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EXCLUSIVE: Paramount has extended its business with Mattel, optioning the venerable 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 with 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.
Paramount To Film Mattel’s Magic 8 Ball
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I want a live action Rubiks cube movie now!! I know there onc was a cartoon but I want a full feature length action adventure… and I want to play all the blue squares… because the lack of creativity and sheer level of laziness in this business is making me truly sad.
and here i thought Hollywood couldn’t get any more creatively fucking bankrupt…
when’s that silly putty movie coming out?
You know what else is public domain that people totally eat up? Soup. Someone needs to snap up the rights to soup pronto. Brad Pitt can star as cream of wheat and Jeremy Irons can play a crouton. The marketing is built right in. Pair it with “Half Sandwich: The Movie” or “Salad: The Motion Picture” and you can’t lose!
Meanwhile, I am finishing up my option on “Shoes.”
And MS Gadget website there is a Magic 8 ball sidebar gadget
Lazy thinking deserves what it gets.
Yawn.
I have an app for that.
My husband and I joked about a Magic 8 Ball movie…this is another thing that we joked about in our home that has come true. Maybe they really are tapping our house to get their ideas for shit. lol
How about one for the girls..like, say Julie & Julia for kids.ready? Easy Bake Oven: The Movie
argh.
Is this a joke? Are they really that pathetic at Paramount?
Will it be in 3D? Will it star Taylor Lautner?
Sounds a little like Jumanji which was one of my favorite movies.
This is a concept that could have easily been done without having to option the toy — kudos to Mattel for making money for doing nothing. Bad on Goodman and Weston for not being bright enough to see this…
If you are a screenwriter trying to sell your original spec scripts, this news is REALLY depressing.
Rumor is it will be the unofficial sequel to The A-team. No, seriously!!
I think I’m gonna option the triangle shaped paper football game….
So is the other Paramount production entity leaked by Indie Wire behing held up for this bull? At this rate with the looming loss of Marvel, Dreamworks, and potentially Dreamworks Animation I’d be putting all my stock into Paramount Rogue or whatever they’ve decided to call it cause my Magic 8 ball says this Mattel junk ain’t gonna hold its own weight. At least they’ll always have Jack Ass. Hell they could make a Daily Show Movie that would seem better than a device that replies with ambiguos phrases like “Looks Probable”.
Had to check the calendar to make sure this wasn’t April 1st. Really? “Magic 8 Ball: The Movie”? Really? I can hear the trailer now:
“In a world where people forgot how to make decisions, one man picked up a toy and found his way.”
Goodman & Weston never do anything for free btw.
The idea is good but the name kills it. Think if Jumangi was called dice.
Q: Will this movie be a piece of crap?
A:
“All signs point to ‘Yes!’”
Fucking morons. I hope you all fall flat on your faces and bankrupt your own studios so someone with a real creative bone can rise up and take you place. Unreal. Grow some balls and green light a legit original script. Lazy bastards.
My reply is no.
I mean, what can be said? This is a gag that would be cut from The Simpsons for being too over-the-top. Hollywood needs to shoot itself in the face.
Now, the Sit ‘n’ Spin… there’s a movie.
Get my email from Nikki, Hollywood.
wait…wait…I could see this movie being eerie and frightening…remember the old Twilight Zone episode where the guy wouldn’t leave the cafe because of the fortune telling machine? That was crazy scary and was driven by the acting not the machine. The 8 Ball would just be the catalyst for the action….
Sounds like an Owen Wilson vehicle to me.
Why is everyone so negative about this concept? I have read Phases of Reason I: The Eight Ball by R Jarrett Dowd. Now that would be a great movie. Does anyone know how to get a hold of the script writers Gunn and Mann? I’m serious…they should pick up the book and who knows what could happen.