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damaya

(107 posts)
Mon Jun 11, 2012, 06:38 PM Jun 2012

Hasbro Announces Many More Bad Ideas For Movies!

If you thought making a movie based on the board game "Battleship" was a bad idea, Sony just announced three more projects in development based on Hasbro toys and games: "Tonka", "Candyland", and "Risk".

"Who will play the role of Kamchatka in Risk?" we wonder, with fingers crossed hoping it's Yakov Smirnoff or Jude Law - we just can't decide!

Apparently the folks at Sony and Hasbro have a serious problem recognizing that pegs and other inanimate potential choking hazards are not characters, dialogue, nor a "story", some of which may be necessary components in a multi-million dollar blockbuster film.

Read more for 3 Worse Board Hasbro Games Sony Could Turn Into Movies

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Hasbro Announces Many More Bad Ideas For Movies! (Original Post) damaya Jun 2012 OP
One would think they'd have learned with how bad Battleship is bombing. Angleae Jun 2012 #1
Dear Hasbro sakabatou Jun 2012 #2
Hi-Ho Cherrio would make a really lame movie Generic Brad Jun 2012 #3

Angleae

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1. One would think they'd have learned with how bad Battleship is bombing.
Tue Jun 12, 2012, 03:44 AM
Jun 2012

Cost $209 million

Domestic gross: $54 million (currently)

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