For years Michael Eisner was the head of Disney, ruling the Mouse Kingdom even while many shareholders battled against him. Eventually he stepped down and we haven’t heard a huge amount about him since, but he’s been busy, even if he’s not been in such a high profile role. Now Eisner is teaming with short film director PES to try and create a new feature revolving around the Garbage Pail Kids, according to Deadline.
Eisner will produce through his The Tornante Company, which purchased trading card company Topps back in 2007. Topps first put out the Garbage Pail Kids trading card stickers in 1985, which spoofed the popular Cabbage Patch Kids dolls. The cards spawned a 1987 live-action feature, The Garbage Pail Kids Movie. Now, as Eisner’s company already owns the rights, he’s hoping to milk the franchise even though everyone’s forgotten about it.
PES will direct from a screenplay by Michael Vukadinovich, with both of them hatching the original story together. No production schedule was given.
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