ROTTEN TOMATOES: McG Spills a Little Oil on "Hot Wheels"

McG Spills a Little Oil on "Hot Wheels"

by Scott Weinberg | December 19, 2006

While out drumming up some publicity for his new drama "We Are Marshall," director McG (I think his real name is Joe McGinty McNichol or something) was (of course) asked about the status of his upcoming "Hot Wheels" movie, and here's what he had to say...

(And in case you didn't know it yet, yes, someone is making a movie out of "Hot Wheels.")

From McG via ComingSoon.net: "That's something I'm going to produce, it doesn't feel right for me as a director at this time. I'm going to produce it. We just have a take on that, it's the story of a kid trying to reconcile with his father. It's a kid who steals his dad's racecar and ends up going through a sort of "Back to the Future" portal into this world, and he has to reconcile his relationship with his father. It's very "Stand By Me" and it should be a good family movie, but it's not for me as a director at this time. I mean, it's the biggest toy in history. It's not a joke."

Click here for the rest of the article.

Interesting; the "Hot Wheels" movie is being approached like a "Stand By Me" sort of story. Uh huh.

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frogleg writes:
on Dec 19 2006 05:33 AM

Whatever.

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taran72 writes:
on Dec 19 2006 09:45 AM

Hot Wheels may not be a joke...but McG the director IS.

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dagreenman18 writes:
on Dec 19 2006 12:42 PM

Comming next summer........ SLINKY!!!!!! The Movie.

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SuperScarface writes:
on Dec 19 2006 02:32 PM

Gaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwd.....................

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Muddler writes:
on Dec 19 2006 03:00 PM

[b]FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU[/b]
HOLLYWOOD!

Seriously, can the studios PLEASE stop raping my childhood??!?!

I don't undestand why there is such a complete lack of original thinking in that town that they feel the need to take a classic toy without ANY story background and grab it up for cheap marketing for what will almost certainly be a bad movie. Shame on all those that touch this movie. May they rot.

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yodas gooch writes:
on Dec 19 2006 09:47 PM

[b]wtf[/b]
further proof that western civilisation is in decline.. seriously though, what a bunch of f**king assholes!!!!

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yodas gooch writes:
on Dec 19 2006 09:50 PM

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dagreenman18...dont give them any more ideas!

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SozeStrangelove writes:
on Dec 19 2006 10:19 PM

[b]McG is retarded. . .[/b]
How the fuck can this not be bad? For fuck's sake, this is going too far!!!!

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OAKTREELIVE writes:
on Dec 20 2006 06:40 PM

McG or not, how could it possibly be good even if all the greatest living and dead screenwriters, directors, actors, producers, former hot wheels cars, caterers, gaffers, grips, etc all worked on this?

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