Worst Previews reports:
Evan Spiliotopoulos, who is best known for writing several animated straight-to-DVD movies for Disney, has been hired to pen “Ouija” for Universal Pictures and producer Michael Bay. “Tron: Legacy” writers Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz previously worked on the script.
The concept is to have a “family friendly” adventure (snicker, snicker) that revolves around the ‘Hasbro board game’ as a family contacts dead people. Evan Spiliotopoulos, who also wrote Battle For Terra, isn’t a bad guy, I’m sure–and he can do a lot of family friendly entertainment for sure be it theatrical or DTV.
Maybe I’m crazy, but I think this kind of crosses a line here. There’s a lot of people who think that there is a supernatural -occult connection to ouija boards. It definitely has contreversy around it. Somehow, the guy who writes Winnie The Pooh’s Huffalump and the prequel to The Little Mermaid…
I can’t help it. There’s just something wrong with this. It just feels wrong. We all know the occult has to be more kid friendly….
Weigh in, Int’l friends. Weigh in.
