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Where's Waldo? Gets Discovered at Universal

Source:  The Hollywood Reporter
Fans of the longtime children's book series have found Waldo in a different locale: Universal Studios. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Universal has optioned the rights to the beloved books series, Where's Waldo? for a feature film adaptation.

It was said that the film would be a live-action endeavor and the project was originally set up at Paramount and Nickelodeon, with John Schultz directing. The project was picked up out of turnaround by Universal.

That original project revolved around a 30-year-old Waldo who started to travel through time after accidentally turning on a time machine. It wasn't clear if that plotline will be kept or not. No production schedule was released for the film.


16 Comments


June 23rd, 2009 9:48am
Um...should I even ask how they wanna do this...?
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June 3rd, 2009 4:29am
This is a late response, but I believe Aaron Sorkin had an idea for a FACEBOOK Movie a while back.
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June 3rd, 2009 12:38am
I can't be bothered discussing who would be good for this cause that's a rehortical question. the answer is noone. The project is DOA(dead on arrival).
Oh, This has BRENDAN FRASER written all over it! I can literally see him stopping the pitch meeting and at the point of time travel saying "stop, you had me at WALDO"!

this is something that would have world nicely as a CGI ANIMATION. But live action? i hope this bombs like Nagasaki! And the lead actor dumb enough to sign up for this mucus should also be sent back to the stone age.
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June 1st, 2009 7:15pm
This will be a deep emotional movie about a mans journey to "finding himself"...and why is he 30? he looks like a college kid in the books, is this the squel to one of his books? wasnt there a cartoon? and will the whole movie be shot in a wide ariel view where its hard to see where he is on screen at all times? This has brought up alot more questions then I thought it would.
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June 1st, 2009 6:44pm
why the fuck would they think about doing something like this. this is fucking stupid.
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June 1st, 2009 6:30pm
LMAO well this is hilarious....

i think the board game he is referring to is either.
Monopoly, Battleships or Clue...

What's the website one though?
I'm curious
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June 1st, 2009 5:45pm
good point. which website & board game are you referring to?
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June 1st, 2009 3:55pm
Where's Originality?

Right now, this sounds ridiculous. Resorting to an internet website, a video game, a board game, and now a fucking picture book for film adaptation is just pathetic.

Keep Waldo and his striped shirt where it belongs: hidden in the pages of an eight-year-old's book.
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June 1st, 2009 3:53pm
Steve Carrell seems like too much of a vocal/physical comedian for this. The Waldo books, despite being books, still made me always think that Waldo, having that brisk expression on his face in every "world" would be the type of guy that would garner laughs for his sheer obliviousness to the situations around him. idk, Steve could probly pull it off, but I'm picturing Rowan Atkinson more so for his roles as Mr. Bean in the old B&W show, and the recent Mr. Bean films, despite them not being all that good.
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June 1st, 2009 2:38pm
Justin Long...could be..... Who would you cast?
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June 1st, 2009 2:36pm
John Francis Daley maybe......
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June 1st, 2009 2:35pm
They're really at the bottom of the well ain't they?
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June 1st, 2009 2:34pm
Maybe Dane Cook..........
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June 1st, 2009 2:34pm
This has Steve Carell written all over it.
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June 1st, 2009 2:07pm
I found him! He's over here in the bottom of the DVD bargain bin!
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June 1st, 2009 2:02pm
I wonder who they'd cast as Waldo lol.
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