Owen Wilson and Jennifer Aniston will star in Marley & Me, the Fox 2000 adaptation of John Grogan's bestselling memoir about an incorrigible Labrador retriever.
Marley is the yellow lab adopted by Grogan, a columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer, and his wife. Their idea was to give them a taste of parenthood, but the dog proved to be a hyperactive handful. He wreaks havoc, gets kicked out of obedience school and gets even worse when the children begin to arrive, yet becomes an indispensable part of the family.
I haven't read the book and have no knowledge of it (other than having seen the cover at a book store) but I am going to guess that the dog dies at the end. I actually hate it when movies do this, it is a cheap and easy dramatic payoff. It is probably the easiest way to get the entire audience to feel sorrow. I have no problem with the death of animals on screen when they add to the story and aren't over sentimental, such as Straw Dogs or Half Nelson.
David Frankel, who last directed The Devil Wears Prada for the studio, will helm; and Scott Frank (who last wrote and directed the wonderful The Lookout) is working on the latest draft of the script.
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