Jack Black To Play “Gulliver” In New “Travels”
By David Chen/Nov. 5, 2008 4:25 pm EST
Travels has been made into many films (several of them animated) over the years. Most recently, Ted Danson took up Gulliver duties in the 1996 NBC Miniseries. I was really fond of this series, as I thought it struck a great balance between the fantastic and the serious (not to mention the inventive framing of the story using Gulliver’s trial). It looks like this time around, with a comedic lead and a director/writer team who are known for their comedies, they may jettison the more serious and darker elements of the story in favor of a madcap style adventure. I’m not necessarily opposed to re-invention, but there’s a fine line between “homage” and “bastardization.” However, if it can at least make us laugh, then how could we possibly object?
Source: Variety
Discuss: Are you a fan of Gulliver’s Travels? What do you think of Jack Black as Gulliver?
