Joe Wilkinson’s Home Movies: why Hollywood wants to get its hands on your childhood

Joe Wilkinson’s Home Movies: why Hollywood wants to get its hands on your childhood

KerPlunk the movie? Now there’s an idea.

In the world of movie spin-offs, anything’s fair game. Even your childhood.

In ‘G.I. Joe: Retaliation’ (that’s Action Man to us Brits), out this week, classic action figures are morphed into actual people. Like Bruce Willis, and The Rock.

Does exactly what it says on the tin? Not really.

So, in this week’s Home Movies, our Joe investigates the toy spin-off trend, to find out just why Hollywood wants to get its hand on your childhood.

And, if Transformers and Battleships can do it, why not Monopoly? Or even KerPlunk?

Now there’s an idea…