They're making a movie out of "Risk".

[krispos42]

The board game. With the oodles of little plastic Roman numerals.


http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=78529



What. The. Hell.


I need a nap. The eyes rolling into my skull have tired me out.

[struggle4progress]

1. Whoa! That is so cool! I can hardly wait for them to do this with craps!

[petronius]

11. If they made a movie out of solitaire, I would absolutely line up days early to get

into the first screening...

[Frank Cannon]

2. They're doing one of Monopoly, as well

Directed by Ridley Scott. I shit you not.

Personally, I'm holding out for the 3D Imax version of Electronic Battleship.

[Chan790]

3. I think I heard of one being done about "Battleship".

Parker Brothers must have signed a licensing deal to convert all their game-products into films.

I wonder who is paying whom though, I can't expect any of these films to do well but they might drive game sales, a flagging domestic market.

[Frank Cannon]

4. Good Lord. Blame Hasbro.

They bought Parker Brothers, Milton Bradley, Avalon Hill, Wizards of the Coast... all of them. You could say they have a virtual MONOPOLY on the toys and games market. And now it looks like they're going into film production.

God help us all.

[provis99]

7. yep. They are actually making Battleship.

starring Liam Neeson, no less.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1440129/

[HappyMe]

5. Good grief!

Hollywood is officially devoid of original thought.

[provis99]

6. why not? They made Casino Royale.

An hour of James Bond playing fucking Texas Hold'em poker. Yeah, that's a real classy game for a debonair spy.

[Still Blue in PDX]

8. It will never measure up to Clue.

Well, maybe if they cast Tim Curry as the butler.

Is there a butler in Risk? It's been too long since I was a kid; I can't remember.

[struggle4progress]

9. You're thinking of Risk Butler from Gone with the Wind

[Rabblevox]

10. I say cool. Movies based on video games have been such a success, that movies based on board games

games seems like a natural.
:sarcasm: