Ridley Scott talks Monopoly Movie |
| Published: August 6, 2007, 2:23 pm |
| Tags: adaptation, family films, drama, comedy, monopoly, ridley scott |
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There really couldn’t be a reason (other than may-be money) to make a movie based on the classic Parker Brothers’ Monopoly board game. When I first heard rumblings that Ridley Scott was trying to adapt the game to the big screen, I tried to ignore them. I thought, ‘It’s probably one of those big money development deals that will fall by the wayside’, right? And why would the guy who made Blade Runner ever be interested in a Monopoly movie? Here is what Scott told the LATimes: “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 [ Full article ] |
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