Josh Stolberg, so it seems, has been and is a very busy man, and that is a concern. Writer of only mildly rubbish and derivative films Good Luck Chuck and Sorority Row- a comedy and horror respectively as well as the notorious Piranha, he currently has a multitude of projects in which he is currently engaged in writing. In a recent interview with
Moviehole, the writer/director attempted to boast about his involvement in a mysterious new project at the behest of the toy making corporation Hasbro, responsible for, among other things, Transformers, whose movies by Michael Bay we know and collectively loathe.
"It's a big family film, and we get to play around with a lot of Hasbro brands, but at the end of the day it's just a great father-kid relationship story kinda in a 'Night at the Museum'-kinda template."
Regrettably, Stolbergs attempted coyness has fallen upon stony ground, as Hasbo have long been rumoured to have a project of this nature in the offing titled
Hasbro Factory and, even by their own frequently feeble standards of innovation, they are unlikely to be preparing two movies with an identical premise. Aside from this, Stolberg has been beavering away industriously with writing partner,
Bobby Florsheim. Together the two have recently completed
Man-Witch and are working on what appears a hideously ill-advised remake of Hitchcock classic
To Catch a Thief (more 'modern and gadgety") which has been some time in the offing. Stolberg also mentioned adaptations of best-sellers, Helen DeWitt's
The Last Samurai (unrelated to the Tom Cruise film) and
Skippyjon Jones by Judith Byron Schachner, a children's book about a Siamese kitten with ears so big that he gets mistaken for a chihuahua.