More Board Game Movies?!
According to FirstShowing.net, Emmett/Furla Films is giving serious thought into the production of three more board game films. They have agreed to finance and produce the films. The board games include Monopoly, Action Man, and even Hungry Hungry Hippos! Unbelievable. But wait! There's more! Ridley Scott is set to direct one of the films. It might be Monopoly since they have been planning it for 5 years! The studio is not yet sure on how the movie will be made whether it is live action or fully animation. It seems like Monopoly will be the first to be shot and released of the three films.
Really Hollywood? Have you completely run out of ideas that you have to turn to board games? I think this is ridiculous! Hollywood isn't what it used to be and this is proof. I can actually see Monopoly as a movie but not Hungry Hungry Hippos. I think the biggest disappointment is that Ridley Scott is directing this because I would expect better from him. He is too good of a director to be doing these kind of movies. As a student, this affects me greatly. This shows me that I should expect anything when I start to work in the industry. As a future filmmaker, this also affects me a lot because I don't want to make these kinds of movies. It really shows me how Hollywood has run out of ideas. I have to work harder to make more interesting movies. From reading the comments under the article, many people are mad because they too have noticed that this isn't clever at all. I don't want people to hate my movies. As a consumer, I would never watch a movie like this! I would try to stay as far away from it as possible because it just doesn't seem like a good idea. I want to spend my money on something worth $11 like Frankenweenie or The Master.
How will these movies do in the box office? Will the critics like the films? How will they be made? Live action? Animation? I'd prefer animation.
