Monday, June 18, 2007

Say It Ain't So!

Director on board for movie | NEWS.com.au Entertainment: "FILM director Ridley Scott is preparing the most unlikely movie of his career: a feature-length version of the venerable board game Monopoly.

The 69-year-old British film-maker, whose hits include Gladiator and Black Hawk Down, has been offered the pick of young actors to help turn the property game into a comedy thriller.

William Morris, the oldest theatrical agency in Hollywood, has promised Hasbro, which owns Parker Brothers, the manufacturer of Monopoly in the US, that the cream of its stable of 2000 actors will help create a blockbuster movie.

Scarlett Johansson and Kirsten Dunst are being considered for roles. Hasbro, which claims that Monopoly has been played by 750 million people since the 1930s, wants the film to feature 'sexy young people' in an attempt to attract teenagers to board games."

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

Huh?!

Anonymous said...

Consider the resounding success that was CLUE. I think SORRY is the next likely response (unless it's a scrabble to get a life).

Anonymous said...

Maybe Kirsten Dunst will be playing Baltic Avenue or the B&O Railroad.

Anonymous said...

There is that risk...it would be par (cheesy though it might be) for this course. Of course, no gentleman, nor even I, would suggest who should play the dog.

Anonymous said...

But will the Unbloggable and her sister (and mother?) play hotels?

mybillcrider said...

Now that's a great idea!

Brent McKee said...

And of course there'd be a guest appearance by Hugh Laurie as (wait for it) House.

Anonymous said...

If the Unbloggable is cast, she'll get a Go Directly To Jail card. She's already used her Get Out Of Jail Free card.

Jerry House

Graham Powell said...

I'd love to see Scarlett Johnasson in a top hat and tails...

Anonymous said...

Ungentlemanly lines about numerous satisfied customers coming and going in and out of the Unbloggable and perhaps the Near-Unbloggables come unbidden to mind...

Cap'n Bob said...

I hear the casting process for the shoe and thimble will rival the search for Scarlett O'Hara.