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hollywoodreporter.com - 7/7/2009

DreamWorks eyes View-Master pic

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Remember View-Master, the Fisher-Price toy with those little 3D picture discs of mountains, rivers and caverns that you could rotate through a viewfinder? Well, DreamWorks is in negotiations to acquire movie rights to the toy from Mattel (which owns Fisher-Price) and has asked Alex Kurtzman and ...

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comingsoon.net - 7/3/2009

Ready for a View-Master Movie?

— comingsoon.net — "Fringe" co-producer/writer Brad Caleb Kane will be writing a movie based on the View-Master toy, which first... came on the market in 1939. He announced on his Twitter account that after he's done penning the sci-fi action-adventure Uprising for ... (more) Ready for a View-Master Movie?

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rogerebert.suntimes.com - 7/9/2009

The toys that ate Hollywood :: rogerebert.com :: News & comment

— rogerebert.suntimes.com — / / / July 8, 2009 by Roger Ebert Will any child's toy escape being blockbustered? With... " Transformers " passing the $300 million mark at the U.S. box office, Hollywood studios are lathering to snatch up the rights to anything that a child might once ... (more) The toys that ate Hollywood :: rogerebert.com :: News & ...

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slashfilm.com - 7/3/2009

Brad Caleb Kane Writing View-Master Alien Movie?

— slashfilm.com — It seems like everyweel one of the Hollywood studios announces a new board game or toy movie... adaptation that pushes the limits on believability. Some nights while I’m writing up news, I wonder if I’m actually a minor character in one ... (more) Brad Caleb Kane Writing View-Master Alien Movie?

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