With Sony Pictures and Adam Sandler seriously developing a film based on Tonka Trucks, it seems as though Hollywood originality has hit a new low. However I might feel about the film, I am nothing if not helpful (but mostly desperate to break into the biz) so here’s my idea for the film. Interested in this blockbuster idea, Mr. Sandler? Have your people call my people!
- “Toby Tonka”
Toby Tonka (Adam Sandler) always wanted to follow in his father’s footsteps and run the family construction business. He gets his chance after his father’s untimely death. “Tonka Construction” is left to Toby to manage. Its signature yellow trucks are an icon and the company itself is a huge locally owned business that pays all of its employees a fair wage.
Other than running the company, Toby wants nothing more than to marry the girl of his dreams- Tonka Construction Office Manager Daisy Bright. (Drew Barrymore) He also delights in providing a nice living for his faithful employees who are also his buddies. (Jon Lovitz, Norm MacDonald, Kevin Nealon, Bill Hader and Keenan Thompson among others.)
But HugeRapeCo comes to town with bigger trucks & a ruthless CEO (David Spade) with a Napoleon complex. Slowly but surely he and his big city minions (Christopher McDonald, Peter Gallagher & John Turturro) take business away from Tonka Construction by illegally undercutting them in the bidding process.
An eccentric billionaire (Steve Buscemi) plans on building a huge theme park in town and to HugeRapeCo’s chagrin, he picks Tonka Construction to be the head contractor. HugeRapeCo then proceeds to damage Tonka’s reputation with a fake controversy in which over billing is alleged.
Toby decides to just pack it in and sell out to HugeRapeCo. Expecting Daisy to be onboard with his decision, instead she calls off the wedding plans, calling him a greedy quitter. With the help of a senile old lady (Cloris Leachman) and the “You Can Do It!” Guy (Rob Schneider) Toby decides to fight the allegations and lobbies both the governor (Alec Baldwin) & the eccentric billionaire to help him prove HugeRapeCo is lying.
During the heavily publicized trial, Daisy finds evidence exonerating Tonka Construction & condemning HugeRapeCo. The governor dissolves all HugeRapeCo contracts & awards them to Tonka construction. We then see Toby & Daisy triumphantly marrying at the grand opening of the theme park while the eccentric billionaire sings “Deja Vu” & winks at the camera.
THE END
