Harold And The Purple Crayon Live Action Movie!

[EricJ]

"You think THAT's bad? How about the last time I took up mural art?"

[Daniel]

Delayed until August 2024. Oh darn!

[Daniel]

First posters:




I was happy about Zach when this was first announced, funny how a few years can change that!

[Ben]

Yeah, plus a few years of Night At The Museums, Pixels, Free Guys and any number of other imaginary stuff come to life stories…

Ironically, this looks totally uninspired!

[droosan]

I just recently saw this japanese animated short from 1957 (a mere two years after Harold and the Purple Crayon was originally published!), which is a lovely example of this 'genre'.

Koneko no Rakugaki ("Kitten's Grafitti")



Here's an article with full credits and information about the film.

[gaastra]

[Ben]

I just recently saw this japanese animated short from 1957 (a mere two years after Harold and the Purple Crayon was originally published!), which is a lovely example of this 'genre'.

Well that was just delightful and full of inventiveness. At the end, there’s a link to some other clips, including one for Kitten's Studio from a year later, and in color. Certainly the most "western" anime I’ve seen, but still unmistakably Japanese. Great stuff!