{"id":128442,"date":"2015-10-26T19:58:01","date_gmt":"2015-10-27T01:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/10\/26\/searching-for-the-next-franchise.html"},"modified":"2015-11-05T10:37:12","modified_gmt":"2015-11-05T17:37:12","slug":"searching-for-the-next-franchise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/10\/26\/searching-for-the-next-franchise.html","title":{"rendered":"Searching for the next franchise"},"content":{"rendered":"

I can't imagine anything other than disaster from a Dora the Explorer<\/i> live-action flick (though this College Humor parody of the idea — https:\/\/youtu.be\/TnpTcrtsN3U<\/a> — is pee-your-pants funny).<\/p>\n

But Micronauts<\/i> could be pretty cool, and could grab some of that Guardians of the Galaxy<\/i> vibe (though I might be projecting that since the character Bug has been a member of both groups).[*]<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, of the two, I would expect Dora to be far more likely to hit the screens than Micronauts. Sadly.<\/p>\n

[*] Though we are not likely to see Bug in such a film, due to the vagaries of licensing and the history of Marvel and Mego and the fact that this is being done by Paramount not Disney.<\/p>\n

(h\/t +<\/span>Les Jenkins<\/a><\/span>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nDora the Explorer Live-Action Movie in the Works<\/a><\/span>
\nParamount is making a Dora the Explorer live-action movie, with Tom Wheeler scripting. Wheeler is also working on a Micronauts live-action movie.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I can't imagine anything other than disaster from a Dora the Explorer live-action flick (though this College Humor parody of the idea — https:\/\/youtu.be\/TnpTcrtsN3U — is pee-your-pants funny). But Micronauts could be pretty cool, and could grab some of that Guardians of the Galaxy vibe (though I might be projecting that since the character Bug … Continue reading “Searching for the next franchise”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-128442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-media-movies"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":49470,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/02\/01\/dora-the-anime-explorer.html","url_meta":{"origin":128442,"position":0},"title":"Dora the Anime Explorer","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 1-Feb-15 11:57pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Okay, I have to admit, I would so watch this. 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