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Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs animated movie?

Link: http://www.apple.com/trailers/sony_pictures/cloudywithachanceofmeatballs/

I haven't thought of the book Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs in years... But when I saw that a trailer was just added to Apple Trailers, the distant but fond memory of listening to this book being read in my elementary school's library came back to mind.



Sony Pictures Animation is adapting Judi Barrett's classic 1978 story (illustrated by Ron Barrett) for a 3D film which releases September 18th, 2009. Bill Hader, Anna Faris, Tracy Jordan, and Andy Sandberg will be lending their voices to the film. I'm not sure if the film will win over those who loved the story as a kid, but hopefully at the very least it brings attention back to the book itself for a new generation.





(as a fun side note, the book design for the 1978 Atheneum edition of Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs was a winning entry in AIGA's The Book Show: Juveniles from 1979)