After the big-screen success of Five Nights at Freddy’s, it’s only natural that Hollywood studios are looking for the next big hit that will convince Generation Alpha to temporarily put down their computers and phones and head to the nearest cinema. However, trying to make a franchise out of a brain-rotting hit online movie called Skibidi Toilet is a cliché. possible A bit too much.
On July 24, Variety shared an exclusive interview with filmmaker Michael Bay and Paramount Pictures president Adam Goodman. The main topic of the conversation? They are seriously considering turning Skibidi Toilet into a movie and TV series.
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If you’re not a teenager, you most likely have no idea what we’re rambling about here, so let’s quickly introduce the legend of Skibidi Toilet: Generally speaking, Skibidi Toilet is a web series of YouTube videos and short films created by Alexey Gerasimov and uploaded to the DaFuq!?Boom! channel. The videos and short films were made using Valve’s handy Source Filmmaker, and while the series started out as a joke, it somehow evolved into a story about a fictional war between a toilet with a human head and a humanoid character with an electronic device for a head.
Here’s the thing: For anyone who grew up watching poop and GMod shit videos on YouTube, the Skibidi toilet phenomenon isn’t a big deal. That It’s strange, there is real effort and artistry put into the video, but it’s baffling that it has made it into the mainstream and even been considered by Hollywood for a movie/TV series. I guess we opened Pandora’s box in the late 2000s with the early Skibidi-style uploads.
However, Goodman stresses that Skibidi Toilet isn’t their top priority: “We’re in talks right now, both for TV and early talks for film… but it’s not top of mind for us.” He and Michael Bay might not be too interested in Gerasimov’s wacky world, but you can’t pass up a great opportunity to connect with a younger generation that’s actively rejecting traditional media in favor of more easily consumed trashy content.
As for Bay’s involvement, it doesn’t necessarily mean he’ll be directing a movie or TV show, as he’s also a fairly accomplished producer (the A Quiet Place series being a great recent example). That being said, given that he ended up directing five Transformers movies, it’s possible he could be directing at least one of the tentative projects. So, yeah, sure. I don’t even care right now. Whatever happens before the culture collapses.
