Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Encyclopedia Brown Is Headed To The Big Screen

Do children still read the Encyclopedia Brown books? I know they were first published a long time ago, but I remember reading them as a kid and the author, Donald Sobol seemed like he churned one out every year after, but for some reason the books never made it to the big screen. That is about to change. Warner Brothers wants to buy the movie rights and bring the kid detective to the big screen. Hopefully they will do it right and not dumb it down. I remember the books being more adult than the regular kid fare and I always appreciated that. I think children and teens still appreciate that which is why there has been such huge success for series like Harry Potter and Hunger Games. These books didn't go that far, but I remember them being really good. Of course there has been a lot of booze and bacon since then, so maybe I'm not remembering correctly.

Posted by ent lawyer at 8:30 AM

32 comments:

  1. FSP8:32 AM

    I preferred The Three Investigators.

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  2. libby8:35 AM

    I'm surprised it never was made into a movie/series of movies. Or a TV series even. It features a kid who solves 'mysteries' using only his 'powers' of being smart and observant....He's a geek-kid's hero.

    He was mine, at least.

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  3. StewMcG8:37 AM

    I liked these books but definitely preferred "The Great Brain" series. My kids haven't shown much interest in either series, though. :\

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  4. greenmountaingal8:37 AM

    I hope they do justice to Encyclopedia Brown & not have him use smartphones, iPads, etc. to solve mysteries.

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  5. OneGirlRevolution8:39 AM

    I adore Encyclopedia Brown! I still remember several if them and even now when I tie my shoelaces I think of those books because apparently I loop them the opposite way of most people.

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  6. Terri8:40 AM

    They were my favorite books! (Don't tell Nancy Drew)

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  7. Anonymous8:40 AM

    FSP I heart you BIG time now!! Long live Jupiter Jones!! I collect that series.. They were my fave as a kid and so far I've found 14 old hardback copies. My 8 year old just started reading them this summer. Oh the spooky memories..

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    1. FSP9:18 AM

      @Alicia- I still have mine somewhere, I'll need to do some digging this weekend.

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  8. The Tiffany9:13 AM

    Why don't I know of these books?! They seem like they would be right up my alley...when did they come out? Maybe I was too obsessed with the Baby-Sitters Club books to notice.

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  9. Susan9:18 AM

    I read every single one of these books. Love!!! I am such a dork.

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  10. ohcowie9:21 AM

    loved these books! i wonder if prospective customers will still have to put a quarter on the gas can for encylopedia to take the case?

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  11. Mari9:25 AM

    I have been sharing my collection (Encyclopedia Brown, Nancy Drew & The Hardy Boys, Enid Blyton, Bobbsey Twins etc) with my Godsons for a few years, then we had to buy them their own complete sets since they love re-reading them. If they do the same type of adaptation as Potter & Games, it'll hopefully turn out as well. The last Nancy Drew film didn't impress us, it's a tricky proposition. If kids are read to and see adults reading Enty, you produce readers!

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  12. Evil Kumquat9:32 AM

    Psst! Stay out of Idaville!

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  13. AndrewBW9:41 AM

    I read all the Encyclopedia Brown books, as well as Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys, and Tom Swift. I also liked Brains Benton, whom no one else seems to remember.

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  14. Karen9:53 AM

    Let me know when they make a movie of Bunnicula.

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  15. Mango9:58 AM

    I read these, and Nancy Drew and for the longest time I thought George was a guy. Doh!

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  16. Sherry10:06 AM

    FSP those feets..UGH!

    I have never heard of this series of books. Perhaps they came out after my time? Child of the 60's here. (God I sound old!)Teen of the 70's..that doesn't sound so old.

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  17. Rosemary Young10:13 AM

    I read and loved Encyclopedia Brown, but what bothers me now about the series is that the perpetrators always confessed after Encyclopedia presented the evidence or caught them in a lie. How convenient. What kind of criminal does that? They deny everything! Encyclopedia's cases would never hold up in court.

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  18. Tempestuous Grape10:16 AM

    I hate the world.

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  19. Andy10:44 AM

    I loved these as a kid and fear they will be totally fucked up.

    And there was an attempt at a series. Ran for all of 4 episodes.

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096576/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

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  20. TalksTooMuch10:46 AM

    I loved Encyclopedia Brown! Long live smart and Sally! I also loved The Great Brain, is it weird that I was just re-reading one? Because I am out of the demographic by about 30 years.

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  21. goofy4dizney11:15 AM

    Wow, how cool to hear those names again - Trixie Belden, Brains Benton, and the Three Investigators! Collected and reread them all <3 Never got into Encyclopedia Brown, but my kids did. Will be interesting how it survives the transition to the big screen. All those Nancy Drew/Hardy Boys shows sucked.

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  22. Seachica11:30 AM

    I loved Encyclopedia Brown. I hope they do the series justice. I still think of EB and the Great War whenever I read about World War I.

    The nancy Drewmovie was horrible. What a shame.

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  23. Snapdragon2:42 PM

    Loved this series! Hope they do it justice, too.

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  24. OKay3:03 PM

    OMG, I haven't thought about The Great Brain in YEARS but I loved that series to death! I liked Encyclopedia Brown too, but it wasn't required reading for me like Great Brain was. *L*

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  25. Krissie4:54 PM

    There was definitely some kind of TV special about this guy. I know because I watched it at school when I was in third or fourth grade, which would have been in the early 1990s.

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  26. chopchop5:50 PM

    Wasn't Encyclopedia Brown the books where you had to flip to the back of the book to read the conclusion? I loved those.

    Also loved Trixie Belden. I had a Trixie Belden paper doll. Yeah, I was cool.

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  27. Upside Downunder12:15 AM

    I loved Encyclopedia Brown, The Three Invstigators and The Hardy Boys. I i had a great english teacher in seventh grade because she gave me an A because she noticed I had a new book every day. I would just sit in the back and read in her class.

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  28. Poppymann7:05 AM

    That was my nickname in grade school.

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  29. di butler10:46 AM

    Loved,loved all the above. I still have all of my EBs, TBs, HBs, NDs etc. Saving them for my grandkiddos who like looking at them, now.

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