The clumsy, vine-swinging George first swung onto screens in cartoon form in 1967 with the series George of the Jungle, created by Jay Ward and Bill Scott – the latter of which also voiced the titular George – as an anthology consisting of three segments: George of the Jungle, Tom Slick, and Super Chicken. Unsurprisingly, the titular character became the most popular and was rebooted in a solo show forty years later in 2007. The character came to life, however, with the 1997 big-screen, live-action adaptation starring Brendan Fraser as the much-loved character. Walt Disney Pictures produced the movie which went on to become a huge success at the box office. Reviews – both at the time of release and retrospectively – have been favorable for the most part, which is relatively unusual for live-action adaptations of cartoons. Movies such as 1994’s The Flintstones, 1999’s Inspector Gadget, and, more recently, 2021’s Tom & Jerry have seen a...
- 8/29/2022
- by Adam Donald
- Collider.com
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