To be honest, I feel like I dropped the ball somewhere. I hadn’t even heard this was being made, but then all of a sudden there’s a trailer for it. If you’ve read the comic strip you’ll already know the basic plot: a curious/disruptive/playful dog causes all sorts of shenanigans for his owners.

Looks like they’ve changed up the formula as Marmaduke now talks, with Owen Wilson’s voice (as well as various other animals). Before you get too upset, it looks to be along the same lines of talking animals in Homeward Bound, where it’s a language only the animals hear and the humans remain oblivious too.

My hopes are not high for this film. I don’t remember Marmaduke leading a troop of animals in a grand choregraphed dance routine. Then again I haven’t read the comic in a while, but something tells me it hasn’t changed that drastically. Regardless, the film is set to hit the big screen June 4, 2010.