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[Strax]

A man of many talents and many projects, Max Landis today revealed to Comic-Con that he’s writing a Pepe Le Pew movie for Warner Bros. The news of the animated project came from the Bright screenwriter in the middle of the Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency panel on Saturday. Landis is the lead writer and an EP on the BBC America series based on Douglas Adam’s 1987 novel.

When it comes to the French-striped skunk, the big screen version of the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies character was a pitch from the Power Rangers scribe that the studio liked, we’ve heard.

The character Pepe Le Pew is known for strolling around Paris in the springtime when everyone’s thoughts are of love, and he’s always on the lookout for “l’amour” of his own. But he has a couple of problems — his malodorous scent and his refusal to take “no” for an answer.

Landis currently has Channel Zero set at Syfy, a limited series anthology series he’s executive producing with writer Nick Antosca. The scribe also has Bright, which Netflix picked up for a not-so-small $90 million after a spirited bidding war. Also in the pipeline is Deeper at MGM starring Bradley Cooper.

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[Yaboosh]

He likes bitching about scripts he writes not getting made on Twitter so much he torpedoes himself.

 

[Fat4all]

Fuck yeah, I'm down.

 

[diaspora]

could be good? I really have no idea.

 

[Hasphat'sAnts]

"What kind of rapist shit is this?"

 

[ZeroGravity]

It'll be interesting to see if he can somehow reimagine this character for the modern day, because it's just not one that really works anymore.

 

[BocoDragon]

A sexual predator who doesn't wait for consent...

I don't see this concept going over well in today's climate.

 

[Fat4all]

It's gonna be Maniac, but with a skunk and cat.

 

[NYR]

Rape: The Cartoon

 

[HStallion]

"What kind of rapist shit is this?"

Beat me to it!

I'm curious how he tackles this. So we have Garth Ennis writing about Snidely Whiplash and Mutley and now Max Landis writing Pepe Le Pew. Maybe GRRM will give us a new Smurfs next.

 

[Makai]

I read that as Pew De Pie and felt old

 

[Lord Virgin]

"Many talents"

Name one. Sure as hell not writing.

Football? Swimming? Drawing? Knitting?

 

[CassidyIzABeast]

Keep gettin them checks

 

[Fat4all]

I read that as Pew De Pie and felt old

shouldn't that technically make you feel young?

 

[Admiral Woofington]

I have no attachment to this property I guess, let him write what he wants I guess but I didn't see anyone begging for a movie about him

 

[HStallion]

I read that as Pew De Pie and felt old

Now that would be a movie Pepe De Pie

 

[Mimosa97]

Why is this idiot getting so much work lately ?

 

[Oppo]

Rape: The Cartoon

why would you diminish rape like this?

 

[skynidas]

I can't stand this guy.

 

[Fat4all]

Why is this idiot getting so much work lately ?

Because he's a writer and studios are having him write.

 

[Toxi]

I'm sure the movie will stink.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

so a Bill Cosby biopic?

 

[SenorArdilla]

I look forward to how they deal with a sexually harassing skunk

 

[norm9]

There will probably be a scene where the skunk gets its penis bitten off.

 

[Übermatik]

Not the Pepe movie I was looking for.

 

[Slayven]

Why is this idiot getting so much work lately ?

google his last name

 

[Ninja Scooter]

Not the Pepe movie I was looking for.

 

[Mimosa97]

google his last name

I know about his father but that can't explain everything.

 

[Strax]

Not the Pepe movie I was looking for.

Too early for a biopic

 

[Coin Return]

The script has already leaked, Pepe gets decapitated by a helicopter.

 

[JTripper]

The dude pitches stories extremely well but I have yet to see a Landis script that's actually produced into a great movie. Chronicle was the closest but that's it. Too bad his Pokemon pitch was shelved.

 

[rekameohs]

Pepe le Mary Sue

 

[Speevy]

so a Bill Cosby biopic?

Who do you think is playing the title role?

"A zibbity bobbpity mon chéri."

 

[Fantastapotamus]

Finally. The dream team, together at last

 

[Hexagon!]

Pepe Le PUA

 

[mclem]

"Douglas Adam's"

Deadline, you're on notice.

 

[Strax]

"Douglas Adam's"

Deadline, you're on notice.

I fixed the text, had something like 6-7 spelling errors that I saw.

 

[MrCunningham]

Go with the original Pepe Le Pew canon from the first short and skip all of the rest.

Spoiler

In Pepe's first showing he wasn't French at all, he was just putting on a french accent to pick up women. Also the female cat he lusted after turned out to be male.

 

[Sanjuro]

Some of you are fucking disgusting. Ready to throw him under the bus, but when any star athlete from the Tune Squad has allegations you ignore that shit.

 

[entremet]

"What kind of rapist shit is this?"

Lmao

Great bit.

 

[Fat4all]

google his last name

His father stopped being relevant in Hollywood waaaay before Max started writing movies.

Also, of the 5 movies he's written that have come out so far, I've liked or loved the writing of 4 of them, so ¯\_(&#12484_/¯

 

[Avixph]

Go with the original Pepe Le Pew canon from the first short and skip all of the rest.

Spoiler

In Pepe's first showing he wasn't French at all, he was just putting on a french accent to pick up women. Also the female cat he lusted after turned out to be male.

Hmm.

 

[HarryDemeanor]

Another stinker.

 

[Blues1990]

Spoiler

It stinks!

 

[Zakalwe]

"Many talents"

Name one. Sure as hell not writing.

Football? Swimming? Drawing? Knitting?

Chronicle might have been a fluke.

Let's hope not.

Another stinker.

edwardfurlongeasymoney.gif

 

[Busty]

Looney Tunes?

I'm down.

 

[MrCunningham]

Hmm.

Spoiler

It was still better than the French stereotype that he later became.

 

[Spring-Loaded]

Also, of the 5 movies he's written that have come out so far, I've liked or loved the writing of 4 of them, so ¯\_(&#12484_/¯

Jesus, I'm so sorry.

 

[Fat4all]

Chronicle might have been a fluke.

Mr. Right is in Redbox and Me Him Her is on Netflix, give um a shot.

 

[Count Dookkake]

Needs to skewer PUAs and m'ladies.