Bee Movie
Character: Vanessa
Genre: Animated
Character: Vanessa (Voice)
Costars: Jerry Seinfeld, Uma Thurman, Kathy Bates, Oprah Winfrey, William H. Macy
Director: Steve Hickner
Writer: Jerry Seinfeld
Filming location: Unknown
Studio: DreamWorks Animations
Release Date: November 2 2007
Plot Line: It is the comedic tale of Barry B. Benson (Seinfeld), a graduate bee fresh out of college, who is disillusioned with the prospect of having only one career choice — honey. On a chance opportunity to go outside the hive, Barry’s life is saved by a woman, Vanessa (Zellweger), a florist in New York City. As their relationship blossoms, Barry’s eyes are opened to the world of humans and he soon discovers that people partake in the mass consumption of honey. Armed with this information, Barry realizes his true calling in life and decides to sue the human race for stealing the bees’ honey. As a result, the bee and human communities get involved in ways they never had before, each one of them pointing a finger at the other. Barry gets caught up in the middle and finds himself with some very unusual problems to solve.
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16/10/07 Renee Appearing in Oprah
Jerry says he didn’t need to look very far to find an actress to play Vanessa, Barry B. Benson’s human crush in Bee Movie. From the beginning, he had his sights set on his neighbor, Academy Award®-winning actress Renée Zellweger. “She’s so sweet, and I thought, ‘That’s a good match for a bee,’” he says.
Renée says Jerry first told her about the movie at a charity function. “He said, ‘Well, I’m thinking about this thing about this bee that sues the human race when he finds out that we’re exploiting the bees for their honey,’” she says. “And I said, ‘Wow, that sounds really great. Tell me about it. He goes, ‘Well, that’s really kind of it.’”
A few years, numerous 4 a.m. rewrite “epiphanies” and a few hairstyles later, Renée says she is happy to finally be able to tell her friends to check out the film. In the time it took to finish Bee Movie, Renée says she made three other movies!
Jerry has nothing but praise for Renée’s talents. “She has got one of those amazing voice gifts that she can put her whole performance into her voice,” he says. “It comes on that screen, it’s just, like, boom. It’s like the character comes to life. In animation, the hard part is to make this thing seem like it’s alive. She brings life with just her voice, and not a lot of actors can do that.”
Like Oprah, Renée says it took some time for her to open up and really become her character. “You think that you would feel safe in that moment where there’s no camera, nobody’s really watching you, but there’s nothing to hide behind either,” she says. “[You're] completely exposed. It’s very easy to feel foolish when you try. ¡K It takes a minute to get past the self-consciousness.”
Eventually, Renée says she and Jerry started going off-script and improvised a scene where her character tries to give Barry some coffee. “We’re facing each other at the mics, and I see this look come over his face and I just knew that this is when he was going to serve the ace and I was going to have to be ready to hit back,” she says.
17/03/07 The Second Teaser
The second teaser of the movie is launched, have a look!
04/10/06 The First Teaser
The first teaser is just released today, go to view it!!
28/04/05 More casts are announced
Joining Seinfeld and Zellweger in the cast of Bee Movie are (in alphabetical order): Alan Arkin, Kathy Bates, Robert Duvall, Eric Idle, Larry King, William H. Macy, Tim Blake Nelson, Uma Thurman, Patrick Warburton and Oprah Winfrey. Also in discussions to join the cast is Matthew Broderick.
17/04/05 Second Trailer is now available
“What’s Renee Zellweger going to do this summer, other than promote “Cinderella Man,” her boxing drama with Russell Crowe? ‘A movie with Jerry Seinfeld. Fun right?’ chirps the Oscar winner. ‘It’s an animated feature, [entitled] “Bee Movie.” [that] he wrote and will produce and star in. It’s fantastic, so smart.’ The Dreamworks pic, about the inner workings of bee society–or what Seinfeld has called, ‘the world’s most harmoniously run organization’–is in preproduction, with the comedian slated to voice the lead male honey-maker. ‘I’m playing the florist,’ Zellweger explains. ‘I’ll pop in for a little while in June. I look forward to spending some time and bouncing ideas off the wall with him.’ We’re–heh, heh–abuzz with excitement too, Renee!” According to the current issue of Entertainment Weekly, Renee is going to do a new animated movie, Bee Movie this coming summer. She will play as a bee florist in this new film directed by Jerry Seinfeld. Read more in the imdb movie page! Proceed
