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Ridley Scott's 'Monopoly: The Movie'

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  • Wee67
    Museum Correspondent
    • Apr 2, 2002
    • 10586

    Ridley Scott's 'Monopoly: The Movie'

    An article in Variety mentions this as an idea being tossed around in an article called "Now Playing: H'W'D's Toy Ploy."

    It seems the success of the superhero genre has studio thinking not just about which hero they can get the rights for, but also if there are any already popular toy lines out there to support a film. Marvel is discussed as the model for cross-marketing.

    Toy-wise, they mention the soon-to-hit theaters Transformers, Thundercats, Brats, GI Joe (teaming up with Action Man) and Voltron. It goes on to say that William Morris, who just stole Hasbro as a client from CAA, is looking at turning some popular games into either movies or TV ventures. Titles include Candyland, Clue, Trivial Pursuit and the already mentioned Monopoly. (It is just an idea at this point, with no script and no one signed).

    Now, normally, I would have scoffed at such an idea. It would be much like I did when I heard my parent company, Walt Disney, was basing a movie on one of their older rides. Yeah, that will never work.
    WANTED - Solid-Boxed WGSH's, C.8 or better.
  • ABMAC
    User
    • May 16, 2002
    • 9665

    #2
    I miss the days when people made movies because they had something to say, not something to sell.

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    • Hulk
      Mayor of Megoville
      • May 10, 2003
      • 16007

      #3
      Sorry: The Movie! sounds like it'd be a surefire success.


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      • ShadowAvenger
        Career Member
        • May 14, 2007
        • 547

        #4
        Clue has already been made into a movie.
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        • Meule
          Verbose Member
          • Nov 14, 2004
          • 28720

          #5
          With all the remakes it was already clear as daylight and this merely confirms: Hollywood simply has no more original ideas

          Trivial Pursuit: The Movie... ***...
          "...The agony of my soul found vent in one loud, long and final scream of despair..." - Edgar Allan Poe

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          • theantiquetiger
            Fra-gee-lay Thats Italian
            • Nov 12, 2005
            • 3435

            #6
            "Hungry, Hungry Hippo" starring Rosie O'Donnell

            "Risk" starring Bush administration

            "Monopoly - Go directly to Jail" starring Paris Hilton

            "Rock'em Sock'em Robots" starring Jackass crew

            "Scrabble" starring Dan Quale

            "Cootie" starring Brittney Spears

            "Operation" starring Joan Rivers

            "Sorry" starring Lindsey Lohan
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            • DocDrako
              Formerly Doc Drako
              • Nov 11, 2004
              • 2813

              #7
              Lame. Besides, wasn't "the monopoly guy" already in a movie?

              "I prefer to remain an enigma."

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