Epire Magazine has said that in 2009 Illumination Entertainment bought the rights to make this much beloved character of the children's books Where's Wally? come to the silver screen but now MGM has now bought these rights to make Where's Wally into a feature film.
MGM's Jonathon Glickman (President of MGM's Motion Picture Group) secured these rights to make Where's Wally into a family live action adventure film...this sounds very different to the books that I grew up with, but I'll go with it as this may sound completely different to the books but I guess for it to be on the big screen there has to be something other than the big crowds of people and you have to guess where Wally is, as this would be very boring and wouldn't make for a very exciting screen movie.
Anyhewfrui...in an official statement MGM have said that:
"We are thrilled to be bringing the search for Waldo (this is what the Americans Wally) to the big screen . Along with our partners at Classic Media, we look forward to making a worldwide adventure that will appeal to Where's Waldo? fans of all ages"....
"Waldo is the most searched for character in the world" ( said Eric Ellenbogen co-CEO of Classic Media)
"With thanks to MGM, fans everywhere will find Waldo in movie theaters with his motion picture debut"
Martin Handford who created this world famous character that was first published in 1987, his business partner Mike Gornall along with Eric Ellenbogen will be executive producers.
And MGM's Cssidy Lange will oversee this future project as a producer.
I'm half excited by this news...half find this news really funny but really really hope that this comes to fruition.
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