{"id":31067,"date":"2013-08-30T15:26:14","date_gmt":"2013-08-30T05:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/power-up.space\/?p=31067"},"modified":"2013-08-30T15:26:14","modified_gmt":"2013-08-30T05:26:14","slug":"disneys-alexander-terrible-horrible-good-bad-day-begins-production","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=31067","title":{"rendered":"DISNEY\u2019S  \u201cALEXANDER AND THE TERRIBLE, HORRIBLE, NO GOOD, VERY BAD DAY\u201d BEGINS PRODUCTION"},"content":{"rendered":"<address>In cinemas November, 2014<\/address>\n<address>\u00a0<\/address>\n<address>BURBANK, Calif. (August 30, 2013) \u2014 Disney has kicked off production on \u201cAlexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day,\u201d the first live-action film adaptation of Judith Viorst\u2019s 1972 illustrated children\u2019s classic. The film, directed by Independent Spirit Award-winner Miguel Arteta (\u201cThe Good Girl,\u201d \u201cCedar Rapids,\u201d \u201cYouth in Revolt\u201d) from a screenplay by Rob Lieber, is a 21 Laps Entertainment\/Jim Henson Company production. Shooting in the Los Angeles area, with locations in the cities of Pasadena and Arcadia, the San Fernando Valley and Melody Ranch in Newhall, the film hits cinemas nationally in November, 2014.<\/address>\n<address>\u00a0<\/address>\n<address>Steve Carell (\u201cThe Way, Way Back,\u201d \u201cLittle Miss Sunshine,\u201d the forthcoming \u201cFoxcatcher\u201d) and Jennifer Garner (\u201cDallas Buyers Club, \u201cThe Odd Life of Timothy Green,\u201d \u201cJuno\u201d) star as Alexander\u2019s upbeat parents. The veteran performers are joined in the film by a trio of young talents that includes 16-year-old Dylan Minnette (\u201cLost,\u201d the upcoming \u201cPrisoners\u201d) as Alexander\u2019s older brother, Anthony; 15-year-old Kerris Dorsey (TV\u2019s \u201cRay Donovan,\u201d \u201cMoneyball\u201d) as sister Emily; and 12-year-old Australian native Ed Oxenbould\u00a0 (\u201cPuberty Blues\u201d), who makes his big-screen feature debut as the film\u2019s title character, Alexander.<\/address>\n<address>\u00a0<\/address>\n<address>Emmy\u00ae winner (and Golden Globe\u00ae nominee) Megan Mullally (\u201cWill &amp; Grace\u201d) also joins the cast, along with Jennifer Coolidge (\u201cAmerican Pie,\u201d \u201cLegally Blonde,\u201d TV\u2019s \u201c2 Broke Girls\u201d) and Bella Thorne (\u201cShake It Up!\u201d).<\/address>\n<address>\u00a0<\/address>\n<address>The film is produced by Shawn Levy (\u201cNight at the Museum,\u201d \u201cDate Night,\u201d \u201cReal Steel\u201d), Emmy\u00ae nominee and CEO of the Jim Henson Company Lisa Henson, and 21 Laps Entertainment President Dan Levine (\u201cThe Internship,\u201d \u201cAlong Came Polly,\u201d \u201cFreedom Writers\u201d). It\u2019s executive produced by industry veteran Philip Steuer (\u201cSaving Mr. Banks,\u201d \u201cOz The Great and Powerful,\u201d \u201cThe Chronicles of Narnia\u201d trilogy) and Jason Lust (\u201cWhip It,\u201d \u201cThe Waiting Game\u201d).\u00a0<\/address>\n<address>\u00a0<\/address>\n<address>Disney\u2019s \u201cAlexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day\u201d follows the exploits of 11-year-old Alexander as he experiences the most terrible and horrible day <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u00a0<\/span>of his young life\u2014a day that begins with gum stuck in his hair, followed by one calamity after another. But when Alexander tells his upbeat family about the misadventures of his disastrous day, he finds little sympathy and begins to wonder if bad things only happen to him. He soon learns that he\u2019s not alone when his brother, sister, mom and dad all find themselves living through their own terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. Anyone who says there is no such thing as a bad day just hasn&#8217;t had one.<\/address>\n<address>\u00a0<\/address>\n<address>Director Arteta\u2019s key filmmaking team includes cinematographer Terry Stacey (\u201c50\/50,\u201d \u201cSalmon Fishing in the Yemen\u201d), two-time Oscar\u00ae-nominated production designer Michael Corenblith (\u201cThe Blind Side,\u201d \u201cSaving Mr. Banks,\u201d HBO\u2019s \u201cGame Change\u201d), and two artists with whom he has previously collaborated: Oscar-nominated film editor Pam Martin (\u201cThe Fighter,\u201d \u201cLittle Miss Sunshine,\u201d \u201cYouth in Revolt\u201d) and veteran costume designer Nancy Steiner (\u201cLittle Miss Sunshine,\u201d \u201cLost in Translation,\u201d \u201cThe Good Girl,\u201d \u201cYouth in Revolt\u201d).<\/address>\n<address>\u00a0<\/address>\n<address>\u201cAlexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day,\u201d published in 1972, was written by Judith Viorst and illustrated by Ray Cruz. The endearing, enduring classic (with more than 2 million copies in print) became an ALA Notable Children\u2019s Book while also winning a George G. Stone Center Recognition of Merit, a Georgia Children\u2019s Book Award, and distinction as a Reading Rainbow book. Viorst followed this book (inspired by her own three sons\u2019 childhoods\u2014Alexander, Anthony and Nicholas) with two sequels: \u201cAlexander, Who Used to be Rich Last Sunday\u201d (1978) and \u201cAlexander, Who&#8217;s Not (Do You Hear Me? I Mean It!) Going to Move\u201d (1995). The 1972 original was first adapted to the small screen as a half-hour HBO animated musical in 1990 before Viorst collaborated with composers Charles Strouse (music) and Shelley Markham (musical score) for a 1998 stage musical at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.<\/address>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In cinemas November, 2014 \u00a0 BURBANK, Calif. (August 30, 2013) \u2014 Disney has kicked off production on \u201cAlexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day,\u201d the first live-action film adaptation of Judith Viorst\u2019s 1972 illustrated children\u2019s classic. The film, directed by Independent Spirit Award-winner Miguel Arteta (\u201cThe Good Girl,\u201d \u201cCedar Rapids,\u201d \u201cYouth in<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=31067\">Read More\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-movietv-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31067"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31067\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31068,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31067\/revisions\/31068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}