It’s about dang time, Hollywood. It may have taken you forever, but it looks like the long wait paid off!
So, you may or may not be aware that a new Cat in the Hat movie is coming out later this year. And that’s extremely exciting, because we’re finally getting a reboot to that abysmal live-action Cat in the Hat movie from 2003. Seriously, the Cat in the Hat has got to be the single most iconic children’s picture book character ever to be created. He was a response to a debate in the United States about literacy in early childhood. His success led to the creation of Beginner Books; a publishing house centered on producing similar books for young children learning to read. And yet, he was somehow given one of the worst children’s book adaptations in history. No one should have expected Hollywood to immediately try again after the nuclear fallout of that dumpster fire, but twenty-three long years of letting such an egregious crime against creativity go unpunished (especially as the Grinch’s much less bad live-action film was rebooted first!) was brutal, to say the least.
But you know the old saying: it’s better late than never. And I have to say, the trailers actually look good, even if there are additions to the story that’s typical of modern Dr. Seuss films. But hey, there’s basically NO scenario in which this film does worse than the live-action film at this point. It still feels so surreal to see justice finally being served, and it would feel wrong for me not to cover this movie after covering the marketing campaign and release of the Grinch’s reboot. So, I don’t know about you, but it’s time to have some fun – just not too much fun!
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