Monopoly, Action Man and Hungry, Hungry Hippos Films Planned

[Jennifer Lawrence Fan]

Three more Hasbro properties are headed to the big screen as The LA Times reports that Emmett/Furla Films has signed a deal that will give them the film rights to Action Man, Hungry, Hungry Hippos and the long-gestating Monopoly.

Monopoly, which already has a screenplay by Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski, hopes to shoot sometime next year with Ridley Scott, who was formerly attached as a director, producing.

Hungry, Hungry Hippos is planning to go the animated route while plans for Action Man remain unspecified.

The family-friendly nature of all three properties will expand the focus of Emmett/Furla's output which, recently, has been on action thrillers like End of Watch and upcoming projects like Motor City and The Tomb.

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=95534

Let the LOL's start.

[remake]

Taking the day off work for HHH.

[The Mhael]

I don't even...

[EricJ]

Originally Posted by Michael Bay Fan

Let the LOL's start.

They've been trying to do a Monopoly ever since Clue was first announced, but Hasbro didn't have Transformers on the brain back then.

Even so, I was recently surveyed about which pop/cartoon/TV characters I remembered, and among others, was asked how much marketable pop-culture sentimentality I had for Rich Uncle Pennybags.
I am of a naturally suspicious nature.

[ddelrymple]

..because Battleship did so well

[legendarymatt92]

How the holy hell could they possibly make a film about Monopoly or HHH? Action Man I understand - kid friendly gun fights and all that jazz - but those must be two of the least cinematic ideas I've ever heard of...

...then again, I did think that about The Social Network when it was announced. Hell, they even have a special feature on the release entitled "How Did They Make a Film About Facebook?" so the same must have gone through their heads, too.

[EricJ]

Originally Posted by legendarymatt92

How the holy hell could they possibly make a film about Monopoly or HHH? Action Man I understand - kid friendly gun fights and all that jazz - but those must be two of the least cinematic ideas I've ever heard of...

The 80's idea for Monopoly was going to be more of an It's a Mad^4 World style spending free-for-all, but when the post-TF Hasbro revived it, they pictured the main character suddenly finding himself in an alternate real-life Monopoly World.
And likely even that idea has fallen by the wayside, so.....

(As for HHHippos, apart from kiddy-CGI hybrid, I wouldn't hazard a guess.)

[Nerdkiller likes BD]

Wow. It's actually happened.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6WCZ3cZ27U

[legendarymatt92]

Originally Posted by EricJ

The 80's idea for Monopoly was going to be more of an It's a Mad^4 World style spending free-for-all, but when the post-TF Hasbro revived it, they pictured the main character suddenly finding himself in an alternate real-life Monopoly World.
And likely even that idea has fallen by the wayside, so.....

(As for HHHippos, apart from kiddy-CGI hybrid, I wouldn't hazard a guess.)

Well, that latter idea might work, I suppose; it's certainly the best idea that they could have come up with for this, and isn't the most surreal thing they could have gone with.

Yep, I'm stumped about HHH too.

[tommyboy81]

Hungry Hungry Hippos - The Movie (SyFy Parody) - YouTube

Monopoly - Official Trailer - YouTube

[remake]

Originally Posted by ddelrymple

..because Battleship did so well

Boom!

[Jennifer Lawrence Fan]

Originally Posted by ddelrymple

..because Battleship did so well

Well, it did make over $300 million, but over $200 of that is from overseas.