The duo is currently considering developing a franchise surrounding the cultural sensation, and ‘are absolutely in talks right now, both on the television side and the earliest conversations right now on the film side.’
From memes to movies. Acclaimed director Michael Bay has teamed with former Paramount Pictures president Adam Goodman to develop a film and TV series franchise from the popular animated YouTube Skibidi Toilet videos and games.
Geared towards kids and teens, the Machinima series produced using Source Filmmaker defies description to most older audiences. In essence, the videos follow the war between toilets with human heads, the skibidi toilets, and humanoid enemies with cameras for heads.
“We are absolutely in talks right now, both on the television side and the earliest conversations right now on the film side,” Goodman said in an interview with Variety. “But it’s not a be-all, end-all for us.”
"I will say that Michael and Jeffrey Beecroft, who's his longtime production designer and a colleague of his that's worked with him on all of his movies, have been working very closely with Alexey to really professionalize the kind of back engine of this, to make sure, if we ever decide to go film or television, that this is kind of lifted beyond just the resources that creators have on the internet," added Goodman.
While details surrounding the possible collaboration have not been disclosed, Goodman did mention a potential hybrid animated/live-action version of Skibidi, with stylistic influence taken from John Wick and District 9.
"If we find a partner in this that really believes there's opportunity for this to grow and to really see the storytelling grow and for this to be where we hope this can be, then film and TV seems like a natural extension for us," Goodman concluded.
Feast your eyes on the video that started the internet sensation:
Journalist, antique shop owner, aspiring gemologist—L'Wren brings a diverse perspective to animation, where every frame reflects her varied passions.
