Do Not Collect $200 Million.
A bold, uncompromising vision of the not-too-distant future, a stark exposé of the greed and corruption that ignited the credit collapse...or a weird cash-in by a director looking to pay some bills? Word is Ridley Scott will direct Monopoly for Warner Brothers, based on the ever-popular, family-destroying board game, "with an eye toward giving it a futuristic sheen along the lines of his iconic 'Blade Runner." (It's unclear as of yet what this does to Joe Haldeman's Forever War.) Um...ok.
By the way, for a solid laugh or three, check out the AICN feed about the news, where wry movie people are having good fun eviscerating the project, and imagining its competitors. I particularly liked "M. Night Shyamalan's BALDERDASH -- You'll never guess what happens!" and "David Cronenerg's DON'T BREAK THE ICE, with Christopher Walken. In 2011, the ice...is gonna break!" (Although, as someone else noted, "Mr. Potato Head" is definitely a better Cronenberg fit.)
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Well, maybe Ridley will surprise everyone and make the movie a black comedy involving the state of today's energy market. Why, it could lead to an even greater push for a global policy of pursuing an energy basis that adequately balances economic and environmental concerns while maintaining progress toward addressing both spheres.
Then again, let's see if if just beats "Clue". Though I admit that Tim Curry, Madeline Kahn, and Christopher Lloyd in the same movie with three different endings is such a high hurdle to climb!!