Candyland……….The Movie????????

No.  This is not a farce.  A trick to get you to come visit my website and discover all the other cool stuff I’ve got going on here.  It is in face very true.  There is a Candyland movie in the works to be made.  Supported through Universal Studios and set to be directed by Kevin Lima who is responsible for the cheesy yet sweet and clever Enchanted.  The script is being written by Etan Cohen who is better known for the screenplay of Tropic Thunder, Idiocracy, and work as a writer on the shows “King Of The Hill” and “Beavis and Butthead”.  Apparently Candyland is not the only Hasbro game being adapted into a motion picture.  Monopoly is slated to be directly by Ridley Scott in the future and there is also talk of a “Hot Wheels” movie.

The CEO of Hasbro, Brian Goldner told MTV News:

“Imagine if you took that basic idea of going to a better place, and then allowed the audience to go to that same place together.  But then you come to find out, like every other place that’s promised to just be all better and all sweets and candy, you come to find out there’s actually some controversy there as well, that of course the stars of the movie have to solve for.”

How this will be made into an actual movie I don’t know.  The game itself is obviously simplistic enough for a three year old to play, and what the general audience it will be geared to either I can only imagine.  How will the world be realized?  Is Kevin Lima going to use a portal of two worlds connecting like he did in Enchanted or will it be more like a Jumanji and Zathura type film?  I think a dark and surreal Candyland would appeal to my taste more, but then this idea is just bonkers anyway.  What’s next? Chutes and Ladders?

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