See Animation Tests for ‘Hong Kong Phooey’ & ‘Marvin the Martian’
Over a year ago, Alcon Entertainment announced that Eddie Murphy would be lending his voice to the titular character in the live-action/CG hybrid adaptation of Hanna-Barbera’s 1970’s animated series Hong Kong Phooey. And three years earlier, Warner Bros. decided to utilize their rights to the Looney Tunes library, capitalize on the trend of families buying into the live-action/CG hybrid adaptations of cartoons like Alvin and the Chipmunks and The Smurfs, and bring Marvin the Martian to the big screen. However, now it seems like both those projects are dead as director Alex Zamm has posted animation test footage for both of these films, and that likely wouldn’t happen if both the projects were still happening. Look! Cartoon Brew (via Bleeding Cool) noticed Alex Zamm posted this video with both animation tests: We’re not sure if that means these projects are dead (maybe Speedy Gonzales and Bugs Bunny are too?) or if Zamm …