I Want A Sea-Monkey Now

Last week I saw this exciting news online:

Empire Pictures has signed a deal with Transcience Corp. to develop an animated film and possible franchise from the infamous children's toy line "The Amazing Live Sea-Monkeys," reports Variety. Under the deal, Empire acquired entertainment rights to the line, which has been on the market for 45 years and sold in more than 50 countries.

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Someone commented: Oh great, a movie about brine shrimp.

I read a lot of comics books as a kid and let me tell you, I wanted those sea-monkeys. Remember those ads with the sea-monkey family and their happy faces? I really thought that's what you were getting. They still advertise like that. How many kids are crushed when their sea-monkey's hatch and they're just brine shrimp, well "amazing new hybrids [that] live longer than any "natural" variety of brine shrimp."? Notice how few photos of actual sea-monkeys are on the website. Other troubling news: on the trouble-shooting page it says if you're having trouble seeing them, look more closely "Sea-Monkeys are as tiny as a pinpoint sized "dot" of white." Having fun yet kids? Be sure to click on the video. Love that groovin soundtrack.