Margot Robbie is set to produce the film version of the iconic board game Monopoly, but the premise has left fans baffled.
The 33-year-old Barbie star’s LuckyChap production company, also comprised of partners Tom Ackerley and Josie McNamara, along with Monopoly backers Hasbro Entertainment, will produce the live-action film, according to Variety.
Lionsgate Motion Picture Group president Adam Fogelson revealed that LuckyChap has “a clear point of view” on the Monopoly movie, which includes characters like Rich Uncle Pennybags, during a speech at CinemaCon in Las Vegas.
Fogelson said: ‘I couldn’t imagine a better production team for this beloved and iconic brand than LuckyChap. They are exceptional producers who choose their projects with great attention and care, and they join Monopoly with a clear point of view.
“We are tremendously excited to be working with the entire LuckyChap team on what we all believe can be their next blockbuster.”
Barbie star Margot Robbie will produce the film version of the iconic board game Monopoly, but the premise has left fans baffled.
The 33-year-old Barbie star’s LuckyChap production company, also comprised of partners Tom Ackerley and Josie McNamara, along with Monopoly backers Hasbro Entertainment, will produce the live-action film, according to Variety.
LuckyChap said in a statement: ‘Monopoly is an important property – pun totally intended. Like all the best IPs, this game has resonated around the world for generations and we are very excited to bring this game to life alongside the wonderful teams involved at Lionsgate and Hasbro.
Hasbro Entertainment Film Director Zev Foreman said: “As one of the world’s most iconic games, Monopoly offers an incredible platform for storytelling opportunities. We are thrilled to have the unique vision of LuckyChap and Lionsgate on our side. to bring this historical piece of popular culture to the big screen.”
James Myers will oversee Monopoly on behalf of the studio.
LuckyChap hopes to recreate the monster success of Barbie, which became the highest-grossing film of 2023 a month after its theatrical release last year.
The blockbuster, starring Robbie and Ryan Gosling, surpassed The Super Mario Bros. Movie at the global box office, and the film has grossed a total of $1.36 billion since its release in July.
The hit film has also become the highest-grossing film in Warner Bros. history.
Fans were left confused about the Monopoly movie’s premise, with one writing: “It’s most likely a lecture on how horrible capitalism is and that socialism is the way, rather than a FUN movie.”
LuckyChap hopes to recreate the monster success of Barbie, which became the highest-grossing film of 2023 a month after its theatrical release last year.
The blockbuster, starring Robbie and Ryan Gosling, has surpassed The Super Mario Bros. Movie at the global box office, with the film grossing a total of $1.36 billion since its release in July.
Another wrote: “The movie will be five hours long and people will leave before it’s over,” while a third wrote: “I wonder if it will be about the crushing weight of capitalism or just the monopoly man exploiting real estate.”
Another fan wrote: “Millions of original stories waiting to be told, but Robbie says no, what we need is a Monopoly movie.” Fuck you with this.
‘No one wants to see a movie about Monopoly. They really said, “Let’s make a boring movie about a boring board game.”
Monopoly was originally designed to warn players about the dangers of capitalism, but ended up celebrating wealth.
The first version of the board game was called “The Landlord’s Game” and was to show the injustice of private property.
It was created in 1902 by Elizabeth Magie, who believed in fairer taxation and wanted a single tax on land ownership to replace all other taxes.
She thought it was grossly unfair that landowners made profits by passively owning the land and wanted to exchange it.
The board game she called “The Landlord’s Game” was essentially a satire and she thought that when people played it they would “see clearly the blatant injustice of our current agrarian system.” How wrong I was.
In its original version, players used paper money to purchase utilities and property, just like in the modern game.
But instead of passing “Go” and collecting $200, you passed a square marked “Work on Mother Earth Produces Wages” and got $100.
Fans were left confused as to what the premise of the film could be.
In one corner of the board was marked “No Trespassing.” Go to Jail,” which she said was owned by a British gentleman and meant “foreign ownership of American soil.”
Magie patented The Landlord’s Game in 1904 and approached board game makers Parker Brothers, but they rejected it saying it was too complicated.
Meanwhile, the game spread across the country (people made their own versions out of paper) until it reached Charles Darrow in Philadelphia in 1933.
His friend Charles Todd showed him the game and he quickly stole the idea and passed it off as his own, adding a little more color to the board and suggesting that people use small household objects as playing tokens.
During the 1930s it began to be sold steadily in stores such as FAO Schwarz until in 1935 Parker Brothers decided to buy it from Darrow for $7,000, which today is worth more than $120,000.
Parker Brothers added playing pieces including a shoe, a top hat and an iron, the Chance and Community Chest cards, and a cartoon character called Mr Monopoly, which spawned the game’s new name.
The company attempted to patent the game, but realized that Darrow did not actually own it.
They had to pay $10,000 to Daniel Lyman, who had patented his own version called Finance.
Monopoly was originally designed to warn players about the dangers of capitalism, but ended up celebrating wealth.
They also located Magie, who lived in Arlington, Virginia, and paid her $500 with the promise of covering The Landlord’s Game.
Meanwhile, Darrow made millions, even after Parker Brothers reduced his royalties.
In 1939, when Parker Brothers finally made The Landlord’s Game, it flopped and most of the 10,000 copies were returned. Magie would no doubt have been heartbroken.