Bedbugs and Ballyhoo

Edition three of Bell, Game, and Candle is up; it is deceptively a bit more straightforward than previous editions.

Update: Gregory, you are amazing.

Issues Not Being Addressed By Presidential Candidates

the efficacy of vapidity as an alternative fuel being ignored
the relative ease of excavating the original programming of VH1 being ignored
the relative ease of excavating the original programming of MTV being ignored
the reduction of the Muppets to Disney Channel fodder because of media consolidation
the ubiquity of Z in the place of S at the end of titles because English is not the official language
the influx of Canadian middle-of-the-road rock because of the North American Free Trade Agreement

Futuristic Sequels Not Being Actively Pursued by DreamWorks

An Everlasting Piece 2525
Anything Else 2525
Biker Boyz 2525
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion 2525
Envy 2525
EuroTrip 2525
Fockers 2525
Forces of Nature 2525
Head of State 2525
Hollywood Ending 2525
House of Sand and Fog 2525
Just Like Heaven 2525
The Legend of Bagger Vance 2525
The Love Letter 2525
Lucky Numbers 2525
Mousehunt 2525
Old School 2525
Paulie 2525
Small Time Crooks 2525
Spirit 2525
Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party 2525
Surviving Christmas 2525
The Tuxedo 2525
What Lies Beneath 2525
Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! 2525

We're going outside? Without a human? Could be kind of dangerous, you know, in a lethally sort of way.

I was ruminating Babe: Pig in the City; I thought of Googling for info to see if a third film was ever in the cards before the financial failure or perhaps is in the cards after the financial success of Happy Feet, so I type in "George Miller" "Babe 3" (with quotes).

Same old news stories, until I notice a PDF result titled "Ken Steel" (closer examination reveals that it is the resume of Ken Steel, a man with the quintessential badass name), and I see some interesting text.

Currently working as a Lead Animator at Kennedy Miller Mitchell. Responsibilities include, working as part of a small creative team designed to aid George Miller in defining a creative direction for current and future productions such as Justice League of America, Happy Feet 2, Babe 3, and Mad Max 4.

Then came that mental "What? I thought that Happy Feet 2 and Babe 3 were merely being discussed," which obviously leads me to add "Happy Feet 2" (again, with quotes) to the existing query. With this query, I noticed a website for Dr. D Studios that features the following message:

Greetings from Dr.D studios, Sydney Australia
Academy Award winning producers George Miller and Doug Mitchell have partnered with Omnilab Media Group in creating a boldly significant Australian digital media company, Dr. D Studios.

George Miller said, “The brave new age of digital film-making is little more than a decade old. It offers extraordinary possibilities for storytellers like us who strive to break new ground with each of our movies. We have the perfect union of Omnilab Media’s resources and infrastructure with KMM’s story driven film making.”

Doug Mitchell adds, "Bottom line we aspire to push the boundaries and, in the process, elucidate the mysteries of storytelling."

Come join us as we dissect and reconstruct several large scale film projects with a growing team of top talent from Australia and beyond.

George Miller says, “This is a very real opportunity to build on past successes with a continuous flow of ambitious projects and contribute to the future of digital cinema.”

Currently in production: Happy Feet 2
Currently in Pre-production: Babe 3, Fury Road and Justice League of America

(image capture as well)

Also, Firefox HTML info says the last page modification was "Mon, Aug 4, 2008 9:42:34 PM."

So, obviously I Google "Dr. D Studios" (again, with quotes). I encountered a few job postings for the studio, all featuring "Happy Feet 2" in the description. In addition, the job postings themselves say "Currently we are working on Happy Feet 2, with several other film projects to follow."

I did also Google "Kennedy Miller Mitchell" and noticed a May press release that said "Omnilab Media has also created a new digital film company with Kennedy Miller Mitchell to use groundbreaking digital storytelling, animation and visual effects. This will include HAPPY FEET 2, BABE 3 & MAD MAX 4 and a range of other blue-chip properties in development."

In conclusion, you bet I am excited for a third Babe movie.