Feel like Hollywood has run out of ideas after hearing news about things like Missile Command and Battleship, another story that will blow your mind comes to pass. Bandai is currently working with Merv Griffin Entertainment, the production company behind Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy to bring a reality gameshow based on Pac-Man to TV.

From Deadline.

The Pac-Man reality series is envisioned as a “big, crazy Wipeout-type event with a lot of energy,” said Merv Griffin’s president of TV Roy Bank. “The idea we have is to take what Pac-Man is and bring it to life, to bring what is essentially the world’s biggest game of tag to television.” Bank is executive producing the project, which is now being taken out to the broadcast networks, with David Russo, who brought the idea to him.

While this idea is pretty mind-blowing, it’s not the only Pac-Man idea in the works. Marvel super producer Avi Arad has been working on a computer animated Pac-Man series for years now, that keeps going through the woes of budgeting and distribution.

At this rate, if all goes well, you could very well be seeing two separate series based on the 1980′s video game where a yellow circle eats a bunch of ghosts. Which is surprisingly a better idea than NBC’s Kath & Kim.

Or, more precisely, he’ll be making a movie about a man on the long-running game show. The story, written by William Wheeler (who also penned The Hoax), is based on a true story called “Prisoners of Trebek.” The plot is supposedly about Maguire’s character who spends time trying to master Jeopardy, falls in love, and experiences some “Charlie Kaufman-esque elements.”

Maguire’s production company, Maguire Entertainment, is producing along with Mark Gordon (who has produced films such as 2012 and Saving Private Ryan). The production is still looking for a director, and with the schedule Maguire currently has — soon to be shooting Spider-Man 4, The Details and Gary Ross’ The Crusaders — it might be some time before he can fit this film in so they probably have time to find a director.

One comment I read recently about this film mentioned something I thought would be hilarious casting: Will Ferrell as Alex Trebek. Probably not very likely, unless that’s part of the “Kaufman-esque” elements they’re talking about, but very funny nonetheless.