Pac-Man: The Movie For Some Reason

[Exposition Owl]

The Hollywood Reporter, uh, reports that Bandai Namco are looking to get some of that sweet Sonic the Hedgehog money by making a live action movie based on Pac-Man. I’m presuming here that “live action” means a Sonic-style mixture of human actors and CGI characters, and I’m honestly baffled as to who on earth the human characters are supposed to be in Pac-Man. They’ve apparently basing the movie on “an original idea” from one of the guys behind the Sonic movies; who knows how that will turn out. I’m not sure that they can improve on this parody trailer from way back in 2006, when the idea of a live action Pac-Man movie was a punchline:

 

[FelixSH]

What
?
?!

 

[Torzelbaum]

Will it have that Pac e-girl character?

 

[Exposition Owl]

What
?
?!

Exactly!!

 

[RT-55J]

Good to see our little yellow guy pac in action.

 

[Vaeran]

I guarantee they will not untangle the rights to Ms. Pac-Man in time for this movie and she will not appear, rendering it even more pointless than it would otherwise have been.

 

[RT-55J]

I'm sure they'll be able to cut a pac-room deal to at least have the ms. make a cameo

 

[Sprite]

I hope he has a romance with the palette swapped “Pac Mom,” but no one can figure out why she’s called that because she doesn’t have any kids yet.

 

[SpoonyBard]

Ever since this was announced the only thing I could think of was a parody trailer for a Pac-Man movie by the Arfenhouse guys, waaaaaay back in the early-mid aughts.

 

[lincolnic]

I’m honestly baffled as to who on earth the human characters are supposed to be in Pac-Man.

Clearly it's a prequel detailing exactly how Blinky, Inky, Pinky, and Clyde became ghosts.