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07Nov2009

J.J. Abrams In Talks to Produce 'Micronauts' Movie

DateSaturday, November 7, 2009 at 6:45AM
Should this news turn out to be true and a movie version of Micronauts happens, I'm pretty glad J.J. Abrams would be involved. The Wall Street Journal says Abrams is in talks to produce a film based on the old Japanese interchangable toys - a precursor to Tranformers, Go-Bots, and Alexis Arquette.

Hasbro recently acquired the property, and we know that Hasbro has put itself on the forefront of this whole toys n' games movie tie-in business. While I don't want to necessarily take this one to the bank just yet, it's a powerful combination of a company on the move and filmmaker who can call his own shots. Plus, J.J. is already talking, and he never does that.

It's a broader point he's making about a celebrity culture that worships the message as much as the messiah, but Abrams says you can turn a board game or a toy into a star just as easily as say, Chris Pine.

"Sometimes, when someone is not a celebrity and you are casting them in a role, everyone who is in a seat of authority voices questions about that actor's talent, sex appeal, looks, ability -- their everything," he says. "But then they get the role, and suddenly they are on the cover of every magazine, and nobody questions those things again. In retrospect, everyone says, 'Of course that person is a star.'"

Incidentally, Abrams didn't mention Pine; that's my embellishment.

Hasbro throws plenty of money at its movies - G.I. Joe and Transformers - so I wouldn't expect this very similar piece of fare to be any different.

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