{"id":30845,"date":"2025-11-12T09:54:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T14:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/phil-johnston-to-write-view-master-film\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T13:26:43","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T18:26:43","slug":"phil-johnston-to-write-view-master-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/phil-johnston-to-write-view-master-film\/","title":{"rendered":"Phil Johnston to Write View-Master Film"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Phil Johnston (<em>Wreck-It Ralph, Zootopia<\/em>) is on board to write the View-Master live-action feature film for Mattel Studios, Sony Pictures Entertainment and Escape Artists.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cView-Master has always been pure magic to me\u2014a simple toy that opened entire worlds beyond imagination,\u201d said Tom McNulty, senior executive for film at Mattel. \u201cIt\u2019s an incredible honor to have the brilliant Phil Johnston, one of the most soulful and inventive storytellers in film, at the helm of the View-Master reimagining. Building on our wonderful collaboration with Todd and Jason at Escape Artists on Masters of the Universe and now joining forces with Sony Pictures Entertainment, we\u2019re thrilled for the opportunity to bring a timeless classic into a bold new era\u2014and to inspire new audiences to see the world with wonder.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cView-Master was one of my favorite toys when I was a kid (still is) because it gave me a chance to explore faraway worlds without ever leaving my room,\u201d Johnston commented. \u201cI would escape into those slides for hours at a time, and no one would yell at me for staring. I want to bring the wonder I felt as a bowl-haired kid in the \u201980s to the big screen now, and working with Mattel, Sony and Escape Artists is giving me the chance to do just that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Todd Black, producer for Escape Artists, added, \u201cHaving Phil Johnston join this project is a huge win. He\u2019s one of the most inventive creative voices working today, and with Mattel Studios and Sony Pictures Entertainment, we\u2019re combining incredible creative forces to turn View-Master into an unforgettable big-screen adventure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The View-Master film is being overseen by McNulty and Arturo Thur de Ko\u00f3s for Mattel Studios. Robbie Brenner is producing on behalf of Mattel, with Black, Jason Blumenthal, Steve Tisch and Tony Shaw producing for Escape Artists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Phil Johnston (Wreck-It Ralph, Zootopia) is on board to write the View-Master live-action feature film for Mattel Studios, Sony Pictures Entertainment and Escape Artists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":30852,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[11676,10999,11284,1837,11677],"class_list":["post-30845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-escape-artists","tag-mattel-studios","tag-phil-johnston","tag-sony-pictures-entertainment","tag-view-master","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Phil Johnston to Write View-Master Film - TVKIDS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/phil-johnston-to-write-view-master-film\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Phil Johnston to Write View-Master Film - TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Phil Johnston (Wreck-It Ralph, Zootopia) is on board to write the View-Master live-action feature film for Mattel Studios, Sony Pictures Entertainment and Escape Artists.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/phil-johnston-to-write-view-master-film\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-11-12T14:54:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-11-12T18:26:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/11\/Mattel-ViewMaster-1125.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"394\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/phil-johnston-to-write-view-master-film\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/phil-johnston-to-write-view-master-film\/\",\"name\":\"Phil Johnston to Write View-Master Film - TVKIDS\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-11-12T14:54:10+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-11-12T18:26:43+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/phil-johnston-to-write-view-master-film\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/phil-johnston-to-write-view-master-film\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/phil-johnston-to-write-view-master-film\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Phil Johnston to Write View-Master Film\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/\",\"name\":\"TVKIDS\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\",\"name\":\"Jamie Stalcup\",\"description\":\"Jamie Stalcup is the executive editor of World Screen. 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