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July 3, 2009

"Fringe" co-producer/writer Brad Caleb Kane will be writing a movie based on the View-Master toy, which first came on the market in 1939.

He announced on his Twitter account that after he's done penning the sci-fi action-adventure Uprising for director Wolfgang Petersen and Columbia Pictures, he will take on the project for DreamWorks Pictures.

Kane says Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci ("Fringe," Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Star Trek) are behind the film and that it will be "like the old 80's Amblin movies: Goonies, Young Sherlock... In that vein."

The viewers have changed quite a bit over the years, but for a history of the toy, you can go here. Fisher-Price's official site for the View-Master is here.

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COMMENTS (86)

Posted by:

The Butnaked Avenger

July 3, 2009

I have honestly thought every game being turned into a movie that's been announced recently sounded completely plausible (whether or not they're going to be good is a whole other animal). I like to think I have a greater imagination and acceptance of others' creativity than most of the SHH/CS posters have, so it wasn't too difficult.

But this time, I'm finding it extremely hard to see what direction they'll be going. I'm guessing things come to life when you view them through the toy? They're going to have to be tremendously creative to get this one going. So we'll see...

Posted by:

Chaos

July 3, 2009

How could this even work? I mean, there's really not any potential for a story...

Posted by:

DavidGulatek

July 3, 2009

Genious!!!That's all I have to say.

Posted by:

Luke

July 3, 2009

How long before SLINKY is announced?

Posted by:

WTF?

July 3, 2009

are you freaking serious?....i'm with darkest knight, I thought Asteriods pushed it over the edge...but this really does it. Hollywood is going down the ****ter with these lame ass concepts. First it was all sequals (which is still the case), then remakes and remakes of remakes, and now dumb boardgames/toys? I can understand with Transformers and GIJOE cuz they're action figure toylines. But View-Master!? come on? what's next? Tinker toys, legos, Lincoln Logs, Mr. Potato Head?

Posted by:

Fuzzy Foreigner

July 3, 2009

I'm down for LINCOLN'S LOG -- the amorous adventures of a well-endowed, 19th century president...

Posted by:

DMOAS

July 3, 2009

Come on Hungry Hungry Hippos!!!!

Posted by:

Lost in Hollywood

July 3, 2009

Coming soon to a theater near you...

PET ROCK!! The Movie!
coming summer 2011

Posted by:

WCB

July 3, 2009

Posted by: Luke on July 3, 2009 at 02:12:13

How long before SLINKY is announced?

Or even worse, a HULA HOOP movie?

Posted by:

Purewitz

July 3, 2009

Didn't the TV show Robot Chicken, do a comedy sketch about movies like this a few years a go. They came up with stiff like Hungry, Hungry, Hippos and Chutes and Ladders (Parody of Starsky and Hutch 2004 movie). I think its safe to say, Seth Green and the Robot Chicken gang called all this years ago, lol.