![]() ![]() Mama’s Geeky: I love that the mom in this movie is constantly pushing her holiday traditions on her kids, because I do it too. (L-R): Manny (voiced by Gracen Newton), Frank Heffley (voiced by Chris Diamantopoulos), Susan (voiced by Erica Cerra), Greg (voiced by Wesley Kimmel) and Rodrick (voiced by Hunter Dillon) in Disney’s DIARY OF A WIMPY KID CHRISTMAS: CABIN FEVER, exclusively on Disney+. You remember them in this really bad way where they’re sort of evil looking. When you remember somebody that did a bad thing. I think in my books they were even half shaven or something. Mama’s Geeky: I love that the wanted poster drawings depict Greg and Rowley as these older bad guys. And we lived on a hill so that thing could have rolled down the hill and that would have been the end of a snowplow if it hit it. I’m sure we tried to patch up the bare spots on the ground. So we had this giant snowball, that now looks like a meatball, and a torn up lawn. And then when we were able to move it, we were tearing up the grass. We started to roll up this snowball, and we found it didn’t take long before we couldn’t move it very well. Just like Greg and Rowley, we decided to build the world’s biggest snowman. ![]() ![]() Jeff Kinney: We did something like that, my friend and I. Mama’s Geeky: Are there any holiday hijinks that you got up to as a kid? Because Greg. (L-R): Rowley (voiced by Spencer Howell) and Greg (voiced by Wesley Kimmel) in Disney’s Diary of a Wimpy Kid Christmas: Cabin Fever, exclusively on Disney+. But you know what? We’ll find out when kids go to therapy and like twenty years. Like I can’t tell if a three or five year old kid is going to be scarred by this or if they’re gonna think it’s cute. It’s funny because I can’t tell if it’s scary. I thought the animators did a really good job. What was your reaction when you saw him come to animated life for the first time? Mama’s Geeky: Elfriendo is perfectly creepy. It is a different kind of Wimpy Kid story, and it was a good challenge for us. Especially because these movies come out in December and it kind of hits the sweet spot right now. We did the school story, and the brother story, and it felt like a good time to tell a whole family story. Jeff Kinney: We just decided it was time to tell a holiday story. ![]() Mama’s Geeky: What inspired the cabin fever story? (L-R): Manny (voiced by Gracen Newton), Frank Heffley (voiced by Chris Diamantopoulos), Susan (voiced by Erica Cerra) holding Elfrendo, Greg (voiced by Wesley Kimmel) and Rodrick (voiced by Hunter Dillon) in Disney’s Diary of a Wimpy Kid Christmas: Cabin Fever, exclusively on Disney+. Jeff Kinney Talks Diary of a Wimpy Kid Christmas: Cabin Fever Of course Jeff also weighs in on the animated version of Elfriendo. He reveals the inspiration behind this cabin fever story, what his favorite holiday traditions are, and the holiday hijinks he got up to as a child. We caught up with author, screenwriter, and producer Jeff Kinney to discuss bringing this book to life on the screen. To make matters worse, a storm knocks out power and snows in the Heffleys for days. Not only does he find himself running from the law, he must dodge the watching eyes of Elfriendo, Santa’s helper elf that his mother has put out to make sure he is good before Christmas morning comes. In this interview with Jeff Kinney, he reveals the inspiration behind Diary of a Wimpy Kid Christmas: Cabin Fever and bringing his books to screen.ĭecember brings with it holiday cheer, and what better way to get yourself in the mood than the newest Wimpy Kid animated film, Diary of a Wimpy Kid Christmas: Cabin Fever? Based on the book by the same name, this movie takes place during the winter holidays, when Greg Heffley finds himself in a very stressful situation.Īfter planning to build the world’s biggest snowman with his friend Rowley, things go very, very wrong, and a snowplow gets damaged in the process. ![]()
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