Writers room: okay so play-doh…. Uhhhh

Writer 1: Wot if the play-doh kids played with came to life and talked

Writer 2: wot if we dramatize a fake story about some fake person who invented play-doh

both look at each other

Writers (in unison): What if we dramatize a fake story about some fake person who invented play-doh AND the play-doh comes to life and the only person who can communicate with the play-doh is that guy and he teams up with the play-doh (along with his quirked up kindergarten teacher love interest) to uh… save America or something.

The NPCs and locations in The Sims do actually have pretty fleshed out backstories. I was only ever a pretty casual player of The Sims, so all of that went over my head, but there are certainly some fans who obsess over the surprisingly rich lore.

It would be fun to go see a movie where a person has a house, has a job, buys furniture, does chores and yardwork, culminating in a modest party.

Have it be completely mundane except every character speaks in the nonsense Simglish language, give it a 3 1/2 hour runtime.

Okay so the Sims movie is going to be about a pool party that goes horribly awry when the ladder just disappears one day. People will stagger around trying to figure out how to get people out of the pool for 90 minutes, and the direction will keep everyone guessing who’s gonna die til the final moments.

If it’s a depiction of the way I played the sims then it’s a few hours of people pissing themselves then dying on fire