Stretch Armstrong and Candy Land movie coming

[tommyboy81]

Wow. Just wow

http://www.collider.com/2009/08/06/e...rmstrong-more/

Just a few hours ago I was at Mann’s Chinese Theater in Hollywood for a special screening of “G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra”. While it wasn’t called a premiere, it had all the spectacle of one, as thousands of people were screaming at the stars and the cast and filmmakers walked a huge red carpet.

Anyway, while there I managed to get an interview with Brian Goldner, President and Chief Executive Officer of Hasbro. With so many projects in development at Universal, I got him to give me updates on “Stretch Armstrong”, “Candy Land”, “Monopoly”, “Battleship”, and a lot more. So if you’re curious how Hasbro is planning to bring their board games to movie screens, you’re going to want to watch this interview. Take a look after the jump:

Here’s part of what he said transcribed. Further down is the video:




Collider: You guys have a bunch of movies in development over at Universal: Monopoly, Battleship…I have to ask, what’s the status of these movies?

Brian Goldner: Well “Stretch Armstrong” will probably be our first movie out. It’s already slated for April 2011. Steve Oderkirk is writing the script. “Candy Land” is being written by Etan Cohen and Kevin Lima is our director; he did “Enchanted”. “Monopoly” is Ridley Scott. “Battleship”, we’re working on a “Battleship” movie it’s really gonna be a lot of fun.


What’s your take on a film like “Candy Land”?

Goldner: Well, “Candy Land” is not just about the board game. If you really think about it, it’s an adventure that a kid goes on with his parents when they go across that board. It’s an adventure game so think of that as the beginning point and take off from there.


What’s your take on “Monopoly”?

Goldner: “Monopoly” has this wonderful history. If you’ll remember, “Monopoly” was literally invented at The [Great] Depression, so that idea, this fiction that’s really there, this non-fiction fiction that’s really there in the game and in the fact that there’s such great roots to this brand and the history of the brand, we bring this to life with a story about families.


With “Monopoly”, did Ridley Scott come to you with an idea or did you come to him?

Goldner: Well Ridley did have an idea. He grew up on “Monopoly” over in the UK and “Monopoly” is a brand that’s all over the world. But for Ridley, he’s always been a guy that’s created these great big worlds and so for us, “Monopoly” is this great big world that will look like our world but of course there are certain things about it that make it uniquely a “Monopoly” kind-of-world.


And what’s your take on “Battleship”?

Goldner: Oh, I’m not going to tell you quite yet but I will say that it’s everything you could imagine in a “Battleship” movie. It’s really a phenomenal idea.


Can you talk a little about what you guys are planning with “Stretch Armstrong”?

Goldner: Stretching as a superpower brings a lot of humor to the idea so imagine a big humorous super-powered, super-human kind of movie.

[MCT]

[spolcyc]

I can't wait. I love Stretch Armstrong... He is so stretchy!

[Good Intentions]

I'm really not sure what to think about this. Maybe we'll get movies about Hungry Hungry Hippo and Operation too. How about Mouse Trap?

[tommyboy81]

We did have a Clue movie.

[Secretagentnumber6]

Originally Posted by spolcyc

I can't wait. I love Stretch Armstrong... He is so stretchy!

Yeah his arms stretch to next week.

[dcowboy7]

I wanna see "Stretch Cunningham"....he was archie bunkers co-worker.

[Mr.White]

Originally Posted by dcowboy7

I wanna see "Stretch Cunningham"....he was archie bunkers co-worker.

Did'nt James Cromwell play him?

[EricJ]

Originally Posted by tommyboy81

We did have a Clue movie.

And we're reportedly getting another one, because the first one wasn't Hasbro tie-in enough.

...Yes.

[Mr.White]

How Chuck Norris' Karate Kommandos!

[chemokidd]

Originally Posted by Secretagentnumber6

Yeah his arms stretch to next week.

haha I was just about to say that

[CJS234]

LOL I used to have a stretch armstrong toy. He was filled with sand. I accidentally stretched too far and tore open his biceps spilling out his sandy innards all over the floor lol...anyway back on point. wtf? how do you make a movie of a stretchy man who is not part of a quartet known as the Fantastic Four?...yeah....

[Sylin]

Originally Posted by Brian Goldner

“Stretch Armstrong” [...] Steve Oderkirk is writing the script.

Steve Oedekerk =

This guy writes Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, he wrote The Nutty Professor (with Eddie Murphy), Patch Adams, Bruce Almighty, Evan Almighty, and Barnyard. I think he'll do a good job with this.

(But didn't we already see Stretch in the Toy Story movies?)

[tommyboy81]

Originally Posted by Sylin

Steve Oedekerk =

This guy writes Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, he wrote The Nutty Professor (with Eddie Murphy), Patch Adams, Bruce Almighty, Evan Almighty, and Barnyard. I think he'll do a good job with this.

(But didn't we already see Stretch in the Toy Story movies?)

Wasn't Stretch the slinky dog?

[Sylin]

Originally Posted by tommyboy81

Wasn't Stretch the slinky dog?

No, that was Slink, or Slinky Dog.

I'd need to go back and watch it to be sure, but I'm pretty sure in one of the films there was a muscle-bound stretchy guy they referred to as "Stretch".

[paperthrower2000]

I think there was a stretch green monster as well that came out after Armstrong.

[Weirded Wonder]

What about 'Silly Putty: The Movie'.

[Weirded Wonder]

It could be from the perspective of the newspaper, how it feels to have small bits of ink ripped from its soul.

[deckardp]

What's next? Play-doh the movie? Are they just going through their entire toy line?

[CZAR]

What about Weeble Wobble movie?? Classic lol