Sony Acquires Rights to the Board Game Risk
Commenting on the announcement Belgrad said, "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."
Lassiter added "We are excited to be working with Hasbro and Columbia Pictures on bringing such a beloved and well-known game to life on the big screen. We have two television projects currently in development with Hasbro Studios and look forward to this collaboration."
"We are thrilled to be working with tremendous partners like Sony Pictures and Overbrook Entertainment on Risk," said Brian Goldner, President and CEO of Hasbro, Inc. "Like so many of Hasbro's brands, Risk resonates with consumers of multiple generations around the world. We can't wait to re-imagine this brand into a motion picture."
The game was invented in 1957 by French filmmaker Albert Lamorisse as La Conquete du Monde (The Conquest of the World). Two years later, Parker Brothers published the game in the U.S. as Risk. According to Hasbro, Risk was a groundbreaking game, the first board game to offer nonlinear movement. In the game, players compete on a map of the world, amassing armies and attempting world domination, or, as its rules put it, to "occupy every territory on the board and in so doing, eliminate all other players." The game has sold millions of copies and spawned several variations, with settings ranging from movie properties to various periods from world history to the moon.
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Cripple
I just don't know. I would like to say this will be awesome, but this is one of my favorite boardgames, and it should stay just a boardgame. I am really worried about this.
2 years agoby @crippleFlag
GK
Oh and this is also
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That's my final word on this.....
2 years agoby @indianajonesFlag
Darko
This is going to be EPIC!
2 years agoby @brokenweldFlag
TheEdge76
Jonspidey...is a Connect Four movie being made?
2 years agoby @cwalkenisthemanFlag
Timmy
Tick Tack Toe the movie is coming. So i hear.
2 years agoby @timmyFlag
Frenzy2001
Risk is one of my favorite board games, but how in the hell would it make even a mediocre move?
2 years agoby @frenzy2001Flag
The Narrator: The Better Man
Stop. Please... just... just stop.
2 years agoby @narratorFlag
artkid04
i'd say risk could be made into an interesting war movie and monopoly is said to be directed by ridley scott and be in similairity to Blade Runner
2 years agoby @artkid04Flag
fanboy
is the writers strike that bad?
2 years agoby @fanboyFlag
Charles DeMar
This is the funniest thing I've heard today. Next bring on Hungry Hungry Hippos lol! Movie ideas have went down the crapper.
2 years agoby @nemesissisFlag
GK
Agreed with JonSpidey07.
2 years agoby @indianajonesFlag
JonSpidey07
hmmm...
Connect Four, Battleship, Monopoly and now RISK....wheres the story to make them into movies?
2 years agoby @jonspidey07Flag
Timmy
Why?
2 years agoby @timmyFlag