Monopoly: The Movie - Yes, They're Turning the Board Game into a Movie

[Thomas Irwin]

Originally Posted by Mystic

What an absolutely stupid idea for a movie, turning board games into movies!!! Has Hollywood become that artistically bankrupt that its come to this? Maybe the next step is to turn a line of shampoos into a movie franchise - LOL

Well, the "cure" of Freddy "Flakes" in Death Wish 5 could have made a memorable ad for Head & Shoulders.

[EricJ]

Originally Posted by detective392

I could see this being something like Wolf of Wall Street (without the swearing, sex etc) but I don't see how they can turn Monopoly into an action/adventure movie like the Goonies.

(Well, the Goonies was supposed to be Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean ride, and looks like Monopoly about as much as it looked like that one...)

In the wake of the massive success of the first Transformers movie, there was a boom to acquire a bunch of Hasbro toy properties and turn them into films. Everything from Stretch Armstrong to Candy Land was on the table, but studios subsequently got cold feet and the only two that made it to the screen were the underrated Battleship (yes, I said underrated) and a low-budget horror iteration of Quija that came and went last year with barely a whimper.

Actually, the idea's been around for thirty years--
As noted by the YouTube clips, it did start back when we thought "Clue" was going to be a game movie, not a comedy, and then, yes, resurfaced back when Hasbro got overexcited about all the movies they'd make after Battleship.
Candyland and Ouija were sold off (not sure if even Adam Sandler's got the Candyland movie anymore), and now looks like some other scavenger's been rooting around the garage sale.

Which is a good sign, if you think about it, that even Hasbro doesn't want to do it anymore.

[bowlingbilly10]

Maybe they should get michael bay to direct it.

[Thomas Irwin]

Originally Posted by bowlingbilly10

Maybe they should get michael bay to direct it.

A prime opportunity to insert some footage of Atlantic City demolishing derelict casinos on the Boardwalk.

[bowlingbilly10]

Originally Posted by Thomas Irwin

A prime opportunity to insert some footage of Atlantic City demolishing derelict casinos on the Boardwalk.

It would actually be really interesting to see Michael bay do this.

[Thomas Irwin]

Originally Posted by bowlingbilly10

It would actually be really interesting to see Michael bay do this.

The only films of his that I've managed to sit through thus far are both Bad Boys films (love them both) and more recently The Rock (also good). I've never had the least bit of interest in the Transformers series and lost interest with Pearl Harbor and Pain & Gain when aired on cable.