Jun 2 2009Where's Waldo? In a Probably Bad Movie
Ah, yes, there is still more of my childhood to stripmine. Variety is reporting that Universal and Illumination Entertainment have purchased the film rights to Where's Waldo (née Wally), the tedium-based Martin Handford book series that got me through several family trips to North American geological formations between 1990 and 1993.
Set to be a "live-action family pic," one can only assume the studio will shy away from the obvious choice of showing still images for ten minutes a piece and instead go with something along the lines of the cartoon series, an RV-like film following one family's search for the character, or, if we're lucky, a somber pseudo-travelogue about a lonely man finding himself more and more obscured in a world full of striped beach towels, patterned castle flags, and ever-increasing public apathy (starring Steve Coogan in the title role).
At least the novelization should be interesting.
Reader Comments
1. MZ - June 2, 2009 12:40 PM
How about "Probably In A Bad Movie" - I think that reads better. Let's go with that.
-ed
2. Mahones - June 2, 2009 12:55 PM
i always looked for wheres waldo pics on the net. i thought it would be fun to look for waldo while im high at work. I never could find any that were big enough to actually find him.
3. Apkar - June 2, 2009 1:00 PM
OMG this sounds like a bad idea...
4. dubba - June 2, 2009 1:05 PM
i liked the cartoon enough
5. JumpinJack - June 2, 2009 1:12 PM
@2
in seeing this I am extremely tempted to smoke and break out these books.
6. proteon - June 2, 2009 1:36 PM
You lazy assholes.
He's just above and to the right of dead center.
7. K lee - June 2, 2009 2:32 PM
@1 - That placement of "probably" would cast doubt on the creation of the movie, which is incorrect. What is being supposed is that the movie will be bad; hence the comically awkward placement of "probably" before "bad."
- ed.'s ed.
8. EnglishKid - June 2, 2009 2:36 PM
That was probably the best description you guys have ever done. (the body not the title)
9. Darth - June 2, 2009 4:16 PM
This is for people with lots of time and patient.
10. pirhan - June 2, 2009 4:33 PM
No mention of this? ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kg4ztJ32iPI ) Shame.
11. dude` - June 2, 2009 5:35 PM
Movie Fish Guy,
you are a very hilarious and great writer.
"North American Geological Formations..."
Very funny stuff, man, very funny.
12. Species 8472 - June 3, 2009 12:27 AM
@ 6 - Are you sure that's him? It looks like a Waldo impersonator.
13. Eddy - June 3, 2009 12:08 PM
I think it would be a really interesting subtle piece about identity in a crowd, individuality, and all of the things that you miss when you narrow your search so intensely that you only see what you seek.
Or, y'know, some wild chase movie about a man in a funny outfit. That works too. D:
14. TommyP - June 4, 2009 6:15 AM
So looking forward to this - I have been wanting to see the beach scene with Waldo and the topless sunbather on the big screen for years. Maybe IMAX - Yes!
@10 - funny stuff.
15. Johnson - June 7, 2009 3:43 PM
I don't get how this will go well for the movie since where's waldo does not have much of a plot except for the reader looking for Waldo in the crowd in the picture.