When we meet him, Harold is a cartoon boy with a purple crayon who can draw anything he wants, including his two best friends: Moose (a moose) and Porcupine (a porcupine). Together, they live in a 2D ...

The first few minutes of Harold and the Purple Crayon feature charming hand-drawn animation very much in the style of the 1955 classic children’s picture book by Crockett Johnson, making it easy to ...

Sony Pictures has released the first trailer for its upcoming animation/live-action hybrid adaptation of the iconic children’s book Harold and the Purple Crayon, which will hit theaters on August 2.

Crockett Johnson's beloved 1955 storybook becomes one more adaptation of a children's classic that swaps in formula for magic. There was a villain at work, of course, but I don’t mean the Child ...

John Edwards and I have little in common. He’s rich, I’m not. John Edwards is a trial lawyer and a United States Senator. I’m neither. John Edwards wants to be president. I don’t. But he and I do ...

Harold and the Purple Crayon sees the iconic storybook character come to the real world to find his "Old Man" and discover ...

One of the most difficult things about raising children is to watch them confront the world’s harshness for the first time. My two little ones have thus far been privileged and blessed to allow this ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover Hollywood and entertainment. Harold And The Purple Crayon—a movie based on Crockett Johnson's 1955 classic children’s book ...

Jeff Ewing is a critic, entertainment journalist, interviewer, and screenwriter in LA with a life-long love of horror and film history. He has an M.S. in Sociology from the University of Oregon, and a ...

The 'Shazam!' star plays the title role in this live-action/animated retelling of Crockett Johnson's classic children's book, also featuring Lil Rel Howery and Zooey Deschanel. By Frank Scheck The ...