Following the phenomenal success of 5 Nights at Freddy’s, it’s little surprise that Hollywood studios are frantically searching for the next big thing to lure gamers away from their screens and into cinemas. Despite initial reservations, attempting to build a franchise around the mind-numbingly popular online phenomenon that is Skibidi Bathroom may be overly ambitious.
Selection recently shared a one-on-one interview with acclaimed filmmaker Michael Bay and Paramount Pictures president Adam Goodman on July 24. The principle topic of the dialog? Critics are scrutinizing Skibidi’s bathroom scene for its cinematic and television adaptation possibilities.
If you’re not familiar with internet culture, you may be lost in our conversation. So, let’s provide a brief primer on Skibidi Bathroom lore: Skibidi Bathroom is a YouTube-based machinima series created by Alexey Gerasimov and uploaded to the DaFuq!?Increase! channel, comprising short videos and shorts. Using Valve’s Supply Filmmaker, these shorts had taken an unexpected turn from joke to narrative, depicting a fantastical conflict between anthropomorphic toilets and humanoid figures sporting digital headsets.
Is the factor that for those familiar with YouTube poops and GMod movies, Skibidi Restroom’s phenomenon doesn’t seem unusual, as there are evident efforts and artistry in the films; however, the fact it’s being considered by Hollywood to launch a film/TV franchise is the puzzling aspect. We inadvertently unleashed a digital Pandora’s box around the late 2000s with the emergence of Skibidi-inspired file-sharing platforms, revisiting the chaos that followed the original mythological incident.
Goodman emphasized that Skibidi Bathroom wasn’t at the top of their agenda: “We’re fully engaged in talks, both on the TV side and initial conversations now on the movie front… However it’s not a make-or-break situation for us.” While Bay and Goodman might not be entirely on board with Gerasimov’s unconventional universe, they can’t afford to pass up significant opportunities to connect with younger audiences who are actively shunning traditional media in favor of more easily digestible content.
Bay’s participation doesn’t necessarily mean he’ll be helming a project, given his experience as a prolific producer, as evident in the successful A Quiet Place franchise. Given Michael Bay’s prolific history in directing five Transformers films, it’s not entirely implausible that he might helm at least one of the forthcoming projects. So yeah, certain. I don’t bother myself with such trivialities anymore either. As societal norms steadily erode, the very fabric of traditional values begins to unravel, precipitating a catastrophic collapse.
