User:SonicFTW/sandbox/Untitled Marc Forster Thomas & Friends film

An untitled film directed by Marc Forster is currently being worked on for Mattel Films. The film will be a "four-quadrant family adventure that blends live-action and animation."

According to Forster, "Thomas has been a personal favorite of mine since childhood... I couldn’t be more excited to be working with Robbie and the entire team at Mattel, and embarking on this beautiful journey with such a timeless property."

Plot
Executive producer Robbie Brenner has stated that Thomas' story in the film will be told in a "modern and unexpected way."

Why It's Gonna Rock
 
 * 1) It will be a big improvement over the infamous Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go!.
 * 2) The plot that will take place in a  'modern and unexpected way' sounds surprisingly good on paper.
 * 3) It will probably have a far better  grasp on the source material, as it will still feature what fans like about Thomas and his friends.
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Bad Q ualitie s

 * 1) Fo r some  reason, other information like the movie's day of getting greenlit and pitched into production has not yet been revealed, apart from GQ#2.
 * 2) Given the extremely poor reception of All Engines Go!, there's a possibility that the aforementioned series will make a loss in the box office, and that Mattel will have to put this film in turnaround,  'in which a movie studio writes off all its work on a project as a loss for tax purposes, then is paid the same amount, often plus interest, from the buying studio'.