Monopoly movie

[Zeether]

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/43046

"I created a comedic, lovable loser who lives in Manhattan and works at a real estate company and he's not very good at his job but he's great at playing Monopoly. And the world record for playing is 70 straight days – over 1,600 hours – and he wanted to try to convince his friends to help him break that world record. They think he is crazy. They kid him about this girl and they're playing the game and there's this big fight. And he's holding a Chance card and after they've left he says, 'Damn, I wanted to use that Chance card,' and he throws it down. He falls asleep and then he wakes up in the morning and he's holding the Chance card, and he thinks, 'That's odd.'"

    Yes, this is all going where you think it is. Beddor continued:

    "He's all groggy and he goes down to buy some coffee and he reaches into his pocket and all he has is Monopoly money. All this Monopoly money pours out. He's confused and embarrassed and the girl reaches across the counter and says, 'That's OK.' And she gives him change in Monopoly money. He walks outside and he's in this very vibrant place, Monopoly City, and he's just come out of a Chance Shop. As it goes on, he takes on the evil Parker Brothers in the game of Monolopy. He has to defeat them. It tries to incorporate all the iconic imageries -- a sports car pulls up, there's someone on a horse, someone pushing a wheelbarrow -- and rich Uncle Pennybags, you're going to see him as the maître d' at the restaurant and he's the buggy driver and the local eccentric and the doorman at the opera. There's all these sight gags."

This is just...wow.

[Relaxing Dragon]

There's rumors going about that that this is mostly a joke. Especially since Beddor doesn't seem to be attached to the movie at all (going by imdb, at least).

[Doctor Who?]

If this is true



I find it funny that Robot Chicken once did a bit about Hollywood being so out of ideas they were making boardgames into movies.

[Relaxing Dragon]

Hey, it's worked pretty damn well before.

[carlobee]

hmm. i wonder how this would turn out.

[goflyblind]

hmm. i wonder how this would turn out.

the guy spends all his time trying to buy houses for boardwalk, but ends up losing everything to a hotel on oriental ave.

[CrowTeeRobot]

Hey, it's worked pretty damn well before.

Yes, but that game was based on the classic murder mystery genre, Monopoly is based on a the real estate market. That's like trying to make a plot driven film about the way to tie your shoes.

[Plastic Self-Cleaning Duck]

Yes, but that game was based on the classic murder mystery genre, Monopoly is based on a the real estate market. That's like trying to make a plot driven film about the way to tie your shoes.

And I don't know but....is real estate investment a popular subject right now?  So many people losing their houses...