‘Monopoly’ Film Shall be Written By ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ Workforce

The Monopoly film has discovered a pair of writers who know a factor or two about adapting an iconic sport to the large display.

That may be John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein, whose earlier work contains directing and co-writing Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Amongst Thieves, the 2023 movie that turned the traditional RPG right into a blockbuster journey film. Additionally they directed the comedy Sport Evening in 2018. Apparently they’re Hollywood’s #1 alternative for any and all game-related movies.

The Hollywood Reporter says the duo are “closing a deal” to jot down the Monopoly film for Hasbro and Margot Robbie’s LuckyChap manufacturing firm.

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A Monopoly film has been in growth in many various kinds for years and years. Filmmaker Ridley Scott toyed with the concept for some time (sure that was a board sport pun, thanks very a lot), and The Truman Present’s Andrew Niccol wrote a script for a Monopoly film at one level as effectively.

Again in 2019, Kevin Hart was attached to a Monopoly movie that by no means cam to fruition. In April of last year, it was revealed that Robbie was the most recent star/producer to take a crack on the undertaking, after Lionsgate acquired the movie studio eOne from Hasbro, and with it the rights to make films primarily based on a number of Hasbro ideas, together with Monopoly.

Along with their varied game-related films, Daley and Goldstein additionally directed 2015’s Trip legacyquel, and have written or co-written movies like Horrible Bosses, Cloudy with a Probability of Meatballs 2, Spider-Man: Homecoming, and The Flash.

First launched in 1935 by the Parker Brothers firm, Monopoly stays some of the well-known board video games on the earth, and sees gamers making an attempt to amass fortunes of rainbow-colored cash by taking management of varied Atlantic Metropolis properties. It has a mascot (the monocle-sporting Mr. Monopoly) however not a lot in the best way of a narrative or characters (until the little silver thimble counts). That might clarify why so many have tried to make a Monopoly film, however up to now none have succeeded.