With a sequel to the $1 billion hit a long way off (if a possibility at all), Warners is keeping the Mattel momentum going by trying to push forward ‘Hot Wheels’ while Hollywood questions which toys can realistically become hits.

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    Barbie can have a message attached to it because of its history as a feminist icon and a controversial toy. They can actually tell a meaningful story based on it.

    I can’t think of a single exciting new idea that Hot Wheels, or really any other toy for that matter, could have. What could a hot wheels movie end up being other than a Fast and Furious knockoff?

    But I was wrong about the Lego Movie, so it’s not unlikely for these studios to come up with something ridiculous and execute it well.

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      Well they already made a max steel movie (the new one thats in a white armor) and it was a very amateurly made superhero origin story bore of a movie. Its an annomally that has been lost to the sands of time and they rather everyone forget about it and while i havent watched it, i still remember it coming out since i grew up with the original max steel toy which was pretty much just sci fi tom crouises character from the mission imposible movies and i liked the toy very much when i was a kid. Would be nice if it was brought back at least in a similar manner from its original form, and if they make a movie about it then maybe not make it a tax dodging trashbag worthy of a boxing match with Uwe Bowll.