July 10, 2025 • 6 mins
“What do Hot Wheels, Matchbox, and Whac-A-Mole have in common? Apparently, they’re all getting movie deals. But… why?”In this wildly entertaining episode of The Ben and Skin Show, Ben Rogers, Jeff “Skin” Wade, Kevin “KT” Turner, and Krystina Ray—dives headfirst into the absurd, the nostalgic, and the surprisingly philosophical world of Hollywood’s latest obsession: turning childhood toys into blockbuster films.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Juicy news, hot gods ever come.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
Stay on top in the shovel.
Speaker 1 (00:15):
In that intro, it does say every celebrity couple, but
this celebrity couple is so big we're pushing it to
the weekday update ORUND five point fifteen to day. So
stick around for that, especially if you enjoyed the Dallas Mavericks. Okay,
So also I say, if I'm gonna talk about movies
for a minute at five o'clock, Christina and I saw
Jurassic World Rebirth last night. More were exclusive thoughts, exclusive.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
Thoughts in grades coming up at five exclusive like no
one else has given their thoughts or grades, or this
is exclusively the only place you're gonna give your thoughts
in grades.
Speaker 1 (00:47):
I'm gonna say that, Yeah, what you said, saw this
story hit the wire? John Chu John who John Chew
is the director, middle name blue. He's done some stuff.
Uh I think he did. Uh Now it was not
John Blue Chew. In fact, his middle initials M. I
think I know John Wu John Wu.
Speaker 2 (01:09):
Yeah he did.
Speaker 1 (01:09):
Face the.
Speaker 2 (01:12):
Face Off one of the best movies ever made. If
you guys would be willing to go watch a foreign film,
I bet you would really like The Killer Okay, okay, yeah,
I remember hearing about this. I may have even watched
some of that.
Speaker 1 (01:24):
This guy is kind of a hot name around Valley
Ranch and DFW and the nation right now. John Chu
did I think he did Wicked, He did Crazy Rich Asians,
things like that. But he has been set the Helm,
a live action movie about Hot Wheels.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
Oh no, the kool Aid movie.
Speaker 1 (01:44):
Dude, Yeah, it is studio. It comes to life every time.
I don't know who's gonna be in it. Don't know
much about the pictures and things like that, I mean
the actors and the cast. But I was like, okay,
this struck cordsman. I was like, okay, hot Wheels movie.
They're trend of the toys and Barbie. But isn't there already?
(02:06):
And there was? As I quickly did my research, there's
a movie coming out in twenty twenty six starring John Cena,
Jessica Bial, Sam Richardson from the Detroiters, and I think
you should leave and veep. He's amazing.
Speaker 2 (02:19):
They're juiced.
Speaker 1 (02:21):
There's a movie coming out in twenty twenty six in
the Fall called match Box.
Speaker 2 (02:25):
Oh my god, are you serious?
Speaker 1 (02:27):
All right? What?
Speaker 3 (02:29):
God?
Speaker 2 (02:29):
I personally are we doing I personally prefer match Box
to Hot Wheels. Okay, I'm gonna go with you on
that as well. I think it's our age, Ben, I
mean realistic. We had them both, but they were more realistic.
But Man, as you were sitting there talking about that,
I was thinking that was probably the main toy of
my childhood. Yeah, the number one toy. I mean, Star
(02:50):
Wars action figures were a big deal. But cars. We
would just play with cars for hours and hours and
hours and hours and collect so many of them. But
I always thought that the match Box brand was a
little better than the Hot Wheels. But why does this
always happen? First of all, it's a retro brand movie.
It's just like kool aid, just like what they made
fun of in the studio. Yep. Why and why are
(03:11):
people making them all at the same time? Well, if
you thought that was good, I mean it's a good question.
But I think it's like this is I think what
the companies want, what can make us money. But you
know what sometimes is like sometimes these are great in
the hands of a creative person. Sure, the Batman Lego
movie is spectacular. Barbie Barbie is yeah, amazing. Yeah, But
(03:34):
but but.
Speaker 3 (03:34):
What can you do with Hot Wheels. It's gonna be
fast and furious with toys.
Speaker 1 (03:38):
When Hot Wheels is gonna come out after Matchbox, which
they're calling a live action movie, So you don't even
know if it's gonna all be real or not.
Speaker 2 (03:47):
Well, what if it's about a guy who makes toy cars?
Speaker 3 (03:51):
Maybe if they have Matchbox twenty involved somehow.
Speaker 1 (03:54):
Just like Barbie did. Are the greatest scenes in the movie.
Speaker 2 (03:57):
Tink about Matchbox twenty at a time period where people
to take one word and stick it with a number
and that would be the name of their man.
Speaker 3 (04:03):
Hey Blink had to do it. They were getting.
Speaker 2 (04:05):
Sued Live them alone, the shrewtine some one for one
or what are they called.
Speaker 1 (04:10):
He's doing the hickory dickery duck joking. Twenty twenty five,
Mattel is working on bringing another one of its toys
to the screen. The company announced a movie based on
the classic Whack a Mole game is in development. Oh
my God, by the way, June fifth of twenty twenty six.
Next year you're gonna get the he Man movie Masters
(04:32):
of the Universe.
Speaker 2 (04:33):
That was a great cartoon.
Speaker 1 (04:34):
Now I know how your trailer situation went. Last night
for me. I got thirty minutes of trailers and they
jammed an All State commercial in there or two. But
one of the big features outside of Superman and Fantastic Four,
which is coming out this month, didn't comes out this week.
There was a failing figures, this will have Pedro Pascal,
(04:55):
It's got a cousin from the Bear. It's gonna be fine,
all right. But the he did a trailer for the
new Christopher Nolan movie, The Odyssey.
Speaker 3 (05:05):
Oh yes, that looks so good.
Speaker 2 (05:07):
Like the Homer poem. Is it about the minivan?
Speaker 1 (05:12):
Well, I was asking, this was about my uh my childhood.
Here's here's barber it was the Odyssey was the place
Albert come the here?
Speaker 2 (05:18):
I'm assuming this is like the Odyssey and the Iliad,
the Homer poems. It is Greek mythology, did you I
don't know. Well, it's not even Greek mythology, it's Greek history.
Speaker 1 (05:29):
I didn't get enough of the trailer to know.
Speaker 3 (05:31):
It's very short, but I was intrigued, and I honestly
thought it was the beginning of the movie. That was
the last trailer they played, So I was confused because
I was already in Jurassic Park mode, and it was
weird that it was Greek mythology stuff going on.
Speaker 2 (05:44):
So but look it up.
Speaker 1 (05:45):
If you can't see the cash, that's Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Zendaia, Yeah,
Robert Pattinson, Anne Hathaway.
Speaker 2 (05:52):
I mean it's loaded. If I remember correctly, Homer was blind. Yes,
that's right. All right, there you have it. There is
the Hollywood Shuffle coming up next in just over three minutes,
and it's an audio bubble bath. Do you know anyone
who has a dog that you can't stand? A funny
story Next
Juicy news, hot gods ever come.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
Stay on top in the shovel.
Speaker 1 (00:15):
In that intro, it does say every celebrity couple, but
this celebrity couple is so big we're pushing it to
the weekday update ORUND five point fifteen to day. So
stick around for that, especially if you enjoyed the Dallas Mavericks. Okay,
So also I say, if I'm gonna talk about movies
for a minute at five o'clock, Christina and I saw
Jurassic World Rebirth last night. More were exclusive thoughts, exclusive.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
Thoughts in grades coming up at five exclusive like no
one else has given their thoughts or grades, or this
is exclusively the only place you're gonna give your thoughts
in grades.
Speaker 1 (00:47):
I'm gonna say that, Yeah, what you said, saw this
story hit the wire? John Chu John who John Chew
is the director, middle name blue. He's done some stuff.
Uh I think he did. Uh Now it was not
John Blue Chew. In fact, his middle initials M. I
think I know John Wu John Wu.
Speaker 2 (01:09):
Yeah he did.
Speaker 1 (01:09):
Face the.
Speaker 2 (01:12):
Face Off one of the best movies ever made. If
you guys would be willing to go watch a foreign film,
I bet you would really like The Killer Okay, okay, yeah,
I remember hearing about this. I may have even watched
some of that.
Speaker 1 (01:24):
This guy is kind of a hot name around Valley
Ranch and DFW and the nation right now. John Chu
did I think he did Wicked, He did Crazy Rich Asians,
things like that. But he has been set the Helm,
a live action movie about Hot Wheels.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
Oh no, the kool Aid movie.
Speaker 1 (01:44):
Dude, Yeah, it is studio. It comes to life every time.
I don't know who's gonna be in it. Don't know
much about the pictures and things like that, I mean
the actors and the cast. But I was like, okay,
this struck cordsman. I was like, okay, hot Wheels movie.
They're trend of the toys and Barbie. But isn't there already?
(02:06):
And there was? As I quickly did my research, there's
a movie coming out in twenty twenty six starring John Cena,
Jessica Bial, Sam Richardson from the Detroiters, and I think
you should leave and veep. He's amazing.
Speaker 2 (02:19):
They're juiced.
Speaker 1 (02:21):
There's a movie coming out in twenty twenty six in
the Fall called match Box.
Speaker 2 (02:25):
Oh my god, are you serious?
Speaker 1 (02:27):
All right? What?
Speaker 3 (02:29):
God?
Speaker 2 (02:29):
I personally are we doing I personally prefer match Box
to Hot Wheels. Okay, I'm gonna go with you on
that as well. I think it's our age, Ben, I
mean realistic. We had them both, but they were more realistic.
But Man, as you were sitting there talking about that,
I was thinking that was probably the main toy of
my childhood. Yeah, the number one toy. I mean, Star
(02:50):
Wars action figures were a big deal. But cars. We
would just play with cars for hours and hours and
hours and hours and collect so many of them. But
I always thought that the match Box brand was a
little better than the Hot Wheels. But why does this
always happen? First of all, it's a retro brand movie.
It's just like kool aid, just like what they made
fun of in the studio. Yep. Why and why are
(03:11):
people making them all at the same time? Well, if
you thought that was good, I mean it's a good question.
But I think it's like this is I think what
the companies want, what can make us money. But you
know what sometimes is like sometimes these are great in
the hands of a creative person. Sure, the Batman Lego
movie is spectacular. Barbie Barbie is yeah, amazing. Yeah, But
(03:34):
but but.
Speaker 3 (03:34):
What can you do with Hot Wheels. It's gonna be
fast and furious with toys.
Speaker 1 (03:38):
When Hot Wheels is gonna come out after Matchbox, which
they're calling a live action movie, So you don't even
know if it's gonna all be real or not.
Speaker 2 (03:47):
Well, what if it's about a guy who makes toy cars?
Speaker 3 (03:51):
Maybe if they have Matchbox twenty involved somehow.
Speaker 1 (03:54):
Just like Barbie did. Are the greatest scenes in the movie.
Speaker 2 (03:57):
Tink about Matchbox twenty at a time period where people
to take one word and stick it with a number
and that would be the name of their man.
Speaker 3 (04:03):
Hey Blink had to do it. They were getting.
Speaker 2 (04:05):
Sued Live them alone, the shrewtine some one for one
or what are they called.
Speaker 1 (04:10):
He's doing the hickory dickery duck joking. Twenty twenty five,
Mattel is working on bringing another one of its toys
to the screen. The company announced a movie based on
the classic Whack a Mole game is in development. Oh
my God, by the way, June fifth of twenty twenty six.
Next year you're gonna get the he Man movie Masters
(04:32):
of the Universe.
Speaker 2 (04:33):
That was a great cartoon.
Speaker 1 (04:34):
Now I know how your trailer situation went. Last night
for me. I got thirty minutes of trailers and they
jammed an All State commercial in there or two. But
one of the big features outside of Superman and Fantastic Four,
which is coming out this month, didn't comes out this week.
There was a failing figures, this will have Pedro Pascal,
(04:55):
It's got a cousin from the Bear. It's gonna be fine,
all right. But the he did a trailer for the
new Christopher Nolan movie, The Odyssey.
Speaker 3 (05:05):
Oh yes, that looks so good.
Speaker 2 (05:07):
Like the Homer poem. Is it about the minivan?
Speaker 1 (05:12):
Well, I was asking, this was about my uh my childhood.
Here's here's barber it was the Odyssey was the place
Albert come the here?
Speaker 2 (05:18):
I'm assuming this is like the Odyssey and the Iliad,
the Homer poems. It is Greek mythology, did you I
don't know. Well, it's not even Greek mythology, it's Greek history.
Speaker 1 (05:29):
I didn't get enough of the trailer to know.
Speaker 3 (05:31):
It's very short, but I was intrigued, and I honestly
thought it was the beginning of the movie. That was
the last trailer they played, So I was confused because
I was already in Jurassic Park mode, and it was
weird that it was Greek mythology stuff going on.
Speaker 2 (05:44):
So but look it up.
Speaker 1 (05:45):
If you can't see the cash, that's Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Zendaia, Yeah,
Robert Pattinson, Anne Hathaway.
Speaker 2 (05:52):
I mean it's loaded. If I remember correctly, Homer was blind. Yes,
that's right. All right, there you have it. There is
the Hollywood Shuffle coming up next in just over three minutes,
and it's an audio bubble bath. Do you know anyone
who has a dog that you can't stand? A funny
story Next
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