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There IS a certain similarity...

Word is out all over Hollywood media and blogs today that Owen Wilson will play the voice of Marmaduke in the upcoming Fox CGI/live-action movie adaptation of the comic.

Oh boy, Owen Wilson in another dog movie! We Dog Daily News staffers are fainting from joy! (This is not sarcasm, by the way. It is sophisticated facetiousness and illuminated irony.)

Nothing against Owen, but the guy bugged us in the movie, Marley & Me. He was just so cutesy-wootsy-boysy-woysy. Ick. And he looked nothing like the “Me” of the title. That “Me” guy, John Grogan, worked with a human friend of ours at a Florida newspaper in the 1980s. She reports that their only physical similarities are they they both have two eyes, two ears, and a nose.

Yeah, Owen Wilson looks JUST like the Marley & Me guy! Not! That's Marley, being held by John Grogan, decades before blondie boy would play the role. (The role of John Grogan, although in truth, Owen looks more like Marley.)

John Grogan truly couldn’t be more different looking than Owen. He had more fur on his face than Marley had on his whole body. And those 1980s glasses! Gotta love ‘em! Why didn’t Owen sport those in the film? Probably because he didn’t want to look like a complete dork.

Well, we’re getting off the subject. We think it’s very amusing that Owen will be playing the voice of Marmaduke. Why? Because at least in the comic, Marmaduke never talks!

So actually, maybe these stories appearing in the Hollywood Reporter and countless star-o-rama blogs are good news. Owen Wilson will play the voice of a dog who doesn’t speak. He will not be seen on camera, of course. So it appears we can take a break from Owen for the next few months. But watch out for the next dog movie that starts with the letter M. He will surely be first in line for one of the starring roles.