Studio exec Michael Eisner has hired screenwriter MarkHammer for a planned feature-film adaptation of the Bazooka Joe bubblegum comic strip, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Hammer is a new writer who graduated from Chapman University with a degree in film this past weekend.
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Huh? I give them credit for hiring a right out of school guy but a movie about Bazooka Joe? IDK.
ummmmm GUMMY!
Wow! Mark Hammer must be one heck of a writer to get a job straight out of college!
[...] Sadly, it looks like this topic could end up being a recurring TBTS column. Even more depressing, from the sound of it this early spoof script leak will probably be better than the actual movie. The only thing that could be sillier than this would be a Bazooka Joe movie. Oh… [...]