Arthur creator, Marc Brown, says he wants to make a live-action movie with John Legend.
The creator of beloved children's animated television series, Arthur, Marc Brown, has revealed that he would be open to developing a live-action feature film with John Legend in the titular role. Originally premiering in 1996, the show went on to become the longest-running children's animated series after serving 25 years on the air, spending a quarter of a century educating youth. Arthur finally came to a close on February 21, 2022, after a consecutive 25 seasons.
Arthur follows the titular anthropomorphic aardvark as he navigates educational adventures in his day-to-day life, interacting with his many friends and members of his family. The main cast heavily fluctuated throughout the series' long life span due to child voice actors growing up, however, the most recent cast members included Roman Lutterotti, Ethan Pugiotto, Evan Blaylock, Arthur Holden, Joanna Noyes, A.J. Henderson, and Jessie Kardos.
There might be a feature film in the works soon, too, about Arthur. I'm so excited. There was one maybe 15 years ago, and the right people weren't coming together, so I pulled the plug on it. But now, we've got a great idea. I think it's going to be intriguing for kids. It's going to be helpful to kids.
Back in 2017, many nostalgic fans of the animated series suddenly began to realize the singing legend bears an almost uncanny resemblance to the animated aardvark. After the meme quickly gained notoriety on Twitter, Legend even began to embrace it, dressing up as the character and recreating the infamous Arthur"angry fist" meme that had also become popular from the series.
With a live-action adaptation of this iconic series basically being confirmed to be in the works by the show's original creator, it's no doubt that childhood fans of the original will tune it to watch Arthur's live-action outing. Furthermore, casting Legend, who received notoriety for his uncanny resemblance, would bring even more viewers into the film, recreating a popular meme on the big screen.
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