Another Hasbro board game will be making its way in theaters, this time with Sony Pictures taking on a movie treatment of the brand's property, Risk. HR is reporting Sony has acquired the film rights to the game that centers on gamers who battle for world domination. It's produced and developed by Hasbro president and CEO Brian Goldner and Bennett Schneir and Overbrook Entertainment's James Lassiter.
The game was invented in 1957 by French filmmaker Albert Lamorisse under the title La Conquete du Monde (The Conquest of the World). Two years later, Parker Brothers published the game in the U.S. as Risk. According to Hasbro, Risk was the first board game to offer nonlinear movement as players compete on a map of the world by amassing armies and conquering territory.
"Hasbro has already seen tremendous success with Transformers and G.I. Joe and audiences have shown a great desire for films that bring to life everything that has made these franchise properties stand the test of time," said Doug Belgrad, Columbia Pictures president, who announced the deal on Wednesday along with his fellow president Matt Tolmach. He predicted that the strategic and tactical game play would translate into an action movie.
spiderhero- Yes this can work. Its just a war movie with up to 6 armies fighting at one time. Not hard to make. Hard to make well is another story. I just hope thay dont start with Kids getting the game out and begining a real game then fast camera into board and the little figures are replaced by real actors and movie continues. That would be cheesy.
Pretty soon we will have Hasbro Crossover movies...
Risk vs. Battleship
Monopoly vs Ouija Board
Gi Joe vs. Transformers
I can see it all now in my crystal ball..........
By the way, I BLAME DISNEY for this.
If Pirates of the Caribean wasn't a success we might not have to deal with all this crap.
LOL...monkeyfoot and trollman, you guys referencing the Robot Chicken skit? If so, I can't wait for the Slip N' Slide movie.
"Does the world need another Ben Stiller/Owen Wilson movie? The answer is an emphatic...YES...yes, yes, yes, and MORE yes." -- Michael Ian Black from Robot Chicken episode "1987"
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This will either be 2 hours of people rolling dice or show some general deciding to back of his army because of the roll of some magical dice. Either way, this CAN'T work as a movie.