Lionsgate, LuckyChap & Hasbro Entertainment Developing Multiple New Takes On ‘Monopoly’ Movie

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Lionsgate, LuckyChap Entertainment, and Hasbro Entertainment are developing multiple film adaptations of Monopoly, enlisting two separate writing teams to explore different creative directions for the board game property. Neil Widener and Gavin James, who wrote A Minecraft Movie, and Rebecca Angelo and Lauren Schuker Blum, behind Dumb Money, will each develop their own takes on the material. The studio emphasized the project remains in early stages, with no scripts or directors attached yet.