Edges Of The Lord

RELEASE DATE 2002
RATING R for some violence and sexual content.
DIRECTOR Yurk Bogayavicz
SCREENWRITER Yurek Bogayavicz
CAST MEMBERS Haley Joel Osment, Willem Dafoe; other cast not announced yet.
PLOT SUMMARY This is the story of a Jewish boy (Osment) living in Poland under Nazi occupation, hiding with a family of Catholic peasants. The children of the community are watched after by a kind priest (Dafoe).
GENRE Drama, Historical, Jewish.



The Country Bears

RELEASE DATE Summer, 2002
RATING G
DIRECTOR Peter Hastings
SCREEMWRITERS Mark Perez and Paul Rugg
CAST MEMBERS Christopher Walken (Reid Thimple), Deidrich Bader (Officer Cheets), Daryl Mitchell (Officer Hamm), Queen Latifah (cameo), Stephen Tobolowsky (Mr. Barrison), Meagen Fay (Mrs. Barrison), M.C. Gainey (Roadie), Eli Marienthal (Dex Barrison), Alex Rocco (Rip Holland). Also Brad Garrett, James Gammon, Richard Kind, Stephen Root; (unknown if they are playing humans or bear voices)
VOICE OVER CAST Haley Joel Osment (Beary Barrison), Charles S. Dutton, John Hiatt (singing), Julianne Buescher (Tennessee)
PLOT SUMMARY This is the story of a 10-year-old bear named Beary (voiced by Osment) who is raised by humans (sort of Tarzan in reverse... with bears), unaware that he is adopted (hey, I didn't say Beary was a bright bear). Discovering the truth about his bear-itage, Beary sets out to Tennessee, to seek out his family and purpose in life. There, he discovers that the famous Country Bear Hall is about to be torn down by a human banker, Reid Thimple (Walken). Beary then seeks out the legendary band, The Country Bears, such as Big Al and Liver Lips, in the hopes that they can reunite (like in The Blues Brothers) and save the concert hall.
GENRE Comedy, Kids, Musical.
OTHER INFORMATION According to the MousePlanet site, Disney may be hoping to use this movie to pave the way for a TV show that would be like a cross between The Muppet Show (the original, very funny one) and Hee-Haw, focusing on country music (obviously).

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the bears will be "suit-performers inside radio-controlled bear costumes complete with detailed facial articulation created by the Jim Henson Creature Shop."

Five of the songs will be written by country singer John Hiatt.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Disney has already hired Paul Rugg to work on a sequel, envisioning this as the first in a franchise of films.


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