Samuel L. Jackson Joins Chris Pratt In Alcon Entertainment’s ‘Garfield’
deadline.comSamuel L. Jackson (The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey) has signed on to star alongside Chris Pratt in Alcon Entertainment’s animated Garfield film.The film from director Mark Dindal (Chicken Little, Emperor’s New Groove) is based on Jim Davis’ iconic cartoon strip of the same name, which follows a cynical and lazy orange cat of the same name and his interactions with his owner, Jon Arbuckle, along with his fellow pet, Odie.
Jackson will play a brand-new character, Garfield’s father Vic.David Reynolds (Finding Nemo) adapted the screenplay. DNEG Animation is animating and producing the film with Alcon Entertainment.
John Cohen (Despicable Me, Angry Birds) and Steven P. Wegner are producing alongside Alcon co-founders and co-CEOs Broderick Johnson and Andrew Kosove, as well as DNEG CEO Namit Malhotra and President Tom Jacomb, with Davis, Amuse’s Bridget McMeel and Craig Sost exec producing.
Sony Pictures will distribute the film globally in all major territories apart from China.Jackson is a five-time NAACP Image Award winner who recently received an Honorary Oscar.
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