There's Gonna Be A MAGIC 8 BALL Movie!!

Merrick here...
Mike Fleming over at Deadline says Paramount is developing a film based around Mattel's Magic 8 Ball toy/game/thing.

Paramount has extended its business with Mattel, optioning the venerable Magic 8 Ball to use as the basis for a live action adventure film.

...says Deadline HERE. I've already made my disdain for these kind of product-to-film adaptations quite evident. But, to play The Devil's Advocate here for one moment, I can kinda/sorta imagine how a Magic 8 Ball film might possibly work. At least the Magic 8 Ball is a device, a tool if you will, around which a reasonably amusing story might be developed. It's still a crass gimmick, but it's a less esoteric gimmick than some of the other "game movie" concepts we've recently heard about. The picture will be scripted by Jon Gunn and John Mann. While the Magic 8 Ball conceit has been adapted into many different iterations (i.e. fortune telling devices featuring characters from various franchises & whatnot), the original "classic" version is still available HERE. Every time I use one of these things the little floaty/flippy word cube gets stuck on its edge so I can never see the answer to my question. Symbolic.
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