Mindy Kaling Breaks Hollywood Down to 14 Projects

It has been quite a stretch for Mindy Kaling. The actress -- who co-starred in 'No Strings Attached' earlier this year and was recently promoted to executive producer of 'The Office' -- has a new book coming out on Nov. 1, and in the lead-up to its release has gotten some major coverage in both the NY Times Magazine and the current issue of The NYer. The magazine excerpts Kaling's upcoming book, 'Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)' -- specifically the section about a pitch meeting she had with an unnamed Hollywood movie studio. What kind of films were the executives looking for? Movies about board games, apparently! "People really seem to respond to those," Kaling recalls the executives tell her. Based on that eye-opener, she offers a list of 14 titles that may be "soon coming to a theater near you in the future." They aren't, of course, but that doesn't make them any less on-point. 'Bananagrams 3D' 'Apples to Apples 4D' (The audience is pummelled with apples at the end of the movie.) 'Crest Whitestrips' 'Sharks vs. Volcanoes' 'King Tut vs. King Kong' 'Streptococcus vs. Candidiasis' (Strep Throat vs. Yeast Infection) 'The Do-Over' 'The Switcheroo' 'Street Smart' 'Street Stupid' ('Street Smart' sequel) 'Fat Astronaut' 'The Untitled Liam Neeson Vendetta Project' 'Human Quilt' (horror movie) 'The Cute Bear from Those Toilet-Paper Ads Movie' Not bad -- especially the 'Untitled Liam Neeson Vendetta Project.' Read the full excerpt of Kaling's book over at the NYer. It arrives in stores on Nov. 1. Photo: Jordan Strauss/Getty Images Related: 16 upcoming Hollywood remakes 16 Upcoming Movie Remakes You can't seem to go a day without hearing about a new Hollywood remake. Ahead, a brief list of 16 films headed to theaters, again, in the near future. FootlooseWarGamesThe Wild BunchTop GunTotal RecallTeenage Mutant Ninja TurtlesShort CircuitRoboCopJudge DreddHighlanderThe CrowA Star is BornOldboyRed DawnPoint BreakDirty Dancing See All Moviefone Galleries »

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