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Brian Damage · 02-05-2009, 12:51 PM

Universal Pictures is sweet on "Candy Land."
Studio has set Etan Cohen to write and Kevin Lima to direct a live-action feature based on the enduring Hasbro board game.

Project is the first film to emerge from the deal U made last February with Hasbro, whose properties are the basis for the summer tentpole films "G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra" and "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen."

The tyke-friendly board game isn't as obvious an inspiration for a movie project as those other Hasbro brands, but the studio has tapped talent adept at comedy and family fare.

Lima most recently directed the Amy Adams starrer "Enchanted" after helming the animated features "Tarzan" and "102 Dalmatians." Cohen's recent script work includes "Tropic Thunder" and "Madagascar 2," and he most recently rewrote "The Fiance," the Burr Steers-directed romantic comedy that will star Anne Hathaway.

Producer is Hasbro CEO Brian Goldner. Christopher Chase will be executive producer.

http://www.variety.com/article/VR111...goryid=13&cs=1

catlover79 · 02-05-2009, 08:55 PM

What's next? Chutes and Ladders, the movie?

TJL · 02-05-2009, 09:22 PM

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Originally Posted by catlover79

What's next? Chutes and Ladders, the movie?

Yes, Ben Stiller is going to play the ladder.

Jude The Obscure · 02-06-2009, 12:25 AM

Followed by "Hi Ho! Cherry-O"(a look at young up and coming hookers) and "Hungry Hungry Hippos" (cheesy horror flick)

PrettyinPink55 · 02-06-2009, 12:34 AM

2 Questions:

How?

and

Why?

Seriously are we that desperate for ideas???

browneyes106 · 02-06-2009, 01:50 AM

A movie based on a board game that sounds weird to me.

Marvo301 · 02-06-2009, 01:59 AM

This isn't the first movie made from a board game. Anyone remember "Clue"?

catlover79 · 02-06-2009, 10:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Marvo301

This isn't the first movie made from a board game. Anyone remember "Clue"?

Didn't they also do a Mouse Trap movie??

catlover79 · 02-06-2009, 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by TJL

Yes, Ben Stiller is going to play the ladder.

Jude The Obscure · 02-06-2009, 11:07 AM

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Originally Posted by catlover79

Didn't they also do a Mouse Trap movie??

There was a movie called "Mouse Trap" with Nathan Lane and Lee Evans, but it was more of a Home Alone type comedy, but not based on the game.

catlover79 · 02-06-2009, 11:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Jude The Obscure

There was a movie called "Mouse Trap" with Nathan Lane and Lee Evans, but it was more of a Home Alone type comedy, but not based on the game.

OK, thanks, Jude. Didn't they do a Dungeons & Dragons movie, or was it just a TV show?

JamesG · 02-06-2009, 12:48 PM

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Originally Posted by catlover79

OK, thanks, Jude. Didn't they do a Dungeons & Dragons movie, or was it just a TV show?

Dungeons & Dragons came out in 2000 with Thora Birch and Jeremy Irons. The movie is pretty much crap.

In 2005, they made a tv movie unrelated to the first one Dungeons & Dragons 2: Wrath of the Dragon God.

The Sci-Fi channel had rumors that they were going to do a tv series based on the second film but nothing ever happened.

catlover79 · 02-06-2009, 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by JamesG

Dungeons & Dragons came out in 2000 with Thora Birch and Jeremy Irons. The movie is pretty much crap.

In 2005, they made a tv movie unrelated to the first one Dungeons & Dragons 2: Wrath of the Dragon God.

The Sci-Fi channel had rumors that they were going to do a tv series based on the second film but nothing ever happened.

That's right. I remember the 2000 movie now.

Cactus Jack · 02-06-2009, 01:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Jude The Obscure

There was a movie called "Mouse Trap" with Nathan Lane and Lee Evans, but it was more of a Home Alone type comedy, but not based on the game.

That was Mouse Hunt LOL I remember that one

PrettyinPink55 · 02-06-2009, 02:16 PM

They've also done Jumanji...was that a real board game?

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