View Full Version : Ridley Scott playing with Monopoly!
_____V_____
11-15-2008, 08:06 AM
November 12, 2008
Monster House and Corpse Bride screenwriter Pamela Pettler has been hired to script the feature film version of the Hasbro board game Monopoly.
Ridley Scott will direct the project for Universal.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Scott is developing the film "with an eye toward giving it a futuristic sheen along the lines of his iconic Blade Runner."
Monopoly will be produced by Scott, Giannina Facio and Hasbro honcho Brian Goldner.
As THR points out, Monopoly isn't the only Hasbro film adaptation in the pipeline. G.I. Joe is due out next summer, while big screen versions of Ouija Board (at Platinum Dunes) and Battleship are in development.
Despare
11-15-2008, 09:43 AM
November 12, 2008
Monster House and Corpse Bride screenwriter Pamela Pettler has been hired to script the feature film version of the Hasbro board game Monopoly.
Ridley Scott will direct the project for Universal.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Scott is developing the film "with an eye toward giving it a futuristic sheen along the lines of his iconic Blade Runner."
Monopoly will be produced by Scott, Giannina Facio and Hasbro honcho Brian Goldner.
As THR points out, Monopoly isn't the only Hasbro film adaptation in the pipeline. G.I. Joe is due out next summer, while big screen versions of Ouija Board (at Platinum Dunes) and Battleship are in development.
Who plays the Iron? The Iron's ridiculous...
Oh, and Battleship? E5! Miss B2! Miss. Give me a break.
The_Return
11-16-2008, 01:03 PM
....remakes are one thing, but board games?
I really want to see what they do with Trouble.
http://www.gasolinealleyantiques.com/images/Potpourri%20Page/game-trouble.jpg
Vodstok
12-08-2008, 12:21 PM
Wow... Maybe I'm psychic:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1241450/hollywoods_killing_our_childhood_if.html?cat=40
Dont forget, there is at least one movie that was based on a board game, and it turned out to be funny and not just watchable but rewatchable.
Clue
urgeok2
12-08-2008, 12:25 PM
this is far more troublesome than remakes.
why bother with the board name's at all .. these films will share nothing more with the games than that name. it's a really low idea...
i dont care if the movies turn out to be good .. tying them to the board game was a stupid idea.
Vodstok
12-08-2008, 12:57 PM
this is far more troublesome than remakes.
why bother with the board name's at all .. these films will share nothing more with the games than that name. it's a really low idea...
i dont care if the movies turn out to be good .. tying them to the board game was a stupid idea.
:D
For such a consistently good director, Scott is putting out some shit these days, isnt he?
sort of called this in my article, though. Give them time, we will have a coke and a pepsi movie. Reignite the cola wars.
neverending
12-09-2008, 09:21 AM
Wow... Maybe I'm psychic:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1241450/hollywoods_killing_our_childhood_if.html?cat=40
Dont forget, there is at least one movie that was based on a board game, and it turned out to be funny and not just watchable but rewatchable.
Clue
Ummm... no.
Vodstok
12-09-2008, 10:11 AM
Ummm... no.
which part, me being psychic or clue being watchable?
neverending
12-09-2008, 10:22 AM
Clue.........
Vodstok
12-09-2008, 10:48 AM
Clue.........
its not without its charm you big cynic.
For the love of God, its got Colleen Camp in a french maid outfit through the whole thing! And she runs! its like PG softcore.
urgeok2
12-09-2008, 12:44 PM
its not without its charm you big cynic.
For the love of God, its got Colleen Camp in a french maid outfit through the whole thing! And she runs! its like PG softcore.
and leslie ann downs in that red dress .. (was that leslie ann downs - i havent seent he film in years)
whoever it was - that dress was smoking - its the only thing i can remember - other than Tim Curry being horrible in it.
colleen camp never did it for me
Despare
12-09-2008, 06:40 PM
and leslie ann downs in that red dress .. (was that leslie ann downs - i havent seent he film in years)
whoever it was - that dress was smoking - its the only thing i can remember - other than Tim Curry being horrible in it.
colleen camp never did it for me
I loved Tim Curry in it, especially the ending. I can't see liking The Monopoly Man anywhere near as much.
Doc Faustus
12-10-2008, 10:43 AM
Will Wilford Brimley play Uncle Pennybags?