I can’t stop laughing.

It’s just so… so… horrible, really, but still—I can’t stop laughing.

Look; we’re fans of the Walter the Farting Dog series of books by William Kotzwinkle and Glenn Murray. Who isn’t? These books have their place in literature, and by that I mean they inspired legions of reluctant readers to love books. That they’ve done so through flatulence and the never-ending hilarity it affords, well, so be it.

The fact that there’s going to be a Walter the Farting Dog movie is… weird enough. But then yesterday I saw that Fox has landed the Jonas Brothers to appear in the film:

The title character in the “Walter” books is a fat dog with severe flatulence. The brothers play musicians whose parents are asked to care for the dog by an aunt just before she passes away.

“By the time they’ve driven the dog home, everybody’s head is out the window of the family station wagon but Frankie, and only because he has a serious sinus problem and doesn’t notice the stench coming from Walter,” said Peter Farrelly.

While his brothers play music, Frankie and the gaseous hound get involved in a plot that involves liberating a koi fish and thwarting jewel thieves.

Really? Really? That sounds so dreadful. And also like my kids will absolutely love it.

If you’ve been to the movie theater, oh, say, in the last six months or so, you’ve probably already seen a trailer for Bolt, Disney’s upcoming Thanksgiving-time CGI feature film offering. Featuring the voices of John Travolta and Miley Cyrus, Bolt follows heroic TV canine Bolt, who has no idea that he’s the star of a show, rather than just a superdog.

(It sort of sounds like The Truman Show meets The Incredibles, actually.)

If you haven’t heard about the film, yet, here’s a peek:

My children have asked to see this movie no less than 4,926 times since they first saw the trailer this Summer. Thanks, Disney! Ahem.

To pass the time until the official release on November 21st, you may want to check out the newly-unveiled official Bolt site, complete with a Rhino’s Rollerball game for you and the kids to play. (There are two more games “coming soon,” as well, but today I only see the rollerball one available.)

I love a good dog movie as much as the next person, and with Beverly Hills Chihuahua currently making critics roll their eyes, I have to admit, I’m looking forward to this one.

I thought it couldn’t get any better when I first read, however long ago, that Tim Burton is helming the upcoming Disney live-action Alice in Wonderland, slated for release in 2010. Because if ever there was a match made in heaven, surely it’s Burton’s offbeat sensibilities and Carroll’s tale of sometimes psychedelic adventure, right?

But then it did get better, when it was announced that Johnny Depp will play the Mad Hatter. Because, obviously.

It couldn’t get any better than that, right?

Wrong—it just got even better:

Anne Hathaway, who is generating buzz for her performance in “Rachel Getting Married,” has signed for a role in “Alice in Wonderland,” which Tim Burton is directing for Disney.

Helena Bonham Carter also has joined the film.

The movie, which stars Mia Wasikowska as Alice and Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter, will use a combination of live action and performance-capture technology to tell the Lewis Carroll story.

Hathaway is playing the White Queen, a benevolent monarch who is deposed and banished by her sister, the Red Queen (Carter), who has an affinity for crying out, “Off with their heads!” The White Queen needs Alice to slay a creature known as the Bandersnatch.

I don’t usually sit around discussing films that aren’t going to be out for a couple of years, yet, but I guess you could say I’m a little excited about this one. This could be awesome beyond measure.

I’ve seen the trailer for Igor two or three times, at other movies I’ve gone to see. It’s always made me laugh. I thought the idea was brilliant—behind every story of a hero vs. a villain, there’s a big-part Igor doing as he’s told, somewhere in the background. What if one of those Igors got a story all his own?

If you haven’t seen the trailer, allow me to help you out:

You can’t tell me that doesn’t look awesome. It looks awesome!

Unfortunately, after this weekend’s opening, the Tomatometer reading isn’t very pretty. Sorry, Igor.

Still, if you’re willing to overlook that, you might want to check out AWN’s chat with producer Max Howard about the movie. Whether or not it truly hit the mark, you can see where the goal was admirable:

“Igor is really an homage to the classic monster movies,” Howard says. “It was inspired by Frankenstein, but it’s not a scary movie. Igor builds a monster, but she’s really a lovely monster.”

See? I really want it to be a good movie. Maybe the critics are just being grumpy? Yes, perhaps they are. Shhhhhhh! Don’t tell me any differently. I’m just pulling for poor little hunchbacked Igor here, after all. C’mon! Steve Buscemi! John Cusack! John Cleese, for goodness’ sake, and Eddie Izzard!

I may just have to go see it, in the interest of research, you know.