Hey Little Buddy!

[Sit right down and you'll hear a tale, a tale of a movie studio about to royally tarnish the memory of a perfectly cheesy, best-left-alone classic. From the ever-expanding Hollywood's Run Out of Ideas Department comes the groan-worthy word that Gilligan's Island is getting the big-screen treatment, with Warner Bros. developing the 1960s sitcom into a slicked-up film version.

Per Variety, the seven stranded castaways will indeed be transported to modern day in the revamped edition, and while no script, director or actors are on board, last year the show's creator (and theme song writer) Sherwood Schwartz floated Michael Cera's name to take over the titular little-buddy role. You'd think with a professor on board, they'd have thought this through a little more.]

Okay, the one stroke of "genius" is the obvious casting of Michael Cera. He fits the Gilligan mold perfectly. Michael hasn't impressed me of late - his shitty attitude towards the film version of Arrested Development and his insistence on playing the same-type character in every movie are among the top two reasons he annoys me. So, send him to the island - though preferably with Dawn Wells. I still want him to have fun!