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Wishlist: Brad Bird for Calvin & Hobbes

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A lot of us love the antics of Calvin and his friendly and playful, although stuffed, tiger, Hobbes, written and illustrated by Bill Watterson. The strip ran for 10 years from Nov 18,1985 to Dec 31, 1995 and over that period we saw Calvin go on adventures in his mind with Hobbes as well as murder a few snowmen. But enough of this history lesson. 

Cole Drumb from Film.com has created a wishlist of 3 films

he would like to see, and who he wants directing them. Among this list, he’d like to see a Calvin and Hobbes film, and who does he want to direct? Brad Bird.  "If not done properly this film could cause riots in the streets and destabilize small countries." says Drumb, "The comic strip is as perfect as one of his movies and should not be trusted to anyone below Bird’s caliber. Brad Bird is the only writer/director with the chops to tackle this delicate, heart-warming and hilarious strip."

You can read Drumb’s full reasoning behind this decision here, but what do you think? Would you like to see Pixar make Calvin and Hobbes into a feature length film, and would you like Brad Bird to direct, or would you prefer someone else? 

Last modified: January 5, 2008