Four years ago, it was announced that Blumhouse Productions and director Jeff Wadlow were teaming up again for a movie based on the Mattel toy Magic 8 Ball. Yes, the ball that you ask questions and then turn over to see which of twenty possible answers you might get. Since so much time has passed since that announcement was made, it’s not clear if Blumhouse or Wadlow are still involved with the project – but The New Yorker has revealed that Magic 8 Ball is still in the works, and Cocaine Bear screenwriter Jimmy Warden is writing the horror comedy.
The New Yorker reports that Mattel is “raiding its entire toybox” to find products to turn into movies, with Barbie looking like it’s going to be one of the biggest hits of the year. J.J. Abrams is working on Hot Wheels, Vin Diesel is plotting Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots,...
The New Yorker reports that Mattel is “raiding its entire toybox” to find products to turn into movies, with Barbie looking like it’s going to be one of the biggest hits of the year. J.J. Abrams is working on Hot Wheels, Vin Diesel is plotting Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots,...
- 7/5/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Developed in the 1950s and manufactured by Mattel, the novelty Magic 8 Ball is one of the most iconic toys of all time, and it’s now getting a feature-length movie adaptation.
It was announced four years ago that Mattel and Blumhouse were joining forces to turn the toy into a live-action movie, with Jeff Wadlow (Truth or Dare) attached to direct.
It’s unclear if Blumhouse or Wadlow are still attached, but in a new feature in the New Yorker highlighting Barbie, it’s revealed that “Jimmy Warden, the screenwriter of Cocaine Bear, ha[s] devised a horror-comedy about the Magic 8 Ball.”
The approach, Robbie Brenner, head of Mattel Films told the mag, had been a subject of some debate. “We’re not going to make any rated-r movies,” she promised. Although the Magic 8 Ball script “walks the line a little bit,” she went on, “we’re not...
It was announced four years ago that Mattel and Blumhouse were joining forces to turn the toy into a live-action movie, with Jeff Wadlow (Truth or Dare) attached to direct.
It’s unclear if Blumhouse or Wadlow are still attached, but in a new feature in the New Yorker highlighting Barbie, it’s revealed that “Jimmy Warden, the screenwriter of Cocaine Bear, ha[s] devised a horror-comedy about the Magic 8 Ball.”
The approach, Robbie Brenner, head of Mattel Films told the mag, had been a subject of some debate. “We’re not going to make any rated-r movies,” she promised. Although the Magic 8 Ball script “walks the line a little bit,” she went on, “we’re not...
- 7/5/2023
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
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