By Blair Feller

I’m sure you have read a least one of Dr. Suess’s magical childhood story books. On March 2^nd, 2012, one of his books will finally be brought to the IMAX 3D theater as a computer animated film. Dr. Suess’s The Lorax promises to be a very entertaining movie. For those of you who haven’t read the picture book, it’s about an amazing little creature, the Lorax, and his attempt to protect his beloved trees from being made into clothing for humans. The movie is based on this story for children, and has a little romance in it as well. Ted (voiced by Zac Efron), is the main character in the movie. We follow him on his pursuit to accomplish his one goal in life, which is to gain the love and affection of the girl next door, Audrey (voiced by Taylor Swift). What Audrey wants is something their little town can’t offer, so Ted makes it his goal to find it. He learns about the Lorax from his grandmother (voiced by Betty White). Other characters are the Lorax (voiced by Danny DeVito), the Once-ler (voiced by Ed Helms), and O’Hare (voiced by Rob Riggle). Will Ted find this thing that can help him get a shot at his one true love? You’re going to have to wait a couple more months to find out!

John Powell composed the music in this movie. This name might sound familiar to you, because Mr. Powell was the composer for multiple animated films from a high schooler’s childhood. Those films include Shrek, Chicken Run, Robots, Happy Feet,and Kung Fu Panda. The director for the film is Chris Renaud, who was the mastermind behind Despicable Me and Horton Hears A Who. The writers for the film include Ken Daurio and Cinco Paul, men who wrote the script for the film Horton Hears A Who. The executive producer is the wife of Dr. Seuss, Audrey Geisel. Taking into consideration all of these peoples’ past experiences in film, I have no doubt that this will be a fabulous remake of the Dr. Suess book!

The release date is the same date that would have been Dr. Suess’ 108^th birthday. The film will also be the fourth Dr. Suess-based animated film, and only the second movie based on his book that will be computer animated.

So, after this movie is released, it wouldn’t hurt to watch it, and set the wonder of your inner child free!