By Simon Miraudo March 25, 2013 G.I. Joe: Retaliation is easily the best film produced under the Hasbro banner, clearing the lowest cinematic bar perhaps ever known to humanity. Justin Bieber: Never Say Never director Jon M. Chu has been subbed in for the outgoing Stephen Sommers (who helmed predecessor Rise of the Cobra), while […]
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Monopoly movie still in the works, and so is a Hungry Hungry Hippos film
October 5, 2012 
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Once upon a time, Ridley Scott was attached to make a Monopoly movie, but then he came to his senses and did that Alien prequel instead. But you can’t keep Hasbro down. Though the game company’s production deal with Universal may have collapsed, they’re still keen to bring Monopoly to the big screen, as well as feature film adaptations of Hungry Hungry […]
Continue readingBoard to death – Battleship review
April 11, 2012 5 Comments
Battleship – Starring Taylor Kitsch, Alexander Skarsgård, and Rihanna. Directed by Peter Berg. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. Blockbusters, ho! With the American summer sailing ever closer, audiences are bracing themselves for the inevitable onslaught of big-budget features that have made the period so highly anticipated (and feared). Though March releases John Carter and The Hunger Games threatened to kick off proceedings early, they failed; John Carter by not […]
Continue readingInterview: Peter Berg (Battleship)
April 11, 2012 0 Comments
Interview: Peter Berg (Battleship). By Simon Miraudo. You might recognise Peter Berg from his 106-episode stint on the hit drama Chicago Hope. These days, however, he’s more likely to appear on TV as himself; popping up on shows like Entourage and Californication as ‘Peter Berg: big-time director’. The success of his last film, Hancock (which […]
Continue readingOuija movie revived by massive budget cut
March 7, 2012 0 Comments
Universal resurrects Ouija after major budget cuts from $100 million down to $5 million, Deadline reports. The film version of the popular Hasbro board game was one slated as a Pirates of the Caribbean scale production shepherded by Michael Bay, directed by McG, and written by Tron: Legacy scribes Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz. Coming in at […]
Continue readingAdam Sandler to star in Candy Land movie
February 1, 2012 0 Comments
That Candy Land movie is still going ahead, and it’s even got a star attached: Adam Sandler. Columbia Pictures, Sandler’s production company Happy Madison, and board game creator Hasbro Inc. made the announcement via press release (which you can read in full over at Slashfilm). Screenwriters Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Barger originally described the pic as […]
Continue readingTaylor Lautner will Stretch no more
January 31, 2012 0 Comments
Those of you who were looking forward to seeing Taylor Lautner as beloved Hasbro toy Stretch Armstrong on the big screen (*crickets*), well, we’ve got some bad news. According to The Wrap, Lautner has walked away from the project due to “scheduling conflicts”, despite a reported $7.5 million payday. Soon after the news leaked, Universal […]
Continue readingSpielberg and Bay in discussions for Transformers 4; Statham eyed as star
October 18, 2011 2 Comments
File this one under ‘no duh‘. Hasbro wants more Transformers films and is in ‘active discussions’ with Paramount, director Michael Bay and producer Steven Spielberg about getting to work on a fourth instalment. According to The Hollywood Reporter – who captured Hasbro CEO Brian Goldner’s conference call regarding their third-quarter earnings (augmented by the billion […]
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