'Where's Waldo' Movie Coming To Theaters

Waldo, it turns out, has been spotted in Hollywood.

MGM announced on Monday that the studio has bought the rights to bring the camouflaging, globe trotting star of the "Where's Waldo" book series to the big screen. Classic Media, who owns the Waldo character, has previously engaged in efforts to bring Waldo to screens with Nickelodeon and Universal, the latter of which announced that it was working on a Waldo project back in 2009.

"We are thrilled to be bringing the search for Waldo to the big screen. Along with our partners at Classic Media, we look forward to making a worldwide adventure that will appeal to Where's Waldo? fans of all ages," MGM President Jonathan Glickman said in a statement (via Collider).

Whether this is an animated or live action film remains to be seen; given the property's troubled film history, whether it gets off the ground at all is still an open question.

Comments

[AllieKMalik]

01:44 PM on 11/16/2011

Hollywood. Stop, ok? Just stop.

[PleaseNoPolitics]

01:16 PM on 11/08/2011

Maybe they'll delve into his past so we can figure out which prison he escaped from and why he was given a matching hat...

[trnichols17]

12:01 PM on 11/08/2011

Waldo is in central Florida,on Rt. 301.Biggest speed trap in the US of A.

[buminthesun421]

09:57 AM on 11/08/2011

Maybe that's a good role for Andy Dick.

[LivelyLexie]

08:57 AM on 11/08/2011

How on earth is this concept going to be turned into a movie?

[SuperBenFranklin]

08:00 AM on 11/08/2011

Please no.

[peachesmahoney]

12:43 AM on 11/08/2011

I waiting for the Herman Cain movie, "Where's D!ldo?"

[kinogod]

11:05 PM on 11/07/2011

God nooooo!

[schme909]

10:29 PM on 11/07/2011

not sure if this is a good idea, it could be successful or fail as a movie

[pikappa77]

08:34 AM on 11/08/2011

Well, that certainly narrows it down. (roll eyes)

[havok563]

10:18 PM on 11/07/2011

If it's a movie please please pleeease let it be in cartoon style art. 3d animation or live action would just ruin it.

[Kim Misner]

08:50 PM on 11/07/2011

What a coincidence. My ten month-old son was Waldo for Halloween! He looked cute with his patch of fake hair and spectacles painted on his face.

[Bob Middleton]

08:30 PM on 11/07/2011

given the right concept it could be a fun movie. If there are 150 scenes in the movie and waldo is somewhere in the backdrop of every single scene, it might be fun. The plot doesn't have to have anything to do with waldo....

[MChile124]

08:00 PM on 11/07/2011

Well it can't be worse than the upcoming "Monopoly "movie. Geez! And I thought the Where the Wild Things Are movie was a travesty...

[LivelyLexie]

08:58 AM on 11/08/2011

Hahah Where the Wild Things Are, that movie was visually beautiful but so boring. And that was a book with (some) text! Imagine how bad this is going to be.

[Fallon ForteSharvit]

07:54 PM on 11/07/2011

Dearest hollywood,

STOP RUINING MY CHILDHOOD!

Love,
everyone ever in the world ever

[Smarty5]

05:35 PM on 11/07/2011

I am sure jonah hill and seth rogen will be a part of it and it will suck as usual.