Shrek 2 was good, but let’s face it, it was nowhere near as good as Shrek. At least not until the action really started, then the original feeling really started coming through for me. One thing that disappointed me was the addition of a new sidekick, which watered down Donkey’s role, and it was the Shrek-Donkey relationship that made so much of the move for me. Okay, you can’t keep going over covered ground, but I’m not sure adding a second sidekick was the way to do it.
I guess that’s why I’m not head of DisneyDreamworks though…that and I’ve never applied. All that said, Puss in Boots was a very funny character, and wonderfully portrayed by Antonio Banderas, it was a lot of fun, and it seems that’s exactly what DisneyDreamworks think too (until I get that job application in anyway!).
According to Variety through Coming Soon:
DreamWorks has hired screenwriter David H. Steinberg (Slackers, American Pie 2) to write the animated film Puss in Boots, based on the character voiced by Antonio Banderas in Shrek 2.
There seems to be uncertainty about whether this will be a straight to DVD or Theatrical release, although the point is made that Steinberg is on a six figure salary for this job, and with figures like that you would be expecting a cinema release.
For the record, Steinberg is currently working on the remake of Love at first bite. That, if you have never seen it, is the spoof vampire movie with George Hamilton in the lead. Yes, the supremely tanned one.
