Rubik’s Cube: The Movie?

You knew it had to happen: Hollywood’s obsession with pre-branded brands continues unabated. From TheWrap:

While Universal has “Battleship” and DreamWorks has the Viewfinder, it remains a mystery which lucky studio will walk away with the rights to produce a movie built around the Rubik’s Cube.

That’s right, folks! CAA’s Matt Rosen is shopping the rights to Hungarian sculptor Ern? Rubik’s colorful puzzle that has brought joy and frustration to people of all ages across the globe.

The agency is prepared to package the popular brain-teaser with one its big-name movie stars, provided the payday is green enough. There is no writer or producer attached to the project yet, and until there is, the vitriol circulating the blogosphere is rather misdirected.

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While Hollywood has caught plenty of flack recently for its relentless reliance on recognizable name brands, the strategy has paid off in the past — just look to the lucrative “Transformers” franchise for proof.

Clearly someone did, since there are big-budget versions of “Candy Land” and “Monopoly” in development, the latter of which had Ridley Scott circling the director’s chair at one point. If either of those movies get made — or Rubik’s Cube, for the matter — expect to see a trailer for “The Adventures of Slinky” in the not-too-distant future.

“Slinky”? That ship has sailed:

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