Add Another Board Game To The Film Pile: ‘Risk’ To Get Movie Treatment
By The Movie God
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Thursday, November 5th, 2009 at 6:53 pm
It seems like every post these days has a list-off of all of the toys and board games being made into movies, so we’re not even going to worry about it here. Now it’s being reported that Sony Pictures have acquired the rights to Hasbro’s strategy game, Risk, and will indeed be turning it into a movie. The game was created in 1957 by French filmmaker Albert Lamorisse. Who knows, maybe they can go to war with Universal’s Battleship movie! (Read: “˜Hancock’ Director Peter Berg To Helm “˜Battleship’ Movie; 2011 Release).
Once again, there isn’t really a storyline to Risk, so you have to imagine that this will ultimately just become some kind of a war movie in which nations battle for world domination. Two scenarios are most logical: in one, they could go back in time and create the movie within one of the first two World Wars; in the other, they could go futuristic and make a movie about World War III, which is probably the most likely of paths.
Here’s what Columbia Pictures President Doug Belgrad had to say of the deal:
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. The strategic thinking and the tactical gambles that players must take in the game are what make RISK a classic, thoroughly engaging game. Those elements translated into an action-packed, thrilling story are what will make this a uniquely exciting movie.
back when i was in high school i used to spend weeks playing a single game! ..sadly i was playing all sides against myself as none of my friends would even give it a chance.
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back when i was in high school i used to spend weeks playing a single game! ..sadly i was playing all sides against myself as none of my friends would even give it a chance.
Comment by Dax — November 6, 2009 @ 11:27 am