OK, Hollywood is dead to me. RIDLEY SCOTT to direct "Monopoly" movie.

[Pale Blue Dot]

Yes, Monopoly the Parker Brothers game.

Director Ridley Scott will helm the bizarre big screen adaptation of popular boardgame Monopoly.

The Gladiator moviemaker has been signed by studio giant Universal to bring the long-running game to life.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, Ridley will give the Monopoly movie a futuristic edge akin to his 1982 epic Blade Runner.

Corpse Bride screenwriter Pamela Pettler has also been drafted in to create a storyline for the film.

The unlikely subject matter is just one in a line of Hasbro games to get big screen makeovers as part of an exclusive pairing with Universal Studios.

Transformers filmmaker Michael Bay is producing a Ouija Board feature, while a film version of beloved classic Battleship is also in development.

I know I post a lot from the Onion, but I swear this one is completely, horribly serious: http://www.imdb.com/news/ni0604158/

[MrCoffee]

1. The shoe is a replicant.

Ridley Scott is still a hack.

[AlCzervik]

2. omg Battleship?

are you kidding, when Battleship came out with an electronic version i was pissed.

[DS1]

3. Starring Sarah Jessica Parker in a role she was born to play

'Shoe'

[MrCoffee]

8. :thumbsup:

[ghostsofgiants]

4. Hollywood is only just now dead to you?

What took you so long?

[nickgutierrez]

5. With Wilford Brimley as the bitter old Monopoly man. n/t

[Sheets of Easter]

6. In a world where five of a kind is king,

one man had the determination to steal the crown...

Will Smith is-

YAHTZEE!


Rated PG-13.

[AlCzervik]

7. Nice.

:rofl:

[Fire Walk With Me]

9. I am living for the moment when Sean Connery intones

"Do not pass Go. Do not collect $200.00."

I get shivers just thinking about it.

[qb]

10. I can't wait to see how many alternative endings they put on the DVD

:sarcasm:

[baldguy]

11. They'll film it all in Vancouver and then try to make it *look* like Atlantic City.

[Swede]

12. I've seen attackships on fire near the Reading railroad.

I've watched c-beams glitter off the shoulder of Boardwalk..........