Mr. Fredricksen’s ill-fated house got a happy ending in Pixar’s Up, but its real-life counterpart wasn’t so lucky.

Last year, we brought you the heartbreaking (at least if you believe that inanimate objects have feelings, which Pixar already taught us is true) news that a Seattle house with an eerily similar backstory to Up was to be demolished.

Now, Searchlight has announced plans to produce a movie based on the story, written by John Whittington and produced by Will Gluck and Jodi Hildebrand.

The movie, envisioned as a comedic drama, re-imagines the events of 2006, when an elderly lady named Edith Macefield turned down bids to sell her Seattle property, even after an investment company began constructing a shopping mall in her neighborhood.

Although Macefield passed away in 2008, the house remained standing among industrial giants, and in 2009, Pixar (which has officially denied that Macefield’s story inspired the Pete Docter blockbuster) tied balloons to the roof of the house to promote Up.

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After all, Macefield’s struggle was strikingly similar to what Carl Fredricksen went through, although sadly, Macefield wasn’t able to lift up her house by the roots and travel the world.

Nevertheless, Macefield’s house remained standing as a little-known tourist attraction for Up fans. Unfortunately, Barry Martin, the supervisor in charge of the project to whom Macefield bequeathed her property, decided to sell the house last year.

Despite petitions and a fundraiser, there are still no solid plans in place to save the house, although we imagine this new movie might fuel the non-profit campaign!