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Inside of his book, adventurous Harold (Zachary Levi) can make anything come to life simply by drawing it. After he grows up and draws himself off the book’s pages and into the physical world, Harold finds he has a lot to learn about real life-and that his trusty purple crayon may set off more hilarious hijinks than he thought possible. When the power of unlimited imagination falls into the wrong hands, it will take all of Harold and his friends’ creativity to save both the real world and his own. Harold and the Purple Crayon is the first film adaptation of the beloved children’s classic that has captivated young readers for decades.
Directed by Carlos Saldanha and produced by John Davis, the live-action hybrid family adventure/comedy stars Zachary Levi, Lil Rel Howery, Benjamin Bottani, Jemaine Clement, Tanya Reynolds with Alfred Molina and Zooey Deschanel. The film’s screenplay is written by David Guion & Michael Handelman, based on the book by Crockett Johnson.
Directed by:
Carlos Saldanha
Screenplay by:
David Guion & Michael Handelman
Based on the book by:
Crockett Johnson
Produced by:
John Davis
Executive Producers:
Jeremy Stein
Jenny Hinkey
Cast:
Zachary Levi
Lil Rel Howery
Benjamin Bottani
Jemaine Clement
Tanya Reynolds
with Alfred Molina
and Zooey Deschanel
This film is rated PG by the Motion Picture Association for the following reasons: mild action and thematic elements.
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When I was a child, I had a nightmare about an evil, elderly Harold and his purple crayon. This trailer brings that memory back. Thanks.
What the- Cancel the question.😕
Dude, YOU are hilarious!!!
*UBASHAAAA*
Was your Harold keeping you from getting vaccinations? LOL
And this time it wasn't because the story entered public domain
They won't stop till they squeeze every last drop of nostalgia out of us, huh?
It worked for wonka.
But just because they can doesnt mean they always should@@Park-jf1wc
@@Park-jf1wcsorta
That's the plan
and they will always push for ''diversity'' 🤢🤮
Thank god for the 5 second clip at the start telling me the trailer was about to start, I didn't know if the trailer was about to start!
Yeah fr, why do they make Trailers for the trailer now? Who asked for trailer trailers?
@@wasistdustin Why did you give me a trailer for the trailer trailer I didn't watch it yet
In India, back in the 90's, there was a TV show for children named "Shakalaka Boom Boom" in which the child protagonist had a magic pencil and whatever he drew with that pencil on a drawing sheet came to life/became real. We children loved it so much.
Yes bro 😂 they are copying us 😂😂
@@techjiteshThis was based on a very old book from the 50s💀
@@tiamysticmeans we copy us 😂
@@tiamystiche never said anything about copy, all he was mentioning was a tv show from india that could have been based on the yhe original books
Copy krr liya inne
I wish Purple Crayon drawing should be 2D animation in the real world
*UBASHA*
Or at least go with the style that spider verse did where it looked 2d, but it was actually CGI. Then again, the fact we got a 2D animated segment at all was a blessing
But considering the characters from the cartoon world turned into real life characters, I don't get why the crayon wouldn't.
harold and the purple crayon a new live action movie only in theatres this august
Dear fucking freaky Hollywood don't copy shakalaka boom boom 😎😎😎😎
This didn't need to be anything more than what it already was, a great, simple, core childhood memory.
This is not an adaptation because the book itself actually exists within the story of this film and the Crayon gets out of the story and into the real world, causing all kinds of chaos. So it's not actually ruining anything the book established.
@@MrChaotic4 Thanks for the response, this is a very interesting point! I hadn't thought about how it is not technically an adaptation. regardless of what it is though, it stills feel unnecessary.
what this trailer needs is more loud taiko drums to emphasize just how AMAZING everything is, and how blown away you should be by all of the action!
It’s so obnoxious lol
they're definitely timpanis lol not taikos
Lmao
It's a stolen idea from Polish animated series "Zaczarowany Ołówek"!!!!!!!
It needs more cowbell.
Alright, show of hands: who else thought this was some kind of Collegehumor-style shitpost joke when they first heard about it before discovering that no, they really are making a Harold and the Purple Crayon movie?
I'm not gonna lie... this should've remained 2D animated. But we'll see how this movie is
This look awesome it live action
3D animated would’ve been better.
@@jonathandillon2100 Respectfully disagree, 2D animation is just as impressive
@@jonathandillon2100 I think 2D animation is great too
Dude it had a cartoon chill@@jamesbastian2812
Shouldn’t Harold be a child and not a 43 year old man 🤔?
That a good question
YES !!
Okay.. What if.. Here me out.. This might be hard to understand but.. Here me out.. He grew up? 🤯🤯🤯🤯
More laws you have to go through hoops for. Easier to have adults than kids on set. (Not as many labor laws)
@maxTheTimeSlasher I was thinking the same thing. Maybe this took place years later?
I always wished there was a dark rendition of Harold and the Purple Crayon. A child who has a tough life but finds joy in a world where he can solve any problem he has with his creativity. I think that could be powerful.
The Robot Chicken sketch
Is it just me, or does this feel like Zachary Levi playing the role of Shazam, who's playing the role of Harold?
Most actor are one dimensional
Same 😂 it even has a winged dragon like creature like the last Shazam movie
SHAZAM!
Yeah, like Will Ferrell is Brennan Huff from Stepbrothers in every role.
@@sourabhkarmakar8040 0:30
"I'm Harold, and you're watching Disney channel" 💀
I miss DC in the 2000’s
😂😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂
Ha! Good one! I didn't think of that!
@@manuelorozco7760mortal kombat 1 and Peacemaker making it a good DC
I loved reading Harold and the Purple Crayon back in elementary school; fond memories.
Zachary Levi priorly voiced a rooster and Rapunzel's once-thief love. He even played Dave Seville's nephew. Alfred Molina priorly voiced Double Dan and played Otto Octavious and Maxim Horvath.
Alfred Molina's in this??
There is a 50/50 chance that this movie will get mixed reviews
That won’t surprise me since I sometimes don’t trust RT
Well it might likely bomb.
@@manuelorozco7760RT?
Another Venom situation, it seems.
TBH is gooing to flop
I knew Harold would grow up, but I didn't expect him to grow up in the animated world.
He actually grows up before entering the real world. But I assumed he would grow up too.
Or turn into Shazam
Looks like Harold finally grew up for this movie. Anything drawn by his crayon in three dimensions resembles a blueprint for a new machine's design and a figure's wire frame! I wish that crayon would grant all miracles, luck, wishes and dreams! It could even suit the special effects machines.
Getting some serious Buy More vibes from seeing the clip of Zachary Levi working in a fictional big box store.
So Harold grows up and ends up in the real world. That makes sense.
Yes, Harold physically grows up. But he doesn’t mentally grow up due to his childish, reckless, and impulsive personality.
Seriously, that's the only thing that makes sense? Lol
@@pseudo2522I know right?!? Haha dude thinks growing up is impossible but a purple crayon that makes anything you draw into reality is normal.
*UBASHA*
Probably the closest we'll ever get to a ChalkZone movie.
First thing I thought of the second I saw the title.
Chalk zone was awesome.
Core memory unlocked. Thank you for that.
Oh man memories
As long as The ChalkZone Movie would be a hand drawn animated movie with a PG rating for mild action brief thematic elements and rude humor
Hollywood made a premium version of "Shakalaka Boom Boom"
I know of Purple Rain sung by Prince, the purple dress worn by Rapunzel, the purple tang, several cars that are purple, even some grapes are purple, Ariel's queen dress and several prom gowns as well as Black Panther's suit's fabric lines are purple. My mythical character, Megalo Station (Blaire Rastaneo) wears purple and plum; the darkest purple in the world and there's even Queen Emmaline (Hayley Atwell) with every light and dark purple.
it's like the entire industry has the same 2-3 guys to make their trailers and those guys has the same 2-3 licensed music that they use in parts in EVERY FUCKIN' TRAILER.
When the guy said the crayon was made of "Pure Imagination," I thought, "Oh no, the Wonka-verse!!??"
I just thought of Wonka.
*UBASHA*
I'd love that
You say that like Wonka wasnt actually pretty decent, and Timothy challamet didn’t do a good job. The story could’ve been better but i don’t get the hate 😅
@@abbycollinssame like my dad was worried it wouldn’t do justice to the original movie (his favourite movie is the wilder Wonka movie) and he came out the theatres happy with the movie and even played the songs that where in it in the car on the way home!
Kids grew up watched Harold and the Purple Crayon cartoon from 1959.
It live action I guess this look good
maybe he grew up ?
There was a Cartoon from 59? I saw one from the 2000s
The book was back in the 1950s the show was made in 2001.
I remember getting the books in chick fil a kids meals when I was a kid lmao
As someone who watched Harold & the Purple Crayon as a child this is quite the surprise but I’m all for it 👍🏻
So I have a theory. The trailer says that those who write a story “creates a whole another world”. Well I believe this world has two layers to it. One is its “real world”, where its people live and what not. The other is its “fake world”, the void Harold is in as a child and as an adult. Since Harold is still wearing an adult fitted version of his pajamas that he had as a child, I believe Harold got trapped in the second layer and grew up there. That’s why he drew the “real world” door. Although one wonders why he didn’t drew it earlier (“I don’t do a lot of thinking indeed!)
People talking about Zachary Levi, I'm seeing this just for Lil Rel Howery! Loved him in Free Guy, and I expect to love him in this too!
I’m watching for him and Zooey Deschanel
"Honestly I don't do a lot of thinking." Wow this movie is self-aware.
Another Barbie situation?
That was almost every fucking scene as i watched Shazam 2
The role Zachary Levi was born to play.
1:40 Harold And The Purple Crayon Rated PG 1:59 Only in theaters August 2
Shaka Laka Boom Boom 🃏✏️ Good old days
An Older Harold is something I never expected as an Child but If I grew up he grew up! Can't wait for this.
*UBASHA*
IVE SEEN HAROLD ONE TIME WHEN I WAS A KID AND I HAD NO IDEA WHO HE WAS AND HES BEEN IN MY HEAD FOR YEARS AND THIS WAS A REMINDER. THANK YOU!!!!!!!
Wow that sense of relief you must have gotten.
Yessirrr
Jesus, go to a library.
This movie gonna be a blockbuster 😎
First "IF" and now this. It was about time for movies that look "for kids" went back to theathers instead of ending up being released directly to streaming. Let the magic prevail. 🖍✨️
diction fail
But........ this is going to theaters
@@cisalzlman yeah, that's what I said.
This honestly looks like fun. Sure, I’m questioning why Harold is now a grown man, but regardless, this looks good!
I do like Levi but itll take more then him to get me to want to watch it
in hollywood you theres laws you can have a baby in the movie but they cant be there for the whole entire movie i think what there going to do is make haroled grown up
“Hook” also involved an adult Peter Pan
@@joeyjoe308 True and it was still a good movie. May Robin Williams and Bob Hoskins rest in peace
Ngl, watching this trailer even if I too were to admit this was quite different from the HBO Family cartoon I use to watch when I was a kid has kinda makes me imagine if I was like Harold, I'd use that crayon to draw a giant mech suit, which would be both awesome and metal. Sorry if that sounded confusing, I was also a Mech enthusiast ever since childhood too😆
Harold grew up.💜
Oh my God after 10 years i get to see harold in a screen not just a screen,but a big screen!!!!
I am surprised to see that Harold will be an adult in this movie instead of a child.
Like seriously. Who is this movie even for?
@@kairenatus Everyone, I guess.
0:25 to 0:29 . It's shows Harold as a baby starting to draw and the entire page is blank, then it skips and show him as a adult who drew a entire world. It will be explained in the movie.
@@joey3654 Yeah.
@@joey3654 still lame
Hold on. I get it now. The baby is the character but he grew up. Okay that makes more sense.
I’m still trying to process my surprise
@@manuelorozco7760 Me too. I thought they were going away away from the source material. Now I can see that Harold was the baby and grew up. I did not see that coming
@@mr.movieandtvguy5310 As someone who never read the book neither did I
@@manuelorozco7760 Right!
@@manuelorozco7760 Same, seems like they're going with the "growing up with the audience" approach. Let's be real, gen alpha know nothing about the cartoon.
Harold you too old man to be walking around with a crayon 😂
This reminds me of the "Shaka Laka Boom Boom" TV show 🪄✏ which I used to watch a lot when I was a little kid 😄
It’s the director of Ice Age, Rio, And Ferdinand!💀 No wonder Harold still make things come to life😮 Can’t wait to see this😄 EDIT: MOM! IM FAMOUS!!!!
Man, he is going to have his live action debut and his first film outside of Blue Sky Studios!
Outside of Blue Sky Studios?
the fact that your excited 💀
Except Ice Age, Rio and Ferdinand are legit good movies.
@@EmperorScratIce Age is a good movie too
This feels like it came out in the early 2000s
Honestly why I kinda wanna see it. Those movies may not make sense, but there’s this chaotic charm to them that always delight me.
I think the fact that people assume this will be bad and pointless will make it surprisingly fantastic.
Oh they're cartoon characters coming to the real world never seen that before 🙄
Harold causing friggin mayhem with that crayon
Our childhood from the story book!
Yes this will be okay
Did you watch the TV show?
@@sabix2005 You mean the one from HBO Family? Yep I did, loved the theme song of the show too :)
@cnjetixnicktoonsenjoyer2002 not sure if we're talking the same show but the Harold cartoon I watched was on qubo
@@sabix2005 Oh- Right, my mistake, sorry.
Gotta love how the things he draw turns out into realistic very stock-looking assets instead of cartoony stuff, good things.
I like how the crayon is purple since purple/violet represents vision and creativity😊
Okay, this looks better than I thought. I had my hesitations when I heard Harold was going to be an adult but I like it when a film adaptation can work with the source material and make its own story out of it. What would happen in Harold grew up and came to our world with his magic crayon? Thats sounds interesting. Worst case scenario it could just end up feeling like a 2000s style comedy but just based on this trailer...it doesn't look that bad.
I will say that this has so Imagination and Creativity but we will see when we cross that Purple Bridge.
i used to watch the cartoon as a kid back in the early 2000s. To see it now as a live-action film is mind-blowing.
Harold and the Purple Crayon was my FAVORITE story when I was a kid (clear back in the late 80s/early 90s). One of the first books I ever read on my own (although my mom had read it to me countless times before I learned to read). I just saw a movie poster for this just before Easter and I freaked out because it never in my wildest imagination thought that this story would be made into a movie. The movie comes out August 2, and then 2 days later on August 4 is my 38th birthday. Best believe I'll be sitting in the audience with my purple crayon and a huge dumb grin on my face. I am SO excited for this.
Levi: “I don’t do a lot of thinking.” …Makes sense. He said yes to this script.
Wdym
He’s From DC’s Shazam Movie & TV’s Chuck.
How do you know that?
They probably saw them, or did some research on the internet.
he was also flynn ryder from tangled
SHAZAM!!!!!!!!!!!
And Alvin and the chipmunks the second one
Ngl the adult cartoon character of Harold literally looks like the man in the yellow hat from Curious George, it reminds me of him so much idk why.
That's what I just thought and I am glad I'm not the only one but I still wonder how they even came up with his design like that still?
I remember watching Harold and The Purple Crayon when I was young and here I am seeing this trailer and it’s bringing back memories
I think that I will watch it, even if critics don’t like it. The live-action debut of the director of Rio 1 & 2, Ice Age 2 & 3 and Ferdinand and co-director of Ice Age 1 and Robots. Rio 1 & 2 were childhood movies for me. Zachary Levi is for me a great actor even after Shazam 2 became a flop.
Me 2.
The SpongeBob SquarePants episode, Frankendoodle and another one where the barnacleheads enter a drawing world show any image drawn brought to life, including one Blue's Clues episode and Chalk Zone. It even effected We Can Be Heroes.
Being a late 80s and 90s kid, seeing this trailer brings back memories. They're going really old school with this nostalgia piece. Gen Z probably have no idea what this is. This could be the earliest concept from my lifetime that is getting a modern treatment. Sonic and Mario have had several iterations before their movies. This, however, the last time I saw this name was in 3rd grade. I have to see it just out of moral obligation.
Harold and the Purple Crayon was a HUGE part of my childhood and I can't wait to see this movie!!!!
My first reaction seeing the poster was bad but the trailer was good, it looks interesting.
I was curious from the trailer. I’m not sure I’ll see the movie yet from my impression here
I see a lot of comments complaining about it? Here are my thoughts. this is NOT your book made live action, the book exists within this world, and somehow the crayon gets out. this is not changing the book, or pretending to be a movie of the book, it just found a way to use the powers of the book. I think that's the only right way to DO a live action of this. It's not a remake, its something new. Its a tribute to the original book and a new way for kids to enjoy it, and will probably introduce many more people to the original. A good thing, right?
It's not something new. It's exactly like Disney turning all of their 2d animated movies into crappy action remakes. This is just another lazy and pathetic attempt for some quick cash.
@@Rucnas It's different because it's not just telling the same story like those movies were.
@@christophersfirstyoutubeca8751 Yeah, it's just using the same name, so it could rely on nostalgia as the selling point. Then, make up a really crappy story for a quick cash grab. This one of those movies that you watch on a plane and fall asleep in the middle of it.
@@Rucnas Curse those smart businesses for making movies about popular things. You can't really "remake" a book, or a one-season tv series. You're probably not their target audience anyway, so why raise a fuss?
@@Rucnas op just said this was not a remake. i also dislike live action remakes but the op gave context that this was not a remake but a live action movie based on the book. i think we could say it was something like the live action hook, it's based on peter pan but it was not a live action remake.
We need a sequel where Harold says SHAZAM!!! 😈
Anything with Zachary Levi and I'm watching it.
From the BR director of ICE AGE and RIO In his live-action debut
Don’t forget Ferdinand
Yep Chris wedge is his name.
Nop, It's Carlos Saldanha
@@dylanramos8730 I saw it and didn't fix my comment before.
Believe in miracles, create and draw and do everything that works very successfully for the world will mean everything to you, nothing complicated, you just need to believe and love yourself that you can.
Just a little thing i noticed: That dragon towards the end is probably the bee the kid drew, only having eaten a lot more than just one butterfly. I imagine it's gonna be an ongoing problem for the cast the more it exists, which sounds pretty entertaining imo
This was my ABSOLUTE favorite book as a kid and I can't wait to see this with my kids!
Not everything needs to be remade or come back, originals are beautiful the way they are
Dude I remember that story from when I was a kid. Though this seems to be taking things differently than I remember. Can’t believe THIS is being made into a movie.
Zachary Levi taking the career risk challenge
Yall couldnt just make this animated? Yall were doing so well with spiderverse...
My inner 5 year old is jumping for absolute joy!! I LOOOVED this when I was little
Harold's crayon❌ shaka laka boom boom ✅
Motion Picture Association of America. "Harold and the Purple Crayon" is rated PG for "mild action and thematic elements".
Ngl, I kinda thought it would be alot cooler if this was 2D animated since it kinda makes me think about what Harold would look like if he was all grown up, but oh well, maybe giving this movie a watch shouldn't be too hard when I watch it online lol. Tho' also watching the HBO show of Harold and The Purple Crayon when I was a kid growing up did kinda make me inspire me to make a trio of magic crayon users kinda like Harold but with the same color as one of my favorite trios Huey,Dewey, and Louie as the magic crayons would be Red,Blue, and Green, best part is that I can even probably imagine my magic Red,Blue, and Green crayon user trio drawing Vehicles and Mechs too😆
1:48 Toys“R”Us - C’mon Let’s Play 2014 commercials in a nutshell
This is perfect for Zachary Levi.
Harold and Purple Crayon ❌Shaka Laka Boom Boom✅ IYKYK 💯🔥
Zachary Levi loves playing adult characters with that childish personality. And this reminds me so much of Nickelodeon's Chalkzone.
I haven't heard this old story since 5th grade. Never thought I see this character again
I saw an early screening of this. The kid in the helicopter actually dies from the crash. The helicopter completely goes out of control after desperate attempts by parents and good Samaritans to subdue it. It crashes directly into the glass doors that hold the milks and explodes. The police come to question Harold, but he draws a door to escape them. The movie takes a dark turn here; Harold now has ti cope with the inner psychological stress with which he endures from accidentally taking a life.
I hope to high heaven that you're being sarcastic....
Loved loved loved this book. Read it to my nephews often.
We makin out the bargain bin with this one 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
The third movie where Zachary Levi plays a child. At this point I think he's way too into it.
Well he is a man child.
Our little Harold is all grown up. And still drawing up trouble. 🥹
Not really sure how I feel about this. My mother used to read this to me all the time, when I was little. After she died in 2010, I was going through a box of her keepsakes etc. before her funeral and found the book. I hadn't seen or even thought about it since I was really small and I just broke down in tears. I don't think I could watch this film, as I want to retain the memories as they are.
There was a cartoon show in the late 90s early 2000s 'Chalk Zone'. Used to come up on Nickelodeon. A bit similar to this one.
Yes and Yes
The things that got me interested in this movie : 1. Shaka-laka-boom-boom 2. Zoey Deschanel
Why Also chalkzone
I was enamored with this book as a kid, I hope to god this does it justice
bro I seriously can't wait for this, even though I've never read the book before
Rudy got the chalk, chalk, chalk zone.
this was one of my favorite books as a child. it will be interesting to see how the movie plays out.
aw this was my childhood book, I would always sing over & over, “Harold & the purple crayon”, love that Zooey is in it, and honored that my sister worked on assistant editing this film for 9 months 🫶🏻
I read this book to my grandson all the time I just showed him the trailer. He wouldn’t even finish watching it. He said why is he an old man?
HATPC was my favorite book as a child. '60's and '70's.
Soooo...now Shazam is Harold? I wonder if he'll meet Santa like he did in my childhood book.