Monopoly: The Movie

Published: August 7, 2007, 6:05 pm

Tags: gamer life, monopoly, movie, ridley scott

Yesterday, we posted a fake trailer for a Minesweeper movie, to which one reader commented that there was a very real Monopoly movie in the works. I have to admit, I was skeptical myself until that same reader was kind enough to send us an article talking about that movie. And, to further the insanity, it looks like the movie will be helmed by famed “Alien” and “Gladiator” director, Ridley Scott, who recently spoke with the L.A. Times about the project: “Monopoly is still the most popular board game — I might be misquoting! — in the world. So it’s really finding the universe for that game. Because clearly it ought to be humorous and for the family — the funny way it brings out, particularly when your uncle suddenly gets Park Lane and — in England, we have Park Lane, Mayfair and Barclay Square, what’s it in America? Park and Madison? So you watch people change. You’re witness to Jekyll and Hyde. Somewhere in that

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