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A live-action Monopoly movie is in the works

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A live-action Monopoly movie is in the works - Lemmy.world

Aug 4, 2023 at 2:18pmWeb
Show threadKovuAug 4, 2023
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I thought Red letter media was just kidding.

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A Mattel Cinematic Universe????? VERY COOL!!!

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Show threadDeftdrummerAug 4, 2023
The movie should just be a mirror image of the corporate hellscape that we have in today. Sponsored by Brawndo, powered by electrolytes.
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Actual story:

Lionsgate has acquired Entertainment One’s (eOne) TV and film operations from Hasbro.

The rights to the Monopoly movie is included in the sale.

A Monopoly movie has been long in development hell with Kevin Hart, Tim Story, and Ridley Scott attached at different points, though none came to fruition[. . .]Currently, no director or actor is attached to Monopoly.

The movie’s been in development hell since 2008 and the last update was in 2019 when Kevin Hart was briefly attached.

This article was a wonderful creative writing exercise.