[ZeroGravity]

http://movies.yahoo.com/news/alf-mov...232621586.html

Sony Pictures Animation has closed a deal to acquire rights to the classic 1980s TV sitcom ALF and will develop the property into a CG-live action hybrid feature. Jordan Kerner, who produced SPA’s adaptation of 1980s Saturday morning cartoon staple The Smurfs and helped turn it into a hybrid blockbuster franchise, will produce the project with show creators Tom Patchett, a veteran of 1970s comedies, and puppeteer Paul Fusco. ALF stands for Alien Life Form, and the 80s sitcom centered on a friendly furry alien creature (a puppet), who crash landed on Earth and took up with a suburban family named the Tanners. ALF, whose name was later revealed as Gordon Shumway, is sarcastic and has an appetite for cats. He courts trouble with government forces that are on his tail. The show aired on NBC from 1986 to 1990 and lasted 102 episodes. Fusco voiced the character on the show and is expected return as the voice of ALF for the movie. In a long interview with THR in May, he expressed hope that an ALF movie would finally happen. No writer or director is attached. Ben Haber of Kerner Entertainment Co. and Kenneth Kaufman will exec produce. Kaufman, who runs Alien Production with Patchett and Fusco (the trio are the ALF rights holders), is a former producer of TV movies and used to be a producing partner of Kerner’s. It was that relationship that paved the way for the feature project. Kerner is a veteran producer with credits ranging from The Mighty Ducks to Inspector Gadget to Charlotte’s Web. Smurfs, his most recent produced movie, grossed more than $563 million worldwide. Kerner and SPA just wrapped production on Smurfs 2, which has a release date of July 31, 2013.

[Wolf Dawgz]

[Aku-Audi]

Will it have the theme song? Because that was the best part of ALF
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhFE4oxig04

Dat slap bass

[Scullibundo]

Before everybody jumps of the rails at the mention of the word CGI, just remember that it says HYBRID. Live-action/CGI hybrid is the best way to go for Alf. Think of Teddy in A.I.

[drspeedy]

well done!

also: NEVER google image search Paul Fusco

[Slayven]

Isn't the creator of Alf a bit weird? I know the dad ended up having cracksmoking orgies.

[SmithnCo]

Why

[Dishwalla]

Goddamn, this nostalgia for the 80s bullshit isn't over yet?

[spindashing]

Racist Alf. :(

[Count Dookkake]

Isn't the creator of Alf a bit weird? I know the dad ended up having cracksmoking orgies.

There is a movie about him, called PERMANENT MIDNIGHT. Decent flick.

[SolKane]

Racist Alf. :(

That and Permanent Midnight were the only good things to come out of Alf.

edit: beaten. Although, Count, PM was about a scriptwriter for Alf, not the creator/voice of Alf.

[Lionel Mandrake]

They should pick up from the show's cliffhanger ending. Say that Alf's been in a government research facility for years, and he escapes, finds a new family, etc.

[googleplex]

The Afl Tales cartoon was surprising good.

[DiscoJer]

It's only a matter of time before a Harry & the Hendersons remake, isn't it?

[Nils]

I...want to see this?

[Slayven]

It's only a matter of time before a Harry & the Hendersons remake, isn't it?

Small Wonder.

[dispensergoinup]

Waiting for a gritty Silver Spoons remake.

[VisionaryQuest0]

They should pick up from the show's cliffhanger ending. Say that Alf's been in a government research facility for years, and he escapes, finds a new family, etc.

They actually made an ALF tv movie that resolved that ending.

[zomaha]

Literally my favorite show as a child. Had pretty much every episode on tape.

[Baconbitz]

Before everybody jumps of the rails at the mention of the word CGI, just remember that it says HYBRID. Live-action/CGI hybrid is the best way to go for Alf. Think of Teddy in A.I.

I was thinking The Smurfs, Alvin and the Chipmunks, and Yogie Bear

[PK Gaming]

Oh god I fucking hated ALF.

...

and it looks like i'm not alone.

Max Wright has stated that he despised supporting a technically demanding inanimate object that received most of the good lines of dialog. He admits to being "hugely eager to have ALF over with."[7] Anne Schedeen has said that on the last night of taping, "there was one take and Max walked off the set, went to his dressing room, got his bags, went to his car and disappeared. [...] There were no goodbyes." Schedeen herself said "there was no joy on the set [...] it was a technical nightmare – extremely slow, hot and tedious.

[KiNeSiS]

A-lien
L-ife
F-orm

Gordon Gordon Put Us In Stitches

[Pop-O-Matic]

How much longer is it until we get to the 90's nostalgia phase? Because I want my big budget Hollywood Power Rangers and Pokemon movies, dammit.

[Slayven]

Literally my favorite show as a child. Had pretty much every episode on tape.

[ThoseDeafMutes]

I remember Alf.

[womp]

Some more fuel for your ALF nightmares...I remember reading about this a few years ago and thought I would share.

http://www.holytaco.com/alfs-dad-lov...sex-and-crack/

EDIT : DAMNIT, BEATEN. :|

[Tobor]

Fusco has been trying to get this going for years. He never got out of the Alf business.

[ColtraineGF]

Racist Alf. :(

My mind pretty much jumped straight to this when I read they were getting the original VA.

[Pop-O-Matic]

Literally my favorite show as a child. Had pretty much every episode on tape.

Do you still have them? 'Cause if not they are all on YouTube

[lunarworks]

Before everybody jumps of the rails at the mention of the word CGI, just remember that it says HYBRID. Live-action/CGI hybrid is the best way to go for Alf. Think of Teddy in A.I.

Ya, I'm more worried about the "Smurfs" movie connection.

Say hello to a truckload of quickly-outdated pop culture references.

[TwiztidElf]

MISSUS ARK-MONIK!

[lastplayed]

I remember Alf.

Holy crap. :lol

The best Alf.

[jett]

Oh mah gawd Hollywood has really ran out of ideas.

Before everybody jumps of the rails at the mention of the word CGI, just remember that it says HYBRID. Live-action/CGI hybrid is the best way to go for Alf. Think of Teddy in A.I.

Is that a brainfart you are having? Clearly they mean a CGI character in a live action setting with human actors, like The Smurfs movie.

[saunderez]

As long as he chases the cat around the living room for most of the movie I'll satisfied. Alf sure loved eating cats.

[zomaha]

http://i.imgur.com/nu0pR.jpg

Oh yeah I've seen that. Good times.

This random website has a nice "where are they now?" article from People I guess.

[NomarTyme]

It was kind of scary that he eat cats.

[saunderez]

It was kind of scary that he eat cats.

I always found it hilarious even as a little kid. Not that I wish harm to cats, it was just funny that an alien was obsessed with eating them.

[FStop7]

Gordon sent us into outer space

[spindashing]

I remember Alf.

What the hell is this? :lol

[Scullibundo]

Oh mah gawd Hollywood has really ran out of ideas. Is that a brainfart you are having? Clearly they mean a CGI character in a live action setting with human actors, like The Smurfs movie.

I think it was, yes.

[Escape Goat]

I hope he eats a cat on screen. Go for a hard R rating.

[lastplayed]

What the hell is this? :lol

Alf's a long running character on the Aussie soap Home & Away. :p

[ThoseDeafMutes]

Holy crap. :lol The best Alf.

What the hell is this? :lol

I'LL BITE YOUR FACE CUNT

[mattiewheels]

HAAA!

There is a movie about him, called PERMANENT MIDNIGHT. Decent flick.

Thanks for reminding me to watch that, did not know Alf was his thing though.

[Tobor]

Permanent Midnight isn't about Paul Fusco, the creator of Alf. It's about one of the show's writers.

[DrForester]

[Scullibundo]

Deafmutes, I would edit your post if I were you. I know from experience if you know what I mean.

[DJMicLuv]

ALF is back?
The FUN is back!

[DJMicLuv]

I remember Alf.

Great stuff!
Ya flamin' gallahhhh!!

[smurfx]

Small Wonder.

make it a horror movie. vicky the robot killed that neighbor girl and was locked up in storage for 50 years and then somebody turns her on and she continues her killing spree.