The famous Mister Ed will soon make his silver screen debut

In the early 1960s, American TV audiences were charmed by a
talking horse named Mister Ed, an opinionated palomino who could speak fluent
English, but chose only to speak to his owner, Wilbur. Mister Ed was a popular sitcom that aired between 1961 and 1966,
and now, half a century later, Ed will make his big-screen debut.

The film rights to the character have been picked up by Studio
Fox 2000, the same studio that produced the 2006 horse movie Flicka. No writers
or director have been announced yet.

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The original Ed was a palomino gelding of Arabian and
American Saddlebred breeding named Bamboo Harvester and voiced by actor Allan
Lane. Prior to his big break on the small screen, Bamboo Harvester was a show
and parade horse. No word yet on casting for the new film.

For the upcoming movie, Ed’s mouth will move with help from computer
animation. In the 1960s, the horse’s trainer moved his lips with a nylon thread
that went through his mouth. Eventually the equine actor learned to move his
lips when his human co-star stopped talking, according to Alan Young, the actor
who played Wilbur, in a 2009 interview.

This is not the first time that rumors have circulated about
a Mister Ed revival. A 2004 remake of the series was proposed for the Fox
television network. The pilot was filmed, but never picked up for broadcast.

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unknown says:
October 6, 2011 at 4:44 am
I love Mister Ed!I try to watch him every morning before school.
sierra h. says:
October 6, 2011 at 5:24 am
i can't wait! i've only seen mr. ed like once or twice but i immediatly loved it! it is a great show :)
Ellen says:
October 6, 2011 at 6:13 am
Yay! I can't wait for it to hit theaters!
Rebecca says:
October 6, 2011 at 9:13 am
Love Mr. Ed!! Great show!! Can't wait for the movie!!
Cindy says:
October 6, 2011 at 3:44 pm
Cool...I grew up watching Mister Ed and had a stuffed version of him. I hope they really do make this movie.
Marion says:
October 6, 2011 at 6:31 pm
Grew up watching Mr. Ed and have owned palomino's ever since. Between him and Trigger, it's been yellow horses for my all my life. I can't wait for the remake of that equine funny star.
jessica says:
October 6, 2011 at 8:02 pm
Love saddlebreds and i am STOKED to see the movie
Galadriel says:
October 6, 2011 at 11:12 pm
This will be great! Well, I hope so anyway.
Kelly says:
October 11, 2011 at 2:17 pm
Love Mr Ed and think a big screen movie would be great.. however I hope the movie production company is more careful with the horses than they were in Flicka - when two or three horses were killed in the filming. I would think though Mr Ed would be a safer set. I never watched Flicka because of those horses death..
janice says:
March 4, 2013 at 6:10 am
that would be great watch the originals every Sat & Sunday just as I did when I was 9 years. I actually own a 8 year old Palomino QH gending that looks just like Mister ed and he won't quit talking either he thinks he is human and gets mad when I won't take him home when I leave! Would be great for the horse industry.