Hasbro Working on Monopoly Movie
The success of Barbie has Hollywood and toy manufacturers collaborating on what many have dubbed the next “MCU”. Get ready for the Mattel Cinematic Universe with iconic toys and board games coming to a theater near you! The latest project focuses on the iconic board game Monopoly.
Reports have surfaced that Lionsgate has acquired Entertainment One (or eOne) from Hasbro, for $500 million dollars and is working on a Monopoly collaboration. Hasbro CEO Chris Cocks said in a statement, “Lionsgate’s management team is experienced in entertainment and adept at driving value, and we’re glad to have found such a good home for our eOne film & TV business. We look forward to partnering with them, especially on a movie adaptation of Monopoly.
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The Hasbro CEO added, “We will also bring to life new original ideas designed to fuel all areas of Hasbro’s blueprint including toys, publishing, gaming, licensed consumer products, and location-based entertainment. As part of the sale, we expect to move to an asset-lite model for future live action entertainment, relying on licensing and partnerships with select co-productions.”
The New Yorker recently cited as many as 45 Mattel related movies currently in production, including Barney, Polly-Pocket, He-Man, and another 10 films that have already been publicly announced. Ynon Kreiz, the CEO of Mattel, doesn’t show signs of stopping anytime soon as has said that, “Mattel Films is on a path to demonstrate the enormous potential of our brand portfolio, as we continue to execute on our strategy of transforming Mattel into an IP-driven, high performing toy company.”
There is yet to be a director, actors and date of release for the Monopoly Film. Stay tuned for more updates on this project and more from the Mattel Cinematic Universe. Barbie is now in theaters worldwide.
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Three Things you didn’t know about Monopoly:
The precursor to Monopoly was actually a game called “The Landlord’s Game,” created by Elizabeth Magie in 1904. Magie designed the game to demonstrate the negative aspects of monopolies and the concentration of wealth in society. It had two sets of rules—one promoting cooperation and the other promoting cutthroat competition. Decades later, in the 1930s, Charles Darrow adapted the game, renaming it “Monopoly” and making various tweaks to the rules. He later sold the game to Parker Brothers, making it a commercial success.
In 2015, a giant Monopoly board in Atlantic City, New Jersey, secured the Guinness World Record for the largest board game in the world. The board measured over 930 square feet (86.4 square meters) and was based on the original Monopoly board layout.
Monopoly has earned a reputation for being a long and time-consuming game. Players worldwide have often created their own house rules to speed up or modify the game to their liking. These house rules have become so prevalent that Hasbro even released “House Rules” editions that incorporate some of the most popular house rules used by players.
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