Wednesday 19 June 2013

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hungry hungry hippos, action man, monopoly headed to big screen


Hollywood continues to go crazy for toys and games.

Hasbro, the company behind the hits “Transformers” and “G.I. Joe” and the flop “Battleship,” has signed a deal with independent production and finance company Emmett/Furla Films to make movies based on the board games Hungry Hungry Hippos and Monopoly and the toy Action Man.

Rhode Island-headquartered Hasbro, which has a film production office at the Universal Pictures lot, announced the three-picture deal Thursday and confirmed that the first movie will be “Monopoly,” which the two companies hope to start production on in 2013.

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check out the the original article from los ángeles times, written by Ben Fritz

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