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<text id=90TT1693>
<title>
June 25, 1990: The Great Cartoon Cash-In
</title>
<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1990
June 25, 1990 Who Gives A Hoot?
</history>
<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
GRAPEVINE, Page 15
The Great Cartoon Cash-In
</hdr>
<body>
<p>By Paul Gray/Reported by David Ellis
</p>
<p> Hollywood is holding its breath, waiting to measure the
box-office potential of Warren Beatty's $30 million Dick Tracy,
which opened last weekend. But the film community's anxiety has
not stopped movie moguls from laying plans to bring more comic
characters to the screen:
</p>
<p>CAPTAIN AMERICA
</p>
<p> Matt Salinger, actor son of the reclusive novelist J.D.,
stars as the World War II superhero. He battles archrival the
Red Skull in this film set for autumn release.
</p>
<p>BLONDIE
</p>
<p> The Disney company hopes to follow its Tracy flick with a
new musical version of the classic comic strip. Oscar-winning
screenwriter Alfred Uhry (Driving Miss Daisy) will pen the
script.
</p>
<p>THE FLINTSTONES
</p>
<p> Here's another '60s cartoon planned as a live-action film.
Producers are hoping to cast Roseanne's John Goodman as Fred and
British comedian Tracey Ullman as his long-suffering wife Wilma.
</p>
<p>BRENDA STARR
</p>
<p> Filmed in 1986, this Brooke Shields-Timothy Dalton vehicle
has been tangled in lawsuits ever since. If Dick Tracy proves to
be a big hit, producers could dust it off for a wide release.
</p>
<p>THE JETSONS
</p>
<p> The space-age family won't be played by live actors in this
film set for summer release. Teen-dream pop singer Tiffany
provides the voice of George Jetson's daughter Judy.
</p>
</body>
</article>
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