The Fat Suit

This movie is long since dead but I thought it was interesting the the previous director Forest Whitaker was given the property by Cosby and then wouldn't let him direct it.


"Cosby Pulls Plug On Fat Albert Movie
24 July 2002 (StudioBriefing)
The live-action Fat Albert movie that had been set to go at 20th Century Fox has been indefinitely postponed because of differences of opinion between director Forest Whitaker and creator Bill Cosby. "I think we were about to make an amazing film," Whitaker told Fox.com's Roger Friedman. "We were a few weeks before production. ... But it's Mr. Cosby's life, so he has to feel comfortable." Whitaker told Friedman that he did not fully understand Cosby's objections. "I thought we were in a good place. But the final draft that we had, he didn't feel comfortable with. ... He felt maybe the characters weren't the way he totally conceived them. I was very excited about it."



Forest had picked a REAL actor who was heavy only needed minor padding but Cosby considers real fat people "FREAKS " and said so as much in every interview. The actor in this version looks like a skinny kid in a fat suit. Also Forest had picked GREAT voices and cast it like it was meant to be but Cosby was a freak out. Fox reportedly said "Ok, now we just wait until Cosby dies " . Unfortunatley , they didn't.