'Monopoly' movie passes Go - 2nd July 2015

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Lionsgate and Hasbro are teaming up on a Monopoly movie and Andrew Niccol ('The Truman Show') will write the screenplay.

Monopoly will follow a boy from the game's modest Baltic Avenue on a quest to make a fortune.

"Andrew Niccol is the ultimate world creator responsible for such disparate and imaginative films as The Truman Show, Gattaca and The Terminal," said Lionsgate Motion Picture Group co-president Erik Feig.

"He is an inspired choice to develop this timeless property into a big, crowd-pleasing event film that will appeal to kids, families and anyone who has ever played the Monopoly game."

Monopoly has been played by more than 1 billion people in 114 countries around the world and has been translated into 47 different languages. The original game, called 'The Landlord's Game', was released in 1903.

Hasbro has been attempting to launch a Monopoly movie since 2009, with Ridley Scott attached as a producer, but it did not proceed past the development stage.