{"id":13085,"date":"2011-03-10T07:32:57","date_gmt":"2011-03-10T12:32:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=13085"},"modified":"2011-03-10T07:33:28","modified_gmt":"2011-03-10T12:33:28","slug":"do-we-need-a-macys-thanksgiving-day-parade-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2011\/03\/10\/do-we-need-a-macys-thanksgiving-day-parade-movie\/","title":{"rendered":"Do We Need A Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Movie?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hollywood loves to make movies about existing properties. Books, comic book and toys all have built in recognition factor which supposedly makes them easier to market. (Unless you’re completely incompetent<\/a> at it like Twentieth Century Fox.) An just when you think that they have hit the bottom of the barrel, i.e., Universal working on a movie based on the game “Battleship”, along comes the producing pair of Scott Glassgold and Raymond Brothers of IAM Entertainment, who have just announced that they have closed a deal for the rights to a film about the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.<\/p>\n

The pair have no script yet and are currently meeting with writers to listen to various pitches. Reportedly one idea under consideration involves the parade’s famous floats coming to life.<\/p>\n

As Glassgold is quoted in the Hollywood Reporter<\/em><\/a>–<\/p>\n

We\u2019re aiming to make a four-quadrant, family-friendly film somewhere in that Night At The Museum<\/strong>, Elf <\/strong>sweet spot.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

While I am sure that there are some people out there who think that this is a good idea, I’m kind of appalled that things have come to this.<\/p>\n

Let’s face it. Many of these tie-in films are nothing but advertising for the licensed product. And the Macy’s parade is essentially nothing more than a big advertisement for the New York-based department store. It seems like we’re starting to devour our own tail. What’s next? Super Bowl Commercial: The Movie<\/strong>? We’re starting to get a little deep down the rabbit hole people.<\/p>\n

I know that there will be some who will point out that the original 1947 Miracle On 34th Street<\/strong> could also be seen as a giant advertisement for Macy’s as well, but the film’s script undercuts that notion by rejecting consumerism for the what we call “the true meaning of Christmas.” Can a Thanksgiving Day Parade movie manage the same thing? Possibly, though if Glassgold and Brothers go with the parade floats coming to life idea, I would tend to doubt it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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