According to The Guardian, Hollywood's heavyweight agency CAA, who are already responsible for the careers of Meryl Streep and George Clooney (to name but two) have just added a diminuitive client with a history of being difficult to work with to their ever-expanding books. Nope, I'm not talking about Russell Crowe here, I'm talking about the complex puzzle that is the Rubik's Cube. CAA have allegedly been touting a package around to Hollywood's many studios that includes the eponymous Cube and one of their big name clients. And why not? Unlike many of CAA's other top clients, The Cube has evaded being type-cast and has already appeared in a number of diverse films including Hellboy, The Pursuit of Happiness, Wall-E, Dude, Where's My Car and Let The Right One In. 
And following the lead of movies based on books (which seems to be the vast majority these days) or theme park rides (Pirates of the Caribbean) or social networking sites (em...The Social Network), using an already established entity with a fan base as the inspiration for a film is more often than not a highly profitable marketing tool. I can see it already...Bob(George Clooney) has Alzheimer's and is unable to live at home anymore and is therefore sent to the Cedar Oaks Home in Mississippi. Although he remembers very little about his adult life, he can still remember how to solve the Rubik's cube. Enter Maggie (Meryl Streep), a middle-aged tired nurse who remembers her adult years only too vividly and longs to remember what it was like to be child, a time when she wasn't responsible for solving other people's problems. While Maggie teaches Bob how to take care of himself as an adult, Bob teaches Maggie how to be child-like again. Add some heart-renching string music, a few screwball characters, a cat holding a Rubik's Cube (see above) and there's your Rubik's Cube inspired hit (production companies interested in this scenario should contact me immediately!!).
