Fox 2000 acquires 'Mr. Ed'

Fox 2000 has acquired feature film privileges towards the sixties TV series "Mr. Erectile dysfunction," which chronicled the adventures of the speaking equine. Friendly Films principal David Friendly ("Little Miss Sunshine") and Jim Mahoney will produce the live-action family film, that will have a real equine having a CG-animated mouth. Producers will quickly begin their visit a author. The initial series broadcast on CBS from 1961 to 1966. Allan Lane voiced the equine, while Alan Youthful described his owner, Wilbur Publish. "It certainly is an ideal time for any four-quadrant family movie," Friendly told Variety. "Individuals would be the movies which have the most powerful pull. Like a producer, I attempt to picture the poster and that one looks very good from the studio behind 'Marley & Me' and 'Alvin and also the Chipmunks.'" Friendly introduced the project to Fox 2000 and it has experience making effective films about speaking creatures, getting formerly created "Dr. Doolittle." He and Mahoney spent many years wrangling the "Mr. Erectile dysfunction" privileges from two different estates. Mahoney has ties towards the franchise, getting professional created the 2004 TV movie "Mr. Erectile dysfunction," which starred David Alan Basche as Wilbur Pope and featured the voice of Sherman Hemsley. Like a passionate equestrian, Fox 2000 prexy Elizabeth Gabler was the driving pressure behind the project, which Fox 2000 professional Carla Hacken will oversee with respect to the studio. Fox 2000 also created the 2006 pic "Flicka." Fox 2000's next release is going to be David Frankel's bird watching comedy "The Large Year" on March 14. Contact Shaun Sneider at shaun.sneider@variety.com