Have they basically given up?
WTF, seriously. First this morning it’s announced — sweet baby Jesus, wow — that Universal Pictures greenlit a live-action musical film for an “untitled Mattel toy property.” The toy property was described as “a fresh twist to monster lore” with the film adaptation set to reunite a musical production partnership from “Hairspray.” Good god.
Now a “Where’s Waldo” movie has been approved, again by Universal. But no, it’s for kids as the Mattel project likely (hopefully?) is, so it’s somewhat forgivable (kids need films too; plus the little buggers are just an amazing suck on their parent’s wallets that studios love).
This one will be however, not animated and is set to be a “live-action family film.” We’re getting awesome/awful flashbacks to Mike Myers in “The Cat In The Hat.” The plot to this one is going to be about… finding? hiding? spotting? Hey, “Hide & Go Seek! The Movie” has anyone pitched that yet cause we could come up with an awesome script.