Viewmaster:The Motion Picture (Not a Joke)

[romantico]

Posted: 7/3/09 at 6:32am

Hollywood is so desperate they are making old toys into movies now. I am not kidding when I say we will soon see a film to things such as STARBUCKS:THE MOTION PICTURE,LUCKY CHARMS,CAPTAIN CRUNCH,WD40,STARKIST TUNA,CHEF BOY R D, and so on. Producers will be searching the isles at grocery stores for inspiration. For now, they are searching the shelves at their local TOYS R'US.

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=56857

I love some of the comments. Lincoln Logs and Slinky are next but the best one is this:

MICHAEL BAY'S 'PET ROCK' COMING SUMMER OF 2011!!!

Updated On: 7/3/09 at 06:32 AM

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 7/3/09 at 11:09am

Starbucks The Motion Picture could conceivably be hilarious if it took on the company shrinkage with panicked baristas wondering if they'll be transferred to the rival store across the street if their branch closes. Just don't let Kevin Smith direct it.

Chef Boy R D (sic) makes it sound like a fish out of water tale in which a world-renowned gourmet (who's 13!) is sent to live with Grampa Opie Taylor in Mayberry. Directed by Ron Howard.

[Q]

Posted: 7/3/09 at 11:15am

"Hollywood is so desperate they are making old toys into movies now."

The Transformers sequel has made almost 500 million worldwide in its first 8 days of release. Apparently, they can't be said to be desperate for money.

[SNAFU]

Posted: 7/3/09 at 11:19am

Oh for Odd Ogg, Odd Ogg, half turtle and half frog or Horrible Hamilton the movie! (actually I think Horrible Hamilton was sort of done to death in the 1950s with the radioactive large bug movies.
Wooly Willy, Master of Disguise

Updated On: 7/3/09 at 11:19 AM

[TimesSquareRegular]

Posted: 7/3/09 at 11:24am

And this:

Universal has won a four-studio bidding war to pick up the film rights to the classic Atari video game "Asteroids." Matthew Lopez will write the script for the feature adaptation, which will be produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura.

In "Asteroids," initially released as an arcade game in 1979, a player controlled a triangular space ship in an asteroid field. The object was to shoot and destroy the hulking masses of rock and the occasional flying saucer while avoiding smashing into both.

As opposed to today's games, there is no story line or fancy world-building mythology, so the studio would be creating a plot from scratch. Universal, however, is used to that development process, as it's in the middle of doing just that for several of the Hasbro board game properties it is translating to the big screen, such as "Battleship" and "Candyland."