This is not a drill! Do not pass go! Do not collect $200! Kevin Hart has set up his next project and he will be starring in and producing a movie based on the Monopoly board game. Tim Story has been chosen to help the upcoming project.
The plot 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.
Hasbro has been plotting a movie based on its hit board game — which has been played by an estimated one billion people in 114 countries — for at least a decade. The Truman Show writer Andrew Niccol was attached to write a previous Lionsgate iteration of the project and another development was set up with Emmett/Furla in 2013 with Ridley Scott attached as a producer.
Hart has successfully navigated out of his Oscar hosting debacle and has made great strides, despite that recent controversy. His film, The Upside, opened at number one in surprising fashion despite mixed reviews and this sounds like another project that could make a killing at the box office. Hart and director Tim Story have successfully collaborated before on the Ride Along franchise and on three lucrative film versions of Hart’s stand-up shows. Seven of Story’s films have debuted number one at the box office.
