that in a live-action mix."[26] Eventually, a final decision was made to use traditional 2D animation for the film to recreate the look and feel of the Curious George books.[7][27] According to executive producer Ken Tsumura, CGI animation was used to create the environments for 20 percent of the film, including the city scenes, in order to allow objects to move in 3D space.[7]

A strict production schedule resulted in all animation work having to be completed within 18 months; Tsumura oversaw the outsourcing of the animation to studios around the world, including studios in the United States, Canada, France, Taiwan, and South Korea. The proportions of George and Ted were kept consistent with the books' illustrations, but their character designs were updated to accommodate the big screen, with O'Callaghan noting that "we had to give them eyes, pupils, teeth, whatever so Ted could enunciate dialog or to create strong expressions with George."[7] CG supervisor Thanh John Nguyen states that they tried to duplicate the look of the cars in the book, which Tsumura describes as bearing the look of the 1940s and 1950s; according to production designer Yarrow Cheney, the filmmakers also partnered with Volkswagen to design the red car that Ted drives, simplifying the design and rounding the edges.[28]

Music

"Music is so important to the movie. Our main character doesn't speak. He makes little noises. He squeaks. ... Since George doesn't speak, Jack [Johnson] decided he wanted to be the voice of George. So his songs provide the narrative."

—Kathy Nelson, president of film music at Universal[10]

The film's instrumental score was composed by Heitor Pereira, who replaced Klaus Badelt.[29][30] Hans Zimmer and Kathy Nelson served as the film's executive music producers.[31]

Jack Johnson was hired to write and perform the songs in the film. Johnson said that he was originally asked to write two songs for Curious George, but his enthusiasm for the film led him to write more.[32] He worked closely with the animation team and described a back-and-forth process in which he would provide a sketch of a song in response to a preliminary drawing of a scene, then followed by more detailed animations and lyrics.[33] Describing the songwriting process, Johnson recalled: "The balance was writing lyrics that didn't match things too perfectly, but would kind of reference what was going on in the film. I tried to make metaphors that describe the scene better than trying to exactly match what was going on."[32] Johnson said that many of the film's songs were written for or inspired by his eldest son.[34]

Release

The world premiere of Curious George took place on January 28, 2006 at the ArcLight Hollywood in Los Angeles, California.[35] The film was released to 2,566 theaters on February 10, 2006, opened alongside the 2006 remake of The Pink Panther, Firewall and Final Destination 3, and ranked at #3 with a total opening weekend gross of $14.7 million averaging $5,730 per theater. The film grossed $58.4 million in the United States and $11.5 million overseas, totaling $69.8 million worldwide.[3] The film was released in the United Kingdom on May 26, 2006, and opened on #5.[36]

Home media

The film was released on DVD on September 26, 2006 by Universal Studios Home Entertainment[37][38] in separate widescreen and full-screen versions. It was then released on Blu-ray on March 3, 2015.[39][40]

Reception

On the review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, Curious George has a 70% approval rating based on 107 reviews and an average rating of 6.10/10. The website's consensus reads: "Curious George is a bright, sweet, faithful adaptation of the beloved children's books."[41] On Metacritic, the film has an average score of 62 out of 100 based on reviews from 28 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[42] Audiences polled by CinemaScore during opening weekend gave the film an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale.[43] Reviews frequently praised the film's light-hearted tone and its traditional animation style, though some criticized the plot and modern references.[41]

In The New York Times, Dana Stevens called the film "an unexpected delight", praising its "top-drawer voice talent" and "old-fashioned two-dimensional animation that echoes the simple colors and shapes of the books".[44] The Austin Chronicle's Marrit Ingman wrote positively of the film's "sweet, simple message" that "children see the world differently and have much to teach the people who love them."[45] Christy Lemire of the Associated Press praised George's character design, writing that "with his big eyes and bright smile and perpetually sunny disposition, he's pretty much impossible to resist."[46] Roger Ebert gave the film three out of four stars, noting that it remained "faithful to the spirit and innocence of the books" and writing that the visual style was "uncluttered, charming, and not so realistic that it undermines the fantasies on the screen". Ebert wrote that while he did not particularly enjoy the film himself, he nevertheless gave the film a "thumbs up" on his Ebert & Roeper show because he felt that it would be enjoyable for young children.[47]

Richard Roeper, Ebert's co-host, criticized the film for similar reasons and said that he could not "tell people my age, or someone twenty-five [years old], that they should spend nine or ten bucks to see this movie".[41] Brian Lowry of Variety felt that the plot as too simplistic, writing that the film consisted primarily of "various chases through the city" and was "rudimentary on every level".[48] On the other hand, Michael Phillips of the Chicago Tribune wrote that the film was "overplotted and misfocused" and that "the script's jokes are tougher to find than the shrine", though he praised the film for staying "relatively faithful to the style of the original and delightful H. A. Rey illustrations".[49] Jan Stuart of Newsday criticized the film's modern references in the film, including cell phones and lattes, writing that they resulted in "modernization traps that the makers of the very respectable Winnie the Pooh films managed to avoid".[41][better source needed] Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly also negatively noted the anachronisms in the film, such as the use of caller ID.[50]

The song "Upside Down" by Jack Johnson received a Satellite Award nomination for Best Original Song.[51]

Soundtrack

Main article: Sing-A-Longs and Lullabies for the Film Curious George

Sing-A-Longs and Lullabies for the Film Curious George is the soundtrack to the film, featuring songs by Jack Johnson and others. In its first week on Billboard 200 albums chart, the soundtrack made it to the #1 spot, making it Jack Johnson's first number one album (In Between Dreams peaked at two, On and On peaked at three) and making it the first soundtrack to reach number one since the Bad Boys II soundtrack in August 2003 and the first soundtrack to an animated film to top the Billboard 200 since the Pocahontas soundtrack reigned for one week in July 1995.

Future

Main article: Curious George (franchise)

Television series

Main article: Curious George (TV series)

The PBS Kids animated television series, also called Curious George, was developed concurrent to the feature film. It also stars Frank Welker reprising his voice role of Curious George and with William H. Macy (later Rino Romano) narrating.[52]

Sequels

A sneak peek for the sequel, Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey! was included in the special features for The Tale of Despereaux. The sequel was released on March 2, 2010. The plot for the sequel centers around George becoming friends with a young elephant named Kayla. George tries to help Kayla travel across the country to be reunited with her family. A second sequel, Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle was released on June 23, 2015. A third sequel, Curious George: Royal Monkey, serving as the fourth film of the series, which is flash-animated instead of traditionally animated was released on DVD on September 10, 2019. On September 3, 2020, it was announced that a fourth sequel titled Curious George: Go West, Go Wild would premiere in Fall 2020. It premiered on September 8, 2020 on Peacock.[53] It was also released on DVD and digital on December 15, 2020.[54] A fifth sequel, Curious George: Cape Ahoy, serving as the sixth and final film of the series, was released on Peacock on September 30, 2021. With the exceptions of Frank Welker and Ed O'Ross, none of the voice cast from the original film returned for the sequels.

Future films

On July 30, 2010, shortly after the release of their first film, Despicable Me, it was announced that Illumination Entertainment was developing an animated film based on the book.[55][56] This project never materialized.

In August 2016, it was reported that Andrew Adamson was in negotiations to direct, write, and produce a live-action adaptation Curious George for Universal Pictures, along with Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, David Kirschner, Jon Shapiro, and Erica Huggins serving as executive producers for it.[57][58] On March 24, 2020, Jim Taylor was brought on to re-write the film.[59]

See also

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had languished in development hell at Imagine Entertainment since at least 1992 but it is possible that it was conceived years before The film employs a notable blend of traditional animation and CGI scenery and objects that make up 20 of its environment The soundtrack was composed by Heitor Pereira and features several songs by musician Jack Johnson Curious George was released in the United States by Universal Pictures on February 10 2006 It was met with generally positive reviews and grossed 70 million worldwide against a budget of 50 million Despite its mild success in the box office Curious George made 48 million in DVD sales in the home market It received 5 sequels although all but one of them were released as direct to video films A second theatrical Curious George film is in development with Andrew Adamson set to direct Contents 1 Plot 2 Voice cast 3 Production 3 1 Development 3 2 Writing 3 3 Animation 3 4 Music 4 Release 4 1 Home media 5 Reception 6 Soundtrack 7 Future 7 1 Television series 7 2 Sequels 7 3 Future films 8 See also 9 References 9 1 Bibliography 10 External linksPlot EditTed is a museum tour guide who gives weekly presentations to schoolteacher Maggie Dunlop and her students His boss Mr Bloomsberry informs Ted that the museum is losing money and will have to close Mr Bloomsberry s son Junior wants to tear down the museum and replace it with a commercial parking lot Ted impulsively volunteers to travel to Africa to bring back an ancient 40 foot tall idol the Lost Shrine of Zagawa hoping that it will attract visitors He is outfitted with a bright yellow suit and hat and boards a cargo ship to Africa In the African jungle Ted finds the idol with the help of his guide Edu but it is only three inches tall He sends a photograph of it to the museum but the photograph s angle leads Mr Bloomsberry to believe that the idol is even larger than he thought Ted encounters a happy and mischievous orphaned monkey living in the jungle and gives him his yellow hat Not wanting to be left alone the monkey follows him and boards the cargo ship Ted returns home and finds advertisements for the shrine all over the city In Ted s apartment building the monkey makes his way to the penthouse and vandalizes the walls of Ted s neighbor Miss Plushbottom with paint Due to the building s strict no pet policy Ted is evicted by Ivan the doorman At the museum Ted reveals the idol s actual size to Mr Bloomsberry and is kicked out by Junior after the monkey accidentally destroys an Apatosaurus skeleton After a failed call to the animal control service to try to get rid of the monkey Ted and the monkey are forced to sleep outside in a park The next morning Ted follows the monkey into the zoo where Maggie and her students name the monkey George after a nearby statue of George Washington George floats away on helium balloons that are popped by bird control spikes but he is saved by Ted At the home of Clovis an inventor George discovers that an overhead projector makes the idol appear 40 feet tall Ted borrows Clovis truck to take the projector to the museum to show Mr Bloomsberry who sees it as the only way to save the museum and tells Ted that he is proud of him Upon hearing this Junior who believes Ted is getting all the love over him pours some of his coffee on the projector and gives the rest to George The projector subsequently breaks and Ted believes George broke it With his plan derailed Ted sadly addresses the crowd outside who were waiting to see the idol that the museum will permanently close and that there is no idol When George goes outside to comfort him Ted orders him to leave saying he thinks everything is just fun and games and that he doesn t belong with him at the same time animal control arrives to capture him George attempts to escape but Ted asks that they please take him away Ted speaks with Maggie who helps him understand what is important in life He sneaks onto the ship and reunites with George in the cargo hold While Ted explains to him that nothing including the museum s closure matters besides their buddyship George notices that the idol reveals a pictogram when turned to the light and Ted realizes that it is a map to the real idol which they find in the jungle The real idol is displayed in the museum Although less commercialised which reopens with new interactive exhibits thanks to Clovis and his inventions Although disappointed that he did not get his parking lot Junior gets a job as a valet and finds joy in his father finally being proud of him Ivan who has grown fond of George invites Ted to move back into his apartment Ted and Maggie share a romantic moment but are interrupted by George who has activated a rocket Ted jumps in and they repeatedly circumnavigate the globe Voice cast EditMain article List of Curious George characters Frank Welker as George a curious tailless monkey The film s press notes mentioned that while George would be more accurately described as a chimpanzee he was referred to as a monkey for tradition and consistency with the book series 4 5 Welker described the character as the nicest little monkey you would ever want to meet 6 Director Matthew O Callaghan said that it was challenging to effectively convey the monkey s emotions because the character does not speak because of this George s original design from the books illustrations was modified including replacing his black dot eyes with larger more expressive eyes that have irises 7 Will Ferrell as Ted The Man with the Yellow Hat a tour guide at the Bloomsberry Museum In a deleted scene his last name was revealed to be Shackleford 8 Ferrell described the character as a blank canvas and a guy who s lived his life in a box 9 O Callaghan stated that Ferrell s casting led to an expanded role for the character in contrast to The Man with the Yellow Hat s relatively limited presence in the book series 10 Drew Barrymore as Maggie Dunlop an elementary school teacher and Ted s love interest The character was named after Margret Rey who created the Curious George series with her husband H A Rey 9 O Callaghan favored Barrymore for the role saying I ve always been a big fan of Drew Barrymore so I suggested her to the studio and they all loved the idea of her 11 David Cross as Junior the son of the museum s owner An early version of the screenplay involved several antagonists O Callaghan and screenwriter Ken Kaufman eventually replaced the multiple characters with Junior in order to simplify the story 7 Eugene Levy as Clovis an inventor who builds robotic animals Levy has said that his experience with the character his first voice role informed his approach to subsequent voice work although he prepared extensively with the script he found that he had to do just about everything 10 or 15 different ways until they get what it is they re actually looking for and remarked that the recording process is a really interesting way to work 12 Joan Plowright as Ms Plushbottom Ted s wealthy neighbor and opera singer whose apartment gets vandalized by George Dick Van Dyke as Mr Bloomsberry the owner of the Bloomsberry Museum O Callaghan said he was surprised that Van Dyke had never done voice work before explaining that as an animation director you always want to use people who are fresh who haven t done animated voices at least I do So it was really exciting to get Van Dyke in the room and work with him 11 Ed O Ross as Ivan the doorman of Ted s apartment He strictly enforces his No Pet policy and suspects Ted of having one with him He speaks with a thick Russian accent Production EditDevelopment Edit Producers Jon Shapiro and David Kirschner contacted Margret Rey in 1990 about the possibility of producing a film based on the classic children s stories that she wrote with her husband H A Rey Shapiro recalled I promised I would be responsible to her and the character for finding others like myself who wanted to make the best version of Curious George possible 10 Rey agreed and Imagine Entertainment secured the film rights for Curious George in June 1990 with plans to produce a live action film jointly with Hanna Barbera Productions 13 Universal Pictures acquired the merchandising rights to Curious George from publisher Houghton Mifflin in September 1997 after Margret Rey s death the previous year 14 15 Larry Guterman signed on to direct in 1998 and worked closely with Imagine Entertainment co chairman Ron Howard to develop the film 16 However Guterman left the project reportedly after budget concerns about the film s special effects led Universal and Imagine to postpone production 17 18 In January 1999 Universal stated that the project continued to be in active development 10 Universal and Imagine were reported to be finalizing a deal with Brad Bird to write and direct a Curious George film that combined live action and computer generated imagery CGI in October 1999 18 However Bird left the project in 2000 when he was hired at Pixar 19 In July 2001 the newly merged Vivendi Universal announced that it had acquired Houghton Mifflin with plans to make Curious George the company s new mascot coincident with the film s development and release Houghton Mifflin would be sold the following year due to Vivendi s mounting financial pressures 20 Bird left the project after the studios decided to shift the film to all CGI and in December 2001 it was reported that Universal was in negotiations with David Silverman to direct the film 21 22 In September 2003 it was announced that Jun Falkenstein signed on to direct the screenplay 23 According to David Brewster an animation supervisor for the film Falkenstein was later fired by the studio and replaced by Matthew O Callaghan in August 2004 10 Writing Edit According to Stacey Snider then chairman of Universal Pictures it was challenging to turn the relatively simple Curious George books into a full length film with substantial character development 10 During the film s production process many screenwriters wrote potential scripts for the project including Joe Stillman Dan Gerson Babaloo Mandel Lowell Ganz Mike Werb Brian Levant David Reynolds and Audrey Wells 7 10 18 24 Kirschner said that screenwriter Pat Proft wrote a live action draft of the film that had a lot of really funny funny stuff but in the end what we really wanted was the special relationship between this man and this little monkey it was really difficult to capture the innocence of that 10 Brewster recalled that earlier versions of the script by Brad Bird and William Goldman were darker in tone and more adult 10 25 When O Callaghan signed on to direct replacing Falkenstein he and screenwriter Ken Kaufman rewrote the story saying We sat in a room for a couple of weeks we sort of took some elements from the existing structure and created new characters simplified things put our heads together and came up with what ultimately was the story of the film They expanded the role of The Man in the Yellow Hat and gave him a name making the script more like a buddy film rather than one that was focused primarily on George 7 The final script contained scenes inspired by many of the earlier books including Curious George Curious George Takes a Job and Curious George Flies a Kite 7 10 Animation Edit When Imagine Entertainment obtained the rights to Curious George in 1990 a live action feature was planned by 1999 Brad Bird was in talks to direct the film as a combination of live action and CG 10 The success of Shrek in 2001 led Imagine co chairman Brian Grazer to shift the film towards all CG saying at the time George the monkey has to have power and be able to express power and it s difficult to do that in a live action mix 26 Eventually a final decision was made to use traditional 2D animation for the film to recreate the look and feel of the Curious George books 7 27 According to executive producer Ken Tsumura CGI animation was used to create the environments for 20 percent of the film including the city scenes in order to allow objects to move in 3D space 7 A strict production schedule resulted in all animation work having to be completed within 18 months Tsumura oversaw the outsourcing of the animation to studios around the world including studios in the United States Canada France Taiwan and South Korea The proportions of George and Ted were kept consistent with the books illustrations but their character designs were updated to accommodate the big screen with O Callaghan noting that we had to give them eyes pupils teeth whatever so Ted could enunciate dialog or to create strong expressions with George 7 CG supervisor Thanh John Nguyen states that they tried to duplicate the look of the cars in the book which Tsumura describes as bearing the look of the 1940s and 1950s according to production designer Yarrow Cheney the filmmakers also partnered with Volkswagen to design the red car that Ted drives simplifying the design and rounding the edges 28 Music Edit Music is so important to the movie Our main character doesn t speak He makes little noises He squeaks Since George doesn t speak Jack Johnson decided he wanted to be the voice of George So his songs provide the narrative Kathy Nelson president of film music at Universal 10 The film s instrumental score was composed by Heitor Pereira who replaced Klaus Badelt 29 30 Hans Zimmer and Kathy Nelson served as the film s executive music producers 31 Jack Johnson was hired to write and perform the songs in the film Johnson said that he was originally asked to write two songs for Curious George but his enthusiasm for the film led him to write more 32 He worked closely with the animation team and described a back and forth process in which he would provide a sketch of a song in response to a preliminary drawing of a scene then followed by more detailed animations and lyrics 33 Describing the songwriting process Johnson recalled The balance was writing lyrics that didn t match things too perfectly but would kind of reference what was going on in the film I tried to make metaphors that describe the scene better than trying to exactly match what was going on 32 Johnson said that many of the film s songs were written for or inspired by his eldest son 34 Release EditThe world premiere of Curious George took place on January 28 2006 at the ArcLight Hollywood in Los Angeles California 35 The film was released to 2 566 theaters on February 10 2006 opened alongside the 2006 remake of The Pink Panther Firewall and Final Destination 3 and ranked at 3 with a total opening weekend gross of 14 7 million averaging 5 730 per theater The film grossed 58 4 million in the United States and 11 5 million overseas totaling 69 8 million worldwide 3 The film was released in the United Kingdom on May 26 2006 and opened on 5 36 Home media Edit The film was released on DVD on September 26 2006 by Universal Studios Home Entertainment 37 38 in separate widescreen and full screen versions It was then released on Blu ray on March 3 2015 39 40 Reception EditOn the review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes Curious George has a 70 approval rating based on 107 reviews and an average rating of 6 10 10 The website s consensus reads Curious George is a bright sweet faithful adaptation of the beloved children s books 41 On Metacritic the film has an average score of 62 out of 100 based on reviews from 28 critics indicating generally favorable reviews 42 Audiences polled by CinemaScore during opening weekend gave the film an average grade of A on an A to F scale 43 Reviews frequently praised the film s light hearted tone and its traditional animation style though some criticized the plot and modern references 41 In The New York Times Dana Stevens called the film an unexpected delight praising its top drawer voice talent and old fashioned two dimensional animation that echoes the simple colors and shapes of the books 44 The Austin Chronicle s Marrit Ingman wrote positively of the film s sweet simple message that children see the world differently and have much to teach the people who love them 45 Christy Lemire of the Associated Press praised George s character design writing that with his big eyes and bright smile and perpetually sunny disposition he s pretty much impossible to resist 46 Roger Ebert gave the film three out of four stars noting that it remained faithful to the spirit and innocence of the books and writing that the visual style was uncluttered charming and not so realistic that it undermines the fantasies on the screen Ebert wrote that while he did not particularly enjoy the film himself he nevertheless gave the film a thumbs up on his Ebert amp Roeper show because he felt that it would be enjoyable for young children 47 Richard Roeper Ebert s co host criticized the film for similar reasons and said that he could not tell people my age or someone twenty five years old that they should spend nine or ten bucks to see this movie 41 Brian Lowry of Variety felt that the plot as too simplistic writing that the film consisted primarily of various chases through the city and was rudimentary on every level 48 On the other hand Michael Phillips of the Chicago Tribune wrote that the film was overplotted and misfocused and that the script s jokes are tougher to find than the shrine though he praised the film for staying relatively faithful to the style of the original and delightful H A Rey illustrations 49 Jan Stuart of Newsday criticized the film s modern references in the film including cell phones and lattes writing that they resulted in modernization traps that the makers of the very respectable Winnie the Pooh films managed to avoid 41 better source needed Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly also negatively noted the anachronisms in the film such as the use of caller ID 50 The song Upside Down by Jack Johnson received a Satellite Award nomination for Best Original Song 51 Soundtrack EditMain article Sing A Longs and Lullabies for the Film Curious George Sing A Longs and Lullabies for the Film Curious George is the soundtrack to the film featuring songs by Jack Johnson and others In its first week on Billboard 200 albums chart the soundtrack made it to the 1 spot making it Jack Johnson s first number one album In Between Dreams peaked at two On and On peaked at three and making it the first soundtrack to reach number one since the Bad Boys II soundtrack in August 2003 and the first soundtrack to an animated film to top the Billboard 200 since the Pocahontas soundtrack reigned for one week in July 1995 Future EditMain article Curious George franchise Television series Edit Main article Curious George TV series The PBS Kids animated television series also called Curious George was developed concurrent to the feature film It also stars Frank Welker reprising his voice role of Curious George and with William H Macy later Rino Romano narrating 52 Sequels Edit A sneak peek for the sequel Curious George 2 Follow That Monkey was included in the special features for The Tale of Despereaux The sequel was released on March 2 2010 The plot for the sequel centers around George becoming friends with a young elephant named Kayla George tries to help Kayla travel across the country to be reunited with her family A second sequel Curious George 3 Back to the Jungle was released on June 23 2015 A third sequel Curious George Royal Monkey serving as the fourth film of the series which is flash animated instead of traditionally animated was released on DVD on September 10 2019 On September 3 2020 it was announced that a fourth sequel titled Curious George Go West Go Wild would premiere in Fall 2020 It premiered on September 8 2020 on Peacock 53 It was also released on DVD and digital on December 15 2020 54 A fifth sequel Curious George Cape Ahoy serving as the sixth and final film of the series was released on Peacock on September 30 2021 With the exceptions of Frank Welker and Ed O Ross none of the voice cast from the original film returned for the sequels Future films Edit On July 30 2010 shortly after the release of their first film Despicable Me it was announced that Illumination Entertainment was developing an animated film based on the book 55 56 This project never materialized In August 2016 it was reported that Andrew Adamson was in negotiations to direct write and produce a live action adaptation Curious George for Universal Pictures along with Ron Howard Brian Grazer David Kirschner Jon Shapiro and Erica Huggins serving as executive producers for it 57 58 On March 24 2020 Jim Taylor was brought on to re write the film 59 See also EditList of fictional primates in animationReferences Edit a b Curious George 2006 Financial Information The Numbers Retrieved July 5 2019 a b c d Curious George American Film Institute Retrieved November 4 2016 a b c d Curious George 2006 Box Office Mojo Retrieved June 6 2020 Muller Bill February 10 2006 Yellow hats off to George The Arizona Republic Retrieved January 4 2021 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