Let’s file this one under “Meh”

Christopher Columbus seems to have a thing for pint-sized bespectacled mission men. Talking about the filmmaker, of course, not about the guy who discovered La Ribs on West Pico.

The Harry Potter filmmaker has snapped up the film rights to Dilbert, the popular comic book strip by Scott Adams. Columbus is considering it as one of his next directing gigs.

The rights to the popular cartoon previously laid with Columbia – who produced the TV series – who planned to turn the office dweeb into a feature film a couple of years back. Never happened. With Columbus on board, the film will be now be shot, tinned and released by Warner Bros.

The comics tell of a Cubicle denizen named Dilbert who toils away at Path-E-Tech which makes undefined products. The focus is on his survival amongst a moronic boss, hostile co-workers and his malevolent pet, Dogbert. Daniel Stern (City Slickers) provided the voice of the character in the series.

Live Action Dilbert? Now the cartoon series wasn’t that bad, but I have doubts that the stript can translate well into a live action format, especially since it will undoubtedly be compared to Office Space. That, and Scott Adams has gone nutso recently, so who knows what might show up in the movie!

Also, Path-E-Tech? Wha?

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