Margot Robbie Producing Live-Action Monopoly Movie After ‘Barbie’ Success

Margot Robbie is the go-to gal for toy-inspired films after “Barbie” … this time passing go and accumulating laughs with the film adaptation of the basic board sport, “Monopoly.”

The actress and her manufacturing firm, LuckyChap, are teaming up with toy big Hasbro Leisure and Lionsgate to make a journey across the board and convey it to life for the massive display screen … information that simply got here out Wednesday at CinemaCon.

The “Monopoly” film idea has been brewing for some time now, with actor Kevin Hart and director Tim Story reportedly connected to the undertaking again in 2019.

Issues stalled out, nevertheless it seems to be like the concept’s been taken off the cabinets and dusted off with Margot’s staff rolling the cube in a brand new course. Unclear if Hart and Story are nonetheless connected to the undertaking.

As you seemingly know (jail time should you did not) Monopoly is the reigning champ of board video games, with over 275 million copies bought worldwide. Its premise is all about staying financially afloat whereas strategically maneuvering to bankrupt your opponents by snatching up and creating prime items of property.

The Hasbro staff is clearly in good fingers with LuckyChap. After all, their film “Barbie” turned the highest-grossing film final 12 months with $1.4 billion in ticket gross sales … so, goes with out saying, they’re hoping the brand new enterprise collects even larger dividends on the BO.

Additionally, it looks like MR’s now turning into considerably of an authority on toy/game-to-film tasks, as she’s additionally gearing as much as produce a function undertaking based mostly on the beloved 2000s pc sport, “The Sims.”