“Mr. Popper’s Penguins” is as generic and predictable as movies get. Despite its potentially funny premise, it takes no chances and results in one of the blandest comedies of the year. The plot can ...

The path of post-superstardom is a treacherous one for big-screen comedians, paved as it is with second-rate opportunities for dramedy schmaltz (See: Robin Williams in Patch Adams), wretched remakes ...

The Kimmel Center is presenting the Philadelphia premiere of a family favorite. Mr. Popper's Penguins waddles from page to the stage in a musical adaption of the popular children's novel of the same ...

Based on the 1938 children’s book of the same name, "Mr. Popper’s Penguins" resembles little of the classic many of us read as elementary school students. Screenwriters Sean Anders and John Morris ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. The story, set in 1930's Depression-era America, tells of Mr. Popper, a ...

Officially, "Mr. Popper's Penguins" is based on a children's book from 1938, but it's really based on movies circa 1998, when comedians such as Adam Sandler, Eddie Murphy, Robin Williams and Jim ...

The path of post-superstardom is a treacherous one for big-screen comedians, paved as it is with second-rate opportunities for dramedy schmaltz (See: Robin Williams in Patch Adams), wretched remakes ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Fans of the original book and movie will be delighted to see their favorite ...

Once one of filmdom’s kings of comedy, Jim Carrey returns to the screen this summer in a surprisingly clumsy and dull family comedy. Based on Richard and Florence Atwater’s 1938 book of the same name, ...

In a deal pegged at seven figures, Twentieth Century Fox has acquired screen rights to “Mr. Popper’s Penguins,” an adaptation of the beloved 1938 children’s book that will be produced by John Davis.