Alvin and the Chipmunks 2?
Twentieth Century Fox, Ross Bagdasarian Jr. Considers Sequel
Now that Alvin and the Chipmunks is edging towards the $200 million mark, they're talking sequel, and bringing in the Chipettes.
Now that Twentieth Century Fox's Alvin and the Chipmunks is about to reach blockbuster status, everyone involved is talking sequel. The flick has pulled over $176 million in its first month in theatres, and many are saying it'll easily cross the $200 million mark (the current signpost for a blockbuster movie). It is possibly the most successful family film released in 2007, and is already the highest-grossing talking animal/live-action cartoon adaptation ever.
Considering the flick cost Fox $70 million to make, that's a pretty sweet profit. Needless to say, everyone wants more Alvin and the Chipmunks.
“We’re hoping that there are all sorts of new things going on; we loved doing this movie, and we love the new look of it,” Ross Bagdasarian, Jr., movie producer and namesake son of the Chipmunks' creator, told MTV. “We just want to take the chipmunks where no other chipmunk has ever gone before.”
Return of the Chipettes?
For some of the Chipmunks cast, that could mean resurrecting the Chipettes. An attempt to expand the Chipmunks' audience back in 1983, the Chipettes were three female chipmunks named Brittany, Jeanette and Eleanor who either sang songs by themselves or with the original Chipmunks.
The idea came from a single character, Charlene the Chipette. She performed a duet with Alvin on a cover of Grease's "You're the One That I Want" which appeared on the 1982 RCA album The Chipmunks Go Hollywood. Charlene's character was later the template for Brittany, the established leader of the Chipettes.
Whether they were originally intended to attract little girls to the Chipmunks franchise, or lure pervs who wanted too see some hot chipmunk-on-chipmunk action, the Chipettes never really reached the stature of their male counterparts. They only received equal billing with Alvin and the gang on one album, 1988's Born to Rock.
“There has been a lot of talk about (using the Chipettes in the sequel),” said Janice Karman, Bagdasarian's spouse and one of the film’s producers. “A lot of people have been asking about the little girls.”
Karman wrote and voiced the three Chipettes back in the Bolivian Marching Powder era, while studio singers like Susan Boyd, Shelby Daniel, and Katherine Coon sang the songs.
Chipmunks' Voice Talent Want Their Chipettes
Some of the voice talent on Alvin and the Chipmunks would love to see some female chipmunks in a sequel. However, their reasons are far from family-friendly.
“I have a big crush on all of them,” said actor Matthew Gray Gubler, who voiced Simon in the movie. “I want to see them naked…I’d pay to see that.”
“I would very much like to see that,” laughed Alvin voice actor Justin "Mac vs. PC" Long. “They’re hot. What are you going to do?”
Although the voice actors are stoked for seeing some female chipmunks in the sequel, their reasons are far from family-friendly.
“I’ve got a great tagline, by the way, for the Chipettes movie if they do come out in the sequel,” grins Long. “It’s ‘This spring, the Chipmunks get vaginas.’”
