Brandon Camp On The Lookout For The New “Benji”

Walden Media wants to put scruffy but lovable canine Benji back on the bigscreen. The Fox-based shingle, behind such family fare as the “Chronicles of Narnia” franchise, has paired with Brandon Camp, son of “Benji” creator Joe Camp Jr., to write, direct and produce a pic that will reboot the character for a new crop of young moviegoers. Camp will begin a nationwide search to find a dog and hopes to partner with a rescue organization to “screen test dogs in pounds,” he said, because the original Benji, a dog named Higgins, was a pound puppy. Camp had been thinking about reviving the “Benji” brand for years. With the majors increasingly focused on well-known pop culture icons from a generation ago for remakes, Camp said he felt the time was ripe “from a business point of view.” Brandon Camp retains all rights to the Benji character on behalf of his family.
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