No, you did not read the title wrong. Someone actually bought the rights to Blazing Saddles and than decided to make a film with none of the same characters, a completely different setting, and be kid friendly. On top of that the only person who worked on the previous film that is going to work on this one is Mel Brooks, who will probably do nothing but a brief cameo. On top of that this film will somehow have a big name voice cast attached, including Samuel L. Jackson, George Takei, Ricky Gervais and Michael Cera. What kind of world are we living in? I hate to judge a film before it's released, but Blazing Saddles is a classic of film comedy, and this sounds like an insult to that classic. Hopefully it will surprise me but I doubt it.
This film will the first feature film released by the Mass Animation studio. It will be co-directed by Chris Bailey, a former Disney animator who worked on such films as The Lion King, Hercules, The Little Mermaid, The Rescuers Down Under, and Oliver & Company, as well as directing the Mickey Mouse short Runaway Brain. He would after leaving Disney he would become the animation supervisor for the first two Live action/CGI hybrid Alvin and the Chipmunks films, and both Live/CGI hybrid Garfield movies. The other director would be another former Disney animator Mark Koestier, who animated on such films as The Lion King, Pocahontas, The Hunch Back of Notre Dame, and Trazan. After leaving Disney he would work as a storyboard artist for Dreamworks on films such as Kun-Fu Panda, and How to Train Your Dragon. This will be Koestier's first time directing. It will be produced by former Sony Pictures executive Yair Landau, Mass Animation Producer Susan Purcell, and co-director of The Lion King Rob Minkoff.
Hopefully this will surprise me but for right now it seems like an unnecessary add on to a great film.
-Michael J. Ruhland
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