Lionsgate and LuckyChap to Create Monopoly Movie

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Lionsgate has announced a partnership with Robbie's LuckyChap production company to create a movie based on the popular board game Monopoly. While a movie based on The Sims could offer endless plot opportunities, a Monopoly movie would likely just be a rehashing of the game's objective.

is not toying around when it comes to collecting game IPs like they’re freaking Pokemon cards. Lionsgate announced at CinemaCon on Wednesday that it’ll be teaming up with Robbie’s LuckyChap production company to create a Monopoly movie,

The Landlord’s Game was sold for a while by a New York-based publisher, but people began making homemade versions of the game, including a man named Charles Darrow, who eventually sold a counterfeit version of the game to Parker Brothers in 1935. Darrow called his version Monopoly., Darrow ended up making a fortune off the board game, while Magie was only given $500 from Parker Brothers for her patent so the toy and game manufacturer could have full control over Monopoly and games similar to it.

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