Hasbro’s Monopoly Movie Passes GO!

Hasbro's Monopoly movie passes GO! Get ready for another movie taken from your kitchen table. Hasbro is creating a live action film about the classic game board, Monopoly. 

What's next, Toss Across, Lincoln Logs and Rockem Sockem Robots? What did we learn from the success of Barbie? We learned that Hollywood likes to copy money making ideas. Insert Barbie herself, star Margo Robbie. With the success of the movie Barbie, toy company Hasbro is moving forward with Robbie's production company Lucky Chap to create a movie version of the iconic board game. But is everyone on board? Is this the next generation of Marvel-like copy cat movies that the audience will burn out on way too soon?

According to independant.com, another game movie may send us directly to jail:

Monopoly joins a glut of toys currently being pulled from shelves and tossed onto multiplex screens, from a “grounded and gritty” take on Hot Wheels from JJ Abrams, to Lena Dunham and Lily Collins’ Polly Pocket collab, to a Rock ’Em Sock ’Em Robots film starring Vin Diesel.

You thought I was joking with Rockem Sockem Robots, didn't you?

While some reports say Hasbro's Barbie was not very bro friendly, reports say 33% of the audience was male. The Independant says: 

What should we expect from Margot Robbie’s Monopoly movie? Metaphors for the evils of capitalism? Dastardly landlords waging war on young renters? Emerald Fennell as a gender-flipped Mr Moneybags? The possibilities are endless. 

This is not the first time that Hasbro attempted a movie about a famous board game. Twelve years ago, Hasbro produced Battleship. Why did it have aliens in it? Pop star Rihanna and Taylor Kitsch, the hottest leading man in Hollywood for about six months in 2011 starred. I don't remember it either. No one did. Their Battleship was sunk at the box office, losing Universal Pictures and Hasbro $150m in the process. But don't look down at them too much. They are the toy brand behind Transformers. 

But with the massive success of Barbie, Hasbro will try again and roll the Monopoly dice. What other movies should be made from the toys of our childhood?

They can film this in New York, using real mice. They need the work. We had this game. It was fun.

Star Trek and Lost producer JJ Abrams is making s "grounded and gritty" take on our favorite childhood wheels. Sorry Vin Diesel is taken.

I couldn't resist. This was the first virtual reality headset. This is how we went to Disney World before we went to Disney World.

It's only a matter of time, right? Why not a movie about McDonald's Happy Meal toys? Hey, Jerry Seinfeld is directing "Unfrosted" the movie comedy about how Pop-Tarts were created.

This even get's a blessing from TV's Romper Room brand. I believe the ghost is Casper. Push over Ghost Busters. 

This game board movie could star famous politicians and Sunday morning news show hosts.

Didn't we try this already? The first two GI Joe movies, that came out in 2009 and 2013 made worldwide box office numbers topping $300,000,000 and $375,000,000 respectively, and made money. The third that came out in 2021, was a flop, making only $40 million worldwide, losing money, costing $88 million to make.

TV's Jay Hernandez who played a modern day Thomas Magnum on the CBS and NBC reboot Magnum PI says he wants a stand alone film. Hey, at least we already have the toy.