Saturday, October 8, 2011

Johnny Depp is Set to Play Dr. Seuss!!


Johnny Depp has officially been cast to play Dr. Seuss in a movie on the life of the author and illustrator. He is also producing the film. The movie will be live action biography of Dr. Seuss a.k.a. Theodor Geisel. The studio is also considering adding in CGI elements.

More info on Dr. Seuss:


Geisel was born in 1904 and grew up in Springfield, Massachusetts. He ended up attending college at Dartmouth. Throughout his early years, he drew advertising and comic strips, then political cartoons during
World War II. By 1950, Geisel was publishing the books that became worldwide classics. He published 46 children's books, which were often characterized by imaginative characters, rhyme, and frequent use of trisyllabic meter. His most celebrated books include the bestselling Green Eggs and Ham, The Cat in the Hat, One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish, Horton Hatches the Egg, Horton Hears a Who!, and How the Grinch Stole Christmas!. He ended up dying of throat cancer in 1991.

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