A Skunk Fu flim is in the work

Apparently, when an animated series reaches 52 episodes, it is deemed worthy of a feature film...at least to some animation studios. :sweat: But we've only got 13 episodes right now.
 
Maybe it's a hit in its country of origin.
Hopefully, it won't be released in theaters here. Unfortunately, everyone's going to think it's a Kung Fu Panda rip-off.
 
I’ve never seen the series but I wish them the best of luck, as I would love to see more theatrical movies based on animated programs. They seemed to be doing them all of the time several years ago, with movies based on “Rugrats”, “The Powerpuff Girls”, “Hey Arnold”, “Teacher’s Pet” and “SpongeBob SquarePants”, but the trend hasn’t proven to be financially sound and they aren’t made as often as they used to be. Sure, “The Simpsons Movie” was great and made a lot of money, but I doubt that will convince anybody to make more movies.

Here’s wishing “Skunk Fu” the best, eh wot?
 
It's prolly incrdibly popular in Europe

I mean, this isn't a stretch, Dragon Hunters got one, Teacher's Pet got one, Magical Roundabout get one. It'll prolly not make actual theateres stateside, if it all, but it could make CN if Skunk Fu! does well on CN
 
I have to wonder why someone would want to make a movie version of a TV show that no one (in the U.S. at least) seems to give a crud about, but hey, it's their money.

I've personally never seen Skunk Fu, so I can't say whether it's worthy or not, but my CW affiliate airs the show too early for me to see it without recording it, and quite frankly, based on what I have seen, I never felt like I was missing anything great.



Legion of Super Heroes, sure. The Batman, that's debatable, but Johnny Test? Admittedly, JT is a better show than I originally gave it credit for, but JT's rapid fire pacing and flash animation style might be hard to take for over an hour.
 
I wish a lot of non-Skunk Fu members had the same thought as you. :)

And after seeing all 52 episodes shown in the UK, I'm totally up for seeing a movie. Even as a TV Series, the animation and storylines were pretty epic, espicially a two-parter which had a thrilling take on a few Japanese movies (Apologies if this hasn't bee broadcasted yet in the US but it's worth mentioning). And the characters all had their share in the spotlight without becoming overbearing nor annoying with how they were written and voiced. With the well-crafted backstory involving Panda and Dragon leading to the present day with Skunk's arrival, this definately paved a way for a movie, be it theatrical, TV or DVD released.
 
Or possibly, as explained in the article, this year has seen an increase in funding for Irish film studios, Skunk Fu's creators Cartoon Saloon being amongst them. They are now able to add a second film to their development slate, and decided to base it on Skunk Fu because it's the only TV series they've made. I don't know how popular Skunk Fu is in Ireland or anywhere else, but it has at least some name recognition.

Seems a logical decision to me, hardly "nonsense".
 
Having searched high and low for some information, I didn't find any. :( Nielson does the ratings in Ireland but they do not seem to break them down by programme (or at least not for us consumers). I would say that it is fairly popular, it's broadcast every day as part of the kids block; albeit in Irish. However as far as I know, it is also broadcast on the BBC, which many Irish households can receive. It would appear that it is the very strong international success of the show that has spurred production of this movie. Personally, I'm looking kinda forward to it, if only to see what they do with it.

And for those willing to be confused: Skunk Fu's Irish website
 
Well, since you asked nicely... ;)

Added this in a SPOILER for those who don't wanna find out:

"The Art of Remembering" - When Panda is captured by Baboon, Skunk, Fox and Rabbit run to Mrs Duck for help and give their own version of events of what happened, each one is different, where they are the hero.

Rabbit's version takes up the first half almost completely, which seems very much like "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" with a mix of "Drift City". Lotsa action and fight scenes here.

In part 2, Fox's version is a little "tamer" told in a quaint traditional Chinese style. Skunk's version was my fave - told in Nintendo form, ala: Mario! :D

Then afterward, Panda himself appears and it turns out he wasn't kidnapped at all. Earlier, he was giving a dull lecture to Fox, Skunk and Rabbit and they fell alseep, causing them to have exagerrated dreams. Overall, it was cool to see a new twist on this type of storyline: never expected it to expand into two episodes, though.


Oh, and here's the English version of the website for y'all to see:

http://www.skunkfu.tv/
 
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