Bye, Bye, Bye To 'Fat Albert' Remake

Posted Tuesday, April 9, 2002 at 9:11 AM Central

by Heather Koehler

Chalk another one up to "creative differences" as the live-action version of 'Fat Albert' gets the red flag.

Cartoon creator Bill Cosby and the movie's director Forest Whitaker couldn't come to terms with their "visions for the characters." The two men agreed to cease shooting and Forest walked away from the project.

"Whitaker and Bill truly had creative differences in the way they see the movie going -- it's just about directionally seeing the movie differently. It's an amicable departure, and, at this point, it's just been put on hiatus," a Fox spokesman said.

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