...don't think they've run out of ideas yet?!?!
EXCLUSIVE: Paramount has extended its business with Mattel, optioning the venerable toy Magic 8 Ball to use as the basis for a live action adventure film. The deal is being put in place by Paramount Motion Picture Group president Adam Goodman, and will be produced by Brad Weston through his overall deal on the Par lot. Jon Gunn and John Mann will write the script. They wrote the DreamWorks Animation pic Alcatraz Vs. The Evil Librarians. Paramount is already in business with Mattel on Max Steel, and has scored hits the Hasbro toys GI Joe and Transformers. Mattel's Tim Kilpin and Barry Waldo are exec producers. The toy has 20 pre-set answers to whatever questions one can ask about their past and present and their fortunes.
http://www.deadline.com/2010/04/paramou ... ic-8-ball/
Magic 8-Ball - The Motion Picture!!
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It used to be that toys were created to cash-in on the success of movies. Now movies are being made to cash-in on the success of toys.Monterey Jack wrote:It's gotten to the point where you can't even parody the idiocy of Hollywood film productions anymore...you can only stand back and gape at the staggering wrongheadedness on display.
What's next? Movies based on household appliances? (GE Toaster: The Motion Picture...)