'Hot Wheels' Movie Revs Up

If Ridley Scott can make a movie out of Monopoly and if a comedic ensemble version of the board game Clue can still hold up reasonably well a quarter century later and if Transformers can be Transformers, why can't we have a movie about Hot Wheels? That's exactly what Warner Bros. has asked itself, and Variety reports that the the studio is working with Mattel on a film version of the die-cast cars, with Joel Silver on board to produce the action flick. The script - and how you even get to the point of a concept from something as nebulous as "these cars are cool" is quite an achievement - will be written by Matt Nix (Burn Notice). About all we know comes from Mattel's Barry Waldo: "We won't have the cars talk. That would be off brand position for us. It won't be another Knight Rider, I promise that." Waldo stresses that one of the film's goals is to be "relevant for kids." And before you ask what's next, it's very likely a big screen, live-action Barbie movie. Here's your big break, Heidi Montag.

Comments

[Dylan Parsons]

I love hot wheels please make a movie,but dont make it so the cars can talk,but i also want to know what happened to Vert in Acceleracrs:The Ultimate Race at the end take off where that left off.Please.

[KMR]

Yes it would be nice to have a continuation of the Hot wheels movies.... it would be nice to know if Kadeem could ever be changed back... he was such a nice character it was sad to see him changed

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Is the new hot wheels movie going to be about battle force 5?

[Gilbert Orta]

Yes It Would Be Nice If They Made Part 5 Ive Been Waiting Forr It Ever Since 2006 Ive Been Dying To See A New Hot Wheels Movie Ive Watched Them All And Theyre Like Woahh The Best Animated Movies I Have Ever Seen Like No Joke Im Just In Love With Them!