‘You got me there.’

With the kinds of properties getting film adaptations lately, likeSonic the Hedgehog, Gears of War, Detective Pikachu, Streets of Rage, and even friggin’Tetris, some properties slip through the cracks. First announced two years ago when 20th Century Fox first bought the rights to a movie based on Capcom’sMega Manseries, Fox is finally moving forward with Chernin Entertainment and Masi Oka fromHeroes(what).

It’s too early in production to have any clear details as to what form of adaptation it’ll take, whether it be CG, 2D, or some kind of CG/live-action hybrid, but the film will be written and directed by Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman. They’re the duo who brought you such classics as the originalCatfishdocumentary (which later morphed into a MTV series),Nerve, Paranormal Activity 3, and uh…Paranormal Activity 4.

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I know it’s unfair to judge a film literally before it exists, but this just seems like yet anotherMega Manproject in the wrong hands. Too bad.

Superman, Elio, and Glordon all looking up

Three characters walking through red water with a massive dinosaur looming over them in jurassic world rebirth next to a boy riding a black dragon in how to train your dragon

Steve, Garrett, and Henry standing on a bridge in front of a Woodland Mansion in A Minecraft Movie.

Five A Minecraft Movie characters standing in a blocky Minecraft forest with a dog.

A Minecraft Movie cast standing together in Minecraft

The Fantastic Four standing in front of a large blue four in Marvel’s The Fantastic Four: First Steps film.

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The Fantastic Four and Thunderbolts teams from Marvel