First "Horton Hears A Who" Picture

[TNPihl]

USA Today has posted the first picture from the upcoming CG animation "Horton Hears A Who". A picture of Steve Carell's role as The mayor of Who-ville. Carrey is doing voice for the elephant Horton. No pictures of Horton yet.


The mayor of Who-ville (Steve Carell) - Picture © Blue Sky Studios

The animation opens in theaters on March 14, 2008.

[gothichyppie]

Wow, that was fast!

[TNPihl]

I think it looks fantastic so far.
Yea it is fast they are ready with such a good picture, but the animators at Blue Sky Studios have worked on this movie since 2005.

[grinchy steve]

Why does he looks like the Grinch? Isn't a Who like, you know, in that Carrey-Movie?

Again, here we don't know the Dr. Seuss stories.

[Little Miss Carrey]

Wowchies. Yeah making films such as this takes alooong time! But still it looks amazing already. I can't wait.

LMC!

[cotton]

Why does he looks like the Grinch? Isn't a Who like, you know, in that Carrey-Movie?

Again, here we don't know the Dr. Seuss stories.

The whos in the Grinch movie were more human looking but the ones in the Grinch book looked like the one in the pic above.

[Little Miss Carrey]

I think he actually looks like the grinch himself in the book version. Only he's not... green

[omnipresence]

It should be good. It isnt on IMDB yet though.

[grinchy steve]

Ooooooooh, like that. Didn't know the Who's weren't like in the Grinch Movie. Thanks.

[gothichyppie]

It should be good. It isnt on IMDB yet though.

Yeah but I was the first who posted the news in the Jim message board!
IMBD has so much information, it's hard for it to keep up and stay updated!

[gothichyppie]

Wait! No I didn't!

[KC8t80]

i smell another hit for Blue Sky. First Ice Age 1 and 2, Robots.....and now this. they're just raking in the dough.lol

[sianlee]

Hold on...... are you guys saying that they've already started the animation? Don't the actors have to say the words first? Otherwise the mouth moves would be all different :S

[KC8t80]

sometimes.....depends on how the company wants to work it. i think it is easier for them to have some animation shown on a screen so the actor's can see what is going on to get the dialog right.

[grinchy steve]

Well, I saw all the extra's on films like Shrek, Monsters Inc, and so on and so on.

I guess it will happen like this. The animation is ready, backgrounds, moments without speaking, you know. The part were the characters speak they still have to work out till it's perfect, like the moving of the mouth and all. But everything else it is ready. I guess.