We’ve all grown up playing this very popular game. It uses our money management skills and takeover strategies in order to become the best around the board. It also leads to a time consuming, ruthless dominance that forces the letter “i” in the word team. Well, now it’s on its way to the big screen.
Hasbro’s Monopoly now has a studio in Lionsgate, which will produce and distribute the film. It is reported that Andrew Niccol (The Truman Show, Gattaca, The Terminal) will be writing the screenplay for the big screen adaptation. The film is being envisioned as a family-friendly presentation. The story revolves around a boy from Baltic Avenue, who uses both chance and community in his quest for fortune.
The board game itself has been played by more than one billion people in 114 countries, and has been translated into 47 languages. The Rhode Island-based toy company made plenty from its multi-billion dollar franchise Transformers. That wasn’t the only toy-turned-big screen adaptation. The same went with its low-budget success in Ouija. However, it bombed in the box office with the expensive Battleship adaptation. Monopoly has been in the works since the first Transformers film, and now they are hoping this becomes another hit, after finally landing a studio willing to give them the opportunity.
