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Posted: Thu May 30, 2013 1:25 pm
by Malcolm
Better never see the light of fucking day.
Broken Road Productions, the company behind the Kevin James vehicle "Paul Blart Mall Cop" and the Adam Sandler movie "Jack and Jill," has optioned the rights to make a film based on Grumpy Cat's persona.
Posted: Thu May 30, 2013 2:49 pm
by TheCatt
They'll just take that script someone wrote for Garfield 2/3/4/5/whatever and rewrite it as Grumpy Cat.
Posted: Thu May 30, 2013 2:51 pm
by Malcolm
TheCatt wrote:They'll just take that script someone wrote for Garfield 2/3/4/5/whatever and rewrite it as Grumpy Cat.
Thought they already made 2. Weird, because hell didn't freeze over when it was released.
Posted: Thu May 30, 2013 4:03 pm
by Leisher
I don't think creativity has died today, but this is going to be an incredibly shitty movie.
Posted: Fri May 31, 2013 11:26 am
by GORDON
Would never even have been on my radar but for this thread.
It isn't like some great movie is going to NOT be made because some hacks are making this one.
Posted: Fri May 31, 2013 12:26 pm
by Leisher
My wife watches GMA while getting the kids ready, and it was on this morning. They did a story on this and one of the anchors (the blond chick) said, "and it's already got a built in fan base of millions!"
No it doesn't you stupid twat. It's just a fucking cat with a grumpy face that people use to make memes.
The only chance this thing has of making money is if they keep the budget under $20K.
Posted: Fri May 31, 2013 3:03 pm
by TheCatt
Wall Street Journal did an article on it a couple of days ago. I think it was primarily about the agent who makes a living selling this crap.
Article
Some celebrities simply cannot be pleased. Just ask Ben Lashes, a talent manager in Los Angeles. This week, he landed a major motion-picture deal for a client who nine months ago was an unknown living in Morristown, Ariz., population 227.
When he told his client that she was heading to Hollywood, she looked bored. "She hates movies," says Mr. Lashes of his client, Grumpy Cat, a cat with a mouth puckered into a frown whose viral photos have ricocheted around the Internet.
Mr. Lashes, 34 years old, is an agent for Internet cats. When an ironic photograph of a feline becomes Internet famous, Mr. Lashes contacts the pet owner and offers to help strategize ways to prolong, protect and monetize. He says he operates with this question in mind: "What would Walt Disney do if he created Mickey Mouse and it went viral on YouTube?"
Posted: Fri May 31, 2013 3:10 pm
by Malcolm
He says he operates with this question in mind: "What would Walt Disney do if he created Mickey Mouse and it went viral on YouTube?"
Wtf?