Owen Wilson signs on for 'Marmaduke'

Hollywood Reporter - 2nd Nov 2009

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Owen Wilson: Owen Wilson (Getty) Owen Wilson has signed on to voice the rascally Great Dane "Marmaduke," Fox's adaptation of the long-running comic strip. Wilson's boarding is the last piece of the puzzle for the live-action/CG movie, which has shades of Fox's surprise smash "Marley & Me" and follows a family named the Winslows who move from Kansas to Orange County with their dog Marmaduke, a slobbery pooch who creates chaos wherever he goes. In adapting the strip created in 1954 by Brad Anderson and... Read full story at Hollywood Reporter

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