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‘Skibidi Toilet’ Film and TV Franchise in the Works From Michael Bay, Adam Goodman — Listen to the Exclusive Interview
Michael Bay is working on film and TV treatments of the controversial internet series “Skibidi Toilet,” with former Paramount exec Adam Goodman
The controversial animated internet sensation is being developed for TV and film treatment by director Michael Bay and former Paramount Pictures president Adam Goodman, who sat last week for an exclusive interview about their plans for Skibidi onthe latest episode of Variety’s “ Strictly Business ” podcast. From YouTube’s reigning star, MrBeast, securing a TV deal with Amazon to top-ranked kiddie franchise Cocomelon coming to theaters courtesy of Universal Pictures, it’s becoming something of a rite of passage for the elite self-made brands on social media to test the waters in Hollywood. The next test comes Aug. 16, when another kiddie favorite, “Ryan’s World the Movie: Titan Universe Adventure,” arrives to more than 2,000 screens nationwide via PocketWatch Inc., having bypassed the studio system altogether — akin to the distribution strategy employed by the Taylor Swift concert film last year.
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