A new film version of Mrs. Brisby and the Rats of NIMH is on the way, but with a bit of a twist...
NewsDon Bluth's The Secret of NIMH is one of those classic animated movies that gave some sensitive children of the '80s nightmares. Based on the also kinda bleak children's book by Robert C. O'Brien, Mrs. Brisby and the Rats of NIMH, the film version might be the high point of Don Bluth's impressive animated output. It's worth a look if you haven't seen it.
Michael Berg (the Ice Agemovies) will write the remake, which is being pitched as a live-action/CGI hybrid. This isn't such a bad thing. However, this is being pitched as something akin to NIMH: Origins, dealing with how a crew of lab rats get their smarts. An escape and (presumably) hijinx that ensue. It is, of course, being looked at as a potential franchise. If they try and make this a shared universe with a remake of An American Tail, I'm out.
MGM is in charge of this one. Here's hoping they come to their senses about the franchise angle.
Source: Deadline
