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| narrator = ~~[[Josh~~

| music = [[John Debney]]

| cinematography = [[Peter James (cinematographer)|Peter James]]

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| language = English

| budget = $80 million<ref>{{cite news|url=https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2010/12/movie-projector-tron-legacy-will-dominate-yogi-bear-and-weak-how-do-you-know-.html|title=Movie projector: 'Tron: Legacy' will dominate 'Yogi Bear' and weak 'How Do You Know'|last=Fritz|first=Ben|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=December 16, 2010|access-date=December 17, 2010|archive-date=December 19, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101219220409/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2010/12/movie-projector-tron-legacy-will-dominate-yogi-bear-and-weak-how-do-you-know-.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=mojo />

| gross = $~~203.5~~200 million<ref name=mojo>{{cite web|title=Yogi Bear|work=[[Box Office Mojo]]|publisher=[[Internet Movie Database]]|date=December 19, 2010|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl2793047553/|access-date=December 2, 2020|archive-date=July 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190728104055/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=yogibear.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

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'''''Yogi Bear''''' is a 2010 American ~~[[3D film|3D]] [[Live-action animated film|~~live-action/animated]] [[comedy film]] directed by [[Eric Brevig]] and written by [[Brad Copeland]], [[Joshua Sternin]] and [[Jennifer Ventimilia]]. Based on the [[Hanna-Barbera]] [[Animated series|animated television series]] ''[[The Yogi Bear Show]]'',<ref name="HollywoodReporter"/> the film stars [[Anna Faris]], [[Tom Cavanagh]], [[T.J. Miller]], [[Nate Corddry]] and [[Andrew Daly]], alongside the voices of [[Dan Aykroyd]] and [[Justin Timberlake]]. The film centers on [[Ranger Smith]] as he teams up with his girlfriend Rachel Johnson, [[Yogi Bear]], and [[Boo-Boo Bear]] to stop their home, [[Jellystone Park]], from being logged. Production on the film took place in [[New Zealand]] in October 2008.

Produced by [[Donald De Line]]'s De Line Pictures and Karen Rosenfelt's Sunswept Entertainment, ''Yogi Bear'' premiered at [[Westwood, Los Angeles|Westwood]] on December 11, 2010 and was theatrically released in the United States six days later on December 17 by [[Warner Bros. Pictures]]. Upon release, the film was met with largely negative reviews from critics and audiences for its writing, humor and lack of originality, though they praised the visual effects, vocal performances, particularly Timberlake's, and faithfulness to the source material. Despite its negative reception, the film was a box office success, having grossed $~~203.5~~200 million worldwide against an $80 million budget.

== Plot ==

[[Yogi Bear~~|Yogi~~]] and [[Boo-Boo Bear~~|Boo-Boo~~]] are two talking [[brown bear]]s who steal picnic baskets from campers at Franklin City’s [[Jellystone Park]]. Head [[park ranger]] [[Ranger Smith|Smith]] always finds out about the incidents from his co-ranger Jones and is frustrated that Yogi can’t act like a regular bear. Meanwhile, Mayor R. Brown realizes that Franklin City is facing bankruptcy due to profligate spending on his part. Brown plots with his Chief of Staff to raise money for the town budget and his upcoming gubernatorial campaign by shutting down Jellystone and opening the land to logging. To save the park, Smith and Jones, with help from documentary filmmaker Rachel Johnson, whom Smith is instantly smitten with, hold a centennial festival and [[fireworks]] show in an attempt to sell [[Season ticket|season pass]]es. To sabotage the effort, Brown promises Jones the position of head ranger if the funds are not raised. Yogi and Boo-Boo had promised Smith to stay out of sight during the festival, but Jones convinces them otherwise. The bears try to please the crowd with a water skiing performance, but Yogi inadvertently sets his cape on fire, causing fireworks to be launched into the crowd, who flee in panic.

After Jellystone is shut down, Smith is demoted by Mayor Brown to serve in the very polluted and filthy city park of Evergreen Park, and scolds Yogi for interfering with the festival. A depressed Yogi finally decides to act like a regular bear, but Boo-Boo gets him to come to his senses by showing him cut-down trees. Seeing that their home is in danger of being destroyed, Yogi and Boo-Boo travel to Evergreen Park, where they and Smith figure out Brown's plan:; Yogi and Smith reconcile in the process. They all return to Jellystone with Rachel, where they learn that Boo-Boo's pet [[turtle]] is a rare and [[endangered species]] known as a "frog-mouthed" turtle, meaning that, according to law, the park cannot be destroyed if the turtle is living there.

The Chief of Staff learns about the turtle and sends Jones to kidnap it. On the day that Brown is planning a press conference to begin the destruction of the park, Smith, Rachel, and the bears rescue the turtle and try to bring it to the media's attention. Jones, learning that he had been deceived by ~~Mayor~~ Brown, has a change of heart and helps the team bring the turtle to the press conference. Brown has his guards steal the turtle and smugly tells the group that he is quite happy to break the law in order to achieve his goals and expresses confidence that if Ranger Smith tells the world about his crimes, that no one will believe him.

While Brown gives his speech at his press conference, Rachel reveals that she had installed a hidden camera in Boo-Boo's bow tie, which had captured Brown's confession. While Yogi and Boo-Boo distract the security guards, Ranger Smith hooks up the camera to the [[jumbotron]] Brown is using for his press conference and shows the video, causing the crowd to turn against him. Panicking, Mayor Brown tries to deny that the confession was real, but is ultimately exposed after the turtle, having escaped from Brown's guards, reveals himself to the crowd. After Brown and his staff are arrested for their crimes, Jellystone Park is reopened and becomes a great success with Smith reappointed as head ranger,. heHe and Rachel admit their feelings for each other, and kiss, while Yogi and Boo-Boo ~~start~~return to stealing picnic baskets ~~once again~~.

== Cast ==

* [[Dan Aykroyd]] as the voice of [[Yogi Bear]], a talking, [[picnic basket]]-stealing [[brown bear]] who lives in Jellystone Park. Unlike the series, he is the film's primary [[comic relief]], despite being the titular character.

* [[Justin Timberlake]] as the voice of [[Boo-Boo Bear|Boo-Boo]], Yogi's best friend and sometimes the voice of reason.

*[[Tom Cavanagh]] as [[Ranger Smith]], the head ranger of the park who always catches Yogi and Boo-Boo stealing picnic baskets.

* [[Anna Faris]] as Rachel Johnson, a nature documentary filmmaker, and Ranger Smith's love interest.

* [[Andy Daly]] as Mayor R. Brown, the main antagonist of the film. He is the Mayor of Franklin City who wants to shut Jellystone Park down so that he can make money for his city and become governor.

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== Production ==

In October 2008, it was announced that a live-action/~~computer-~~animated ''[[Yogi Bear]]'' film was in the works.<ref name="HollywoodReporter">{{cite web|last=Zeitchik|first=Steven|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/yogi-boo-boo-headed-big-120204|title=Yogi, Boo-Boo headed to big time|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=October 1, 2008|access-date=November 2, 2008|archive-date=June 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608114747/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/yogi-boo-boo-headed-big-120204|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/the-yogi-bear-show-yogi-and-boo-boo-coming-to-movie-theaters/|last=Kimball|first=Trevor|title=The Yogi Bear Show: Yogi and Boo Boo Coming to Movie Theaters|publisher=TV Series Finale|date=December 5, 2008|access-date=November 16, 2010}}</ref> [[Ash Brannon]] was originally hired to direct the film, but was replaced by [[Eric Brevig]] (''[[Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008 Hollywood film)|Journey to the Center of the Earth 3-D]]'') when it was decided that the film would be produced in [[3D film|3D]]. [[Principal photography]] took place on the Lake [[Whakamaru]] Reserve, [[Waikato]], [[New Zealand]] as it was winter in the [[northern hemisphere]], and to wait for summer of 2009 would put the production end time to be six months longer than if in [[southern hemisphere]]. Studio filming took place at [[Studio West (film studio)|Studio West]] in [[West Auckland, New Zealand|West Auckland]].<ref name="OurStory">{{cite web |url=https://www.studiowest.co.nz/our-story |title=Our Story |publisher=Studio West |access-date=29 April 2023 |archive-date=26 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426091914/https://www.studiowest.co.nz/our-story |url-status=live }}</ref>

Like many [[Hanna-Barbera]] characters, Yogi's personality and mannerisms were based on a popular celebrity of his original cartoon's time. [[Art Carney]]'s [[Ed Norton (Honeymooners)|Ed Norton]] character on ''[[The Honeymooners]]'' was said to be Yogi's inspiration;<ref>Sennett, p. 60.</ref><ref name="Breznican">{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/printedition/life/20100825/yogibear25_st.art.htm|first=Anthony|last=Breznican | title=Yogi Bear gets a digital makeover|work=[[USA Today]]|access-date=December 12, 2010|date=August 24, 2010}}</ref> his voice mannerisms broadly mimic Carney as Norton,<ref name="Sennett59">Sennett, p. 59.</ref> and Carney in turn received influence from [[Borscht Belt]] and comedians of [[vaudeville]].<ref name="Breznican"/>

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[[Justin Timberlake]] came in the film with a prepared Boo-Boo Bear voice; when he was learning to sing when he was younger, he imitated various cartoon characters. Regarding the film, Brevig stated that he didn't want parents who remembered watching ''Yogi Bear'' cartoons in their youth to feel marginalized and displaced by the film's contemporary depiction of Yogi Bear.<ref name="Breznican"/>

[[Rhythm and Hues Studios]] provided the ~~[[Computer-generated imagery|CGI]]~~ character animation for Yogi and Boo-Boo Bear and the frog-mouthed turtle in the film; the company had also worked on previous films based on Hanna-Barbera productions, such as ''[[The Flintstones (film)|The Flintstones]]'' (1994) and its prequel ''[[The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas|Viva Rock Vegas]]'' (2000); ''[[Scooby-Doo (film)|Scooby-Doo]]'' (2002) and its sequel ''[[Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed|Monsters Unleashed]]'' (2004).

== Release ==

The film was originally scheduled for release on June 25, 2010, but was pushed back to December 17, 2010 in order to avoid competition with ''[[Grown Ups (film)|Grown Ups]]''.<ref name="HollywoodReporter" /> In theaters, the film was accompanied by aan ~~[[Computer animation|CGI]]~~animated ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' short titled ''[[Rabid Rider]]'', starring [[Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner]].<ref>[http://www.latinoreview.com/news/looney-tunes-shorts-attached-to-upcoming-family-films-10714 News: Looney Tunes Shorts Attached To Upcoming Family Films] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100806105536/http://www.latinoreview.com/news/looney-tunes-shorts-attached-to-upcoming-family-films-10714 |date=2010-08-06 }}. Retrieved 2010-11-16.</ref>

On December 13, 2010, shortly before the film was released in the United States, a fanmade [[parody]] video titled "''Yogi Bear Parody: "Booboo Kills Yogi" ending''" was uploaded on [[YouTube]], serving as an alternate and darker ending to the film (as well as a spoof of ''[[The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford]]'') in which Yogi finds Boo-Boo sitting on a chair carrying a [[double-barreled shotgun]] as he sees his own picture on a "Wanted" sign with a $5000 reward for whoever kills him. The video ends with fake [[end credits]] set to the song ''[[We'll Be Alright]]'' by [[Travie McCoy]], showing Yogi turned into a rug.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6w0r-ScEG4 Yogi Bear Parody: "Booboo Kills Yogi" ending] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210319193756/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6w0r-ScEG4 |date=2021-03-19 }}, [[YouTube]], Retrieved 2020-02-11</ref><ref>[https://ew.com/article/2010/12/13/yogi-bear-booboo-kills-ending/ 'Yogi Bear': 'Boo-Boo Kills Yogi' in a fan-made fake ending] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220817043323/https://ew.com/article/2010/12/13/yogi-bear-booboo-kills-ending/ |date=2022-08-17 }}, [[Entertainment Weekly]], Retrieved 2020-02-11</ref> The parody was done by Edmund Earle, a 25-year-old Rhode Island School of Design graduate, who made the video in three months using only the trailers and promotional material as references.<ref>[https://www.wired.com/2010/12/yogi-bear-parody/ Eh Boo Boo, Why the Shotgun? Parody Video Slays Yogi Bear] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613160841/https://www.wired.com/2010/12/yogi-bear-parody/ |date=2021-06-13 }}, [[Wired (Magazine)|Wired]], Retrieved 2020-02-11</ref> After the video went viral on [[Twitter]], this led to many people being concerned about whether or not the younger viewers would click on the video in the belief that it is the film's actual ending. While Warner Bros. didn't demand Earle to take down the video, they added a disclaimer telling that the video was done with no one affiliated with the studio or the film's production.<ref>[https://www.npr.org/2010/12/17/132144553/for-yogi-bear-parodist-a-suitable-penance?t=1613064260806 For 'Yogi Bear' Parodist, A Suitable Penance?], npr.com, Retrieved 2020-02-11</ref><ref>[https://www.forbes.com/sites/dorothypomerantz/2010/12/13/warner-bros-wont-demand-removal-of-booboo-killing-yogi-bear-video/?sh=2b99b61755ad Warner Bros. Won't Demand Removal of Booboo Killing Yogi Bear Video], [[Forbes]], Retrieved 2020-02-11</ref>

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A video game titled ''Yogi Bear: The Video Game'' was released for the [[Wii]] and [[Nintendo DS]].

==Cancelled ~~sequel~~Sequel==

In 2012, it was reported that a sequel was in the works, with [[Jay Chandrasekhar]] chosen to direct,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/95428-jay-chandrasekhar-to-direct-yogi-bear-sequel|title=Jay Chandrasekhar to Direct Yogi Bear Sequel|author=Silas Lesnick|date=October 2, 2012|website=[[ComingSoon.net]]|publisher=[[CraveOnline]]|access-date=April 20, 2020|archive-date=November 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181125204054/https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/95428-jay-chandrasekhar-to-direct-yogi-bear-sequel|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Yes, There Will Be A Yogi Bear 2|date=October 2, 2012|url=https://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=35364|work=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]|access-date=April 20, 2020|archive-date=September 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924123014/http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=35364|url-status=live}}</ref> but as of 2024, no further ~~updates~~developments ~~have~~regarding ~~ever~~the sequel have been ~~given~~announced.

== References ==

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[[Category:Animated films about bears]]

[[Category:Films about animal rights]]

[[Category:Films about talking animals]]

[[Category:Films directed by Eric Brevig]]

[[Category:Films produced by Donald De Line]]

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[[Category:Warner Bros. films]]

[[Category:2010s English-language films]]

[[Category:2010 computer-animated films]]