Animated How The Grinch Stole Christmas Remake in the Works

By Krystle Drew at 2:45 PM on February 8, 2013

Looks like the Grinch is headed back to theaters, 3D style. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Universal is working on an animated remake of Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas!...  read more

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Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax

By Annlee Ellingson at 5:18 PM on March 4, 2012

Just in time for what would have been Theodor “Dr. Seuss” Geisel’s 108th birthday, the creators of Despicable Me adapt the favorite tale of the beloved children’s author for the big screen, rendering his whimsical 2-D illustrations in shiny, computer-generated 3-D. The moral of the story, published more than 40 years ago, couldn’t be more topical: “Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot [about trees specifically or the environment generally], nothing is going to get better. It’s not.” Unfortunately, in their bid to expand the good doctor’s rhymes to feature length, the filmmakers bookend the fable about the...  read more

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The Bippolo Seed and Other Lost Stories by Dr. Seuss

By Jonathan Merritt at 10:26 AM on January 3, 2012

Whenever a great author dies, loyal fans begin holding their breath. They hope that one day, perhaps soon, a final work will emerge from the artist’s private collection and sail into the marketplace for one last hoorah. Could there be a previously unpublished manuscript, caked in dust, lying at the bottom of a desk drawer? A character sketch locked away on the author’s hard drive that might thrill us once more?  read more

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Watch the Trailer for Dr. Seuss' The Lorax

By K. Alexander Smith at 2:08 PM on October 27, 2011

Earlier today Universal Pictures released the first trailer for the upcoming animated film Dr. Seuss' The Lorax, produced by Illumination Entertainment and directed by Chris Renaud and Kyle Balda. Illumination and Renaud were also the producers and director, respectively, of 2010's Despicable Me. The film adaptation of the beloved Dr. Seuss children's book features a star-studded voice cast, including Danny DeVito as the titular Lorax, Zac Efron as Ted, Betty White as Grandma Norma and Taylor Swift as Ashley.  read more

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Awesome of the Day: Dr. Seuss Does Star Wars

By Beca Grimm at 1:00 PM on December 15, 2010

Seattle-based cartoonist Adam Watson started his Dr. Suess Does Star Wars series as a napkin-doodling project—a literal throwaway gig. However, after getting a little encouragement from a friend, he expanded the series....  read more

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Dr. Seuss-Themed Converse Chuck Taylors

By Josh Jackson at 2:23 PM on July 2, 2010

We do like these in a house. We do like them with a mouse. Converse has recently released a line of Chuck Taylor All-Stars with characters from beloved Dr. Seuss classics. You can wear pairs with Thing 1 and Thing 2 or One Fish, Two Fish. And, of course, Cat in the Hat. And like Dr. Seuss’ wonderful books, the shoes are for ages zero to 102. The shoes pictured below are available at Converse.com....  read more

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Film Version of Dr. Seuss' The Lorax Confirmed

By Ani Vrabel at 2:30 PM on July 30, 2009

Before Al Gore told us An Inconvenient Truth, Dr. Seuss taught us an important lesson in environmentalism with The Lorax. Thanks to Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment, a 3D/CGI adaptation of the children's book is scheduled to hit the big screen on March 2, 2012, the birthday of Dr. Seuss, who died in 1991....  read more

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