Toys and movies: Two great tastes that taste great together, right? Hollywood executives certainly seem to think so, as a recent episode of The Simpsons so nicely lampooned with this trailer for Tic Tac Toe: The Movie. Universal, which has a deal with Hasbro, already has films based on Battleship, Monopoly, Candy Land, Stretch Armstrong, Magic: The Gathering, and the Ouija board at various stages of development. Now comes news that Paramount — which hit the toy-to-movie jackpot with a little franchise called Transformers — has optioned the Magic 8-Ball as the basis for a potential live-action adventure film. Sure, we all played with Magic 8-Balls as kids, shaking up that little black fortune-telling sphere for answers to our most profound questions, like whether the girl we had a crush on in fifth grade liked us back (“Reply hazy, try again”) or whether we’d be rich and famous when we grew up (“Don’t count on it”). But can you picture an entire movie based on that? Concentrate and ask again.
What do you think? Does the idea of a big-screen Magic 8-Ball movie leave you thinking “Outlook good”? Or “Very doubtful”? While we’re at it, what game do you think Hollywood should set its sights on next? Hungry Hungry Hippos? Boggle? Jenga?
Only if Nathan Fillion gets to play the 8-ball!
ROTFLAMO!
International pop artist GEORGE HODOS will be making his United States debut with the release of his new single “Just A Man” featuring Snoop Dogg on May 4th. The featured single is currently positioned at #32 on Billboard’s Nextmusic Charts, and can been seen topping others including Billboard’s Mike Bordes Sprint Radio Alltel Playlist, and Promo-only Charts.
GEORGE HODOS, working alongside Los Angeles-based producers “The Alumni”, is scheduling to release his second full-length effort titled George Hodos-Just A Man through Universal Music Group. Drawing on influences such as Tina Turner, Michael Jackson, and Whitney Houston, the album will mark the artist’s first North American release.
What does this have to do with the story? Stupid spambots!
Can Yahtzee-the Movie be far behind?
Unless it’s a bludgeony murder weapon in a taught political thriller, signs point to awful.
The only thing that can save the movie is if it stars David Puddy in his 8-Ball jacket. “You got a question? You ask the 8-Ball!”
STOP THE MADNESS. That’s just way too many movies based on games that really have no plot. Come ON, at least Transformers had a cartoon that was fun to watch, even if the purpose of the cartoon was to sell the toys. This irritates me so much, I’m going to have to go watch Stephen Colbert mock this concept by reading a “script” for the Battleship movie with Jeff Goldblum now, just to make myself feel better.
If it’s not like Jumanji and Zathura, in this case, rather than whatever the game says comes to life, stuff that happens hinges on what the Magic 8-Ball says, then I don’t see it being particularly good. But really, having at least two movies cut of that vein (the aforementioned Jumanji and Zathura) do we really need any more?