>>213354521 (OP)In 1971, there was a wildly popular movie called "Willard", where a loner befriends a super-intelligent rat, and then uses the rats to go after his enemies.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willard_(1971_film)
There was a sequel called "Ben", which was about the containing adventures of the rat. Michael Jackson did the title theme:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewVWdAp0HLs
tldr:
> the world is over-due for a movie about super-intelligent squirrel's who take over the world.