Kevin Hart to Star in Movie Based on 'Monopoly'
by EG
After the success of Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle (which was based on a movie based on a fictional boardgame), Kevin Hart was the logical choice to star in a movie based on the classic board game Monopoly. The project is apparently a hot commodity in Hollywood, surprisingly. Maybe Hart can do for Monopoly what Rihanna couldn't do for Battleship. Read on for details.
Via Deadline.
EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate and Hasbro’s live-action feature Monopoly is passing Go with Kevin Hart set to star and the actor’s Ride Along collaborator Tim Story due to direct. The hot package, inspired by the iconic board game, is in final negotiations, I understand.
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Hart, John Cheng and Carli Haney will produce for Hart’s HartBeat Productions label. Story and Prince Of Peoria exec producer Sharla Sumpter Bridgett will produce for The Story Company. Hasbro is co-producing via its Allspark Pictures label with the company’s Brian Goldner, Stephen Davis and Greg Mooradian serving as producers.
Logline is being kept under wraps for now and a writer and shoot date have not been set. A previous version of the project centered on a young man from the game’s modest Baltic Avenue on a quest to make a fortune.
Get the rest of the story at Deadline.
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