Is 'George' Still King 'Of The Jungle?'

Posted Monday, April 23, 2001 at 4:20 PM Central

by John Couture

"Watch out for that tree!" Disney planning to make a sequel to their successful 1997 movie George Of The Jungle. The only problem is that their main man George isn't quite the unknown actor that he once was.

Brendan Fraser is hot off a string of blockbusters and experts speculate that his asking price is in the vicinity of $12.5 million plus a piece of the box office. Is the asking price too high for a muscle-bound, Jungle boy who slasm into trees all day long? Well, we'll soon find out but the word is that Disney is pursuing Fraser heavily.